Dean's post above did fix this stupid issue for me on Ubuntu. The global-messages-db.sqlite is located in ~/.thunderbird/[accountfolder] where [accountfolder] for me is some hashed string followed by ".default". I quit Thunderbird, deleted that file (making a copy in case), and restarted Thunderbird. Everything works now.
The post Dean linked to also says to make sure that Edit->Preferences->Advanced->General->Enable Global Search and Indexer is ticked (it was for me). Thanks Dean! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/998075 Title: 12.0.1 Thunderbird upgrade broke Search Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS Thunderbird 12.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 The previous version worked fine. When I type something into the search bar, instead of seeing a new tab open with a list of results and their context, an empty tab with no name appears. Error Console output: Timestamp: 11/05/12 10:31:23 Error: aOldTab._ext.glodaSearchBox is undefined Source File: chrome://messenger/content/searchBar.js Line: 99 Timestamp: 11/05/12 10:31:23 Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIObserverService.removeObserver]" nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://messenger/content/search.xml :: :: line 156" data: no] I know that I can use the traditional-style Filter Query search which doesn't open a new tab and just shows the relevant messages in the old style, but I want the new Thunderbird type of search, just spent a month learning how to use it. Also the Threadvis plugin is not working either, although Thunderbrowse does. Seems like the index of messages is broken or not accessible, probably something needs to change in the references javascript or xml files. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/998075/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
