Re: Icedove fails to open mailto: links
On Tuesday 23 June 2015 15:31:28 Curt wrote: > On 2015-06-22, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > > This happens sometimes. In that case an icedove process is still running > > without GUI. Check with, e.g., > > > > $ pidof icedove > > And I've been doing 'ps aux | grep ' all these years. Me too. And pidof is even much easier to read. > > If I had any dignity I would have kept that to myself. Me too. :-( Thanks, Jörg-Volker. Lisi > > > (if your are alone on your computer). If said command returns a process > > id, then terminate it with > > > > $ kill $(pidof icedove) > > > > and to make sure > > > > $ kill -9 $(pidof icedove) > > > > Now, a new icedove session can be started. > > By the way, same goes for iceweasel. > > -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201506231551.53185.lisi.re...@gmail.com
Re: Icedove fails to open mailto: links
On 2015-06-22, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: >> > This happens sometimes. In that case an icedove process is still running > without > GUI. Check with, e.g., > > $ pidof icedove And I've been doing 'ps aux | grep ' all these years. If I had any dignity I would have kept that to myself. > (if your are alone on your computer). If said command returns a process id, > then > terminate it with > > $ kill $(pidof icedove) > > and to make sure > > $ kill -9 $(pidof icedove) > > Now, a new icedove session can be started. > By the way, same goes for iceweasel. -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/slrnmoire0.1t2.cu...@einstein.electron.org
Re: Icedove fails to open mailto: links
Ralph Katz wrote on 06/20/2015 21:26: > Jessie, xfce, iceweasel preferred browser, icedove preferred mail > reader, Icedove fails to open mailto: links and iceweasel's Email Link > with the following error: > > Icedove error message window, titled Close Icedove: > Icedove is already running, but is not responding. To open a new > window, you must first close the existing Icedove process, or restart > your system. > > One instance of icedove is running. > > This problem began several years ago with a thunderbird upgrade, and > it may come from an unknown legacy prefs setting or whatever that has > me stumped. I've since dropped thunderbird for the icedove version. > > Any suggestions for running this down? > > Thanks, > Ralph > This happens sometimes. In that case an icedove process is still running without GUI. Check with, e.g., $ pidof icedove (if your are alone on your computer). If said command returns a process id, then terminate it with $ kill $(pidof icedove) and to make sure $ kill -9 $(pidof icedove) Now, a new icedove session can be started. By the way, same goes for iceweasel. -- Regards, jvp. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/mm8fjg$cc1$1...@ger.gmane.org
Re: SOLVED: Re: Icedove fails to open mailto: links
On 06/20/2015 11:07 PM, Ralph Katz wrote: > At 3:48 pm (-0400) I replied to another list post, and as soon as I hit > Send, icedove crashed silently. I can't remember icedove/thunderbird > crashing in many yrs. But poof, it was gone. It would not restart from > menu or a terminal: > GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed Just for posteriority: I see that assertion fail every time I start icedove (Jessie) from the command line, it's nothing specific to your problem. It hasn't affected functionality for me before, though, so I seriously doubt it could have something to do with your issue. > No clues in .xsession-errors or syslog. Reinstalled icedove and > enigmail, no help. Since I had been purging some packages today anyway > and the system had been up for 38 days, I just rebooted. > > Voila! With no further action, everything just worked. What could have been your problem is some weird interaction between running a icedove instance and an upgrade of icedove. I've seen that break iceweasel before - until you either rebooted or manually got rid of some SHM segments. Since you already rebooted, no way to know for sure. Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5585d853.1080...@iwakd.de
Re: SOLVED: Re: Icedove fails to open mailto: links
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 06/20/2015 05:07 PM, Ralph Katz wrote: > > Voila! With no further action, everything just worked. Well almost, seems like sending with pgp/mime caused the crash. As it just crashed again upon sending the above reply. I'll stick with inline signing for now. Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJVhdbnAAoJECe2FpioHXO6PHEH/Rmta0cungevWrtmd0Uwn1La cj+CqSMeaB47JafAvEdgydiY4y2jQoJPnqfr3ZEqnmVfZRST925/eQhcphUfrQzH 24aXxvZHLf67gP+QjIODI6iwkRuZLtodoQXm4Kb6LBC20WEM9yvv7y6PD7xl+dEn YcTNijI7kyB+ZdbzL29AMldGsmbIZEmZFrbaj5KhzfVMHCYpzjND7gAMlj4Lmwek NvMGWdlekFLCCgToV/0qu5859uEzuPH98IS93+wmJ080tnMDKGdIM8+sqXGJcTvh 6EUsW+3JWUDjLInknMaOcKmhE9EGy0xqOCnwaTVS22qckoElcQZTGVnrRv4C1Vk= =DB0I -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5585d6eb.9070...@rcn.com
SOLVED: Re: Icedove fails to open mailto: links
On 06/20/2015 03:51 PM, Christian Seiler wrote: > On 06/20/2015 09:26 PM, Ralph Katz wrote: >> Jessie, xfce, iceweasel preferred browser, icedove preferred mail >> reader, Icedove fails to open mailto: links and iceweasel's Email Link >> with the following error: >> >> Icedove error message window, titled Close Icedove: >> Icedove is already running, but is not responding. To open a new >> window, you must first close the existing Icedove process, or restart >> your system. >> >> One instance of icedove is running. >> >> This problem began several years ago with a thunderbird upgrade, and >> it may come from an unknown legacy prefs setting or whatever that has >> me stumped. I've since dropped thunderbird for the icedove version. >> >> Any suggestions for running this down? > > First of all, check that the following works from the command line: > > icedove mailto:t...@example.com > > If that does, then icedove works properly. The next thing to check > if if you have set the iceweasel (!) preference > network.protocol-handler.app.mailto > ? If so, check what it is. You can remove that setting, it is not > necessary if the MIME associations are configured properly.) Then > check that network.protocol-handler.external.mailto is set properly > in iceweasel (i.e. to true). > > If that is all the case, iceweasel will use the standard XDG > mechanism for starting external programs on mailto: links. Then you > can check what the default mailto handler is with xdg-mime: > > xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/mailto > > That will print the name of the .desktop file that controls the app > that is supposed to be called on mailto links. That should ideally > be 'icedove.desktop'. If not, you can set that explicitly via > > xdg-mime default icedove.desktop x-scheme-handler/mailto > > But then you still have to check that the desktop file is correct. > You can find the system-wide desktop file under > /usr/share/applications/icedove.desktop > It should contain a line > Exec=icedove %u > If so, that's fine. > > Then you should check that nothing overrides the .desktop file: > > - system-wide there might be a icedove.desktop in >/usr/local/share/applications > > - in your home directory there might be a icedove.desktop in >~/.local/share/applications > > If one of them exists, check that they have the correct Exec= line. > > Hope that helps. > > Christian Christian, thank you again, but this time, it was magic, or perhaps your good karma. At 3:48 pm (-0400) I replied to another list post, and as soon as I hit Send, icedove crashed silently. I can't remember icedove/thunderbird crashing in many yrs. But poof, it was gone. It would not restart from menu or a terminal: GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed No clues in .xsession-errors or syslog. Reinstalled icedove and enigmail, no help. Since I had been purging some packages today anyway and the system had been up for 38 days, I just rebooted. Voila! With no further action, everything just worked. Regards, Ralph signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Icedove fails to open mailto: links
On 06/20/2015 09:26 PM, Ralph Katz wrote: > Jessie, xfce, iceweasel preferred browser, icedove preferred mail > reader, Icedove fails to open mailto: links and iceweasel's Email Link > with the following error: > > Icedove error message window, titled Close Icedove: > Icedove is already running, but is not responding. To open a new > window, you must first close the existing Icedove process, or restart > your system. > > One instance of icedove is running. > > This problem began several years ago with a thunderbird upgrade, and > it may come from an unknown legacy prefs setting or whatever that has > me stumped. I've since dropped thunderbird for the icedove version. > > Any suggestions for running this down? First of all, check that the following works from the command line: icedove mailto:t...@example.com If that does, then icedove works properly. The next thing to check if if you have set the iceweasel (!) preference network.protocol-handler.app.mailto ? If so, check what it is. You can remove that setting, it is not necessary if the MIME associations are configured properly.) Then check that network.protocol-handler.external.mailto is set properly in iceweasel (i.e. to true). If that is all the case, iceweasel will use the standard XDG mechanism for starting external programs on mailto: links. Then you can check what the default mailto handler is with xdg-mime: xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/mailto That will print the name of the .desktop file that controls the app that is supposed to be called on mailto links. That should ideally be 'icedove.desktop'. If not, you can set that explicitly via xdg-mime default icedove.desktop x-scheme-handler/mailto But then you still have to check that the desktop file is correct. You can find the system-wide desktop file under /usr/share/applications/icedove.desktop It should contain a line Exec=icedove %u If so, that's fine. Then you should check that nothing overrides the .desktop file: - system-wide there might be a icedove.desktop in /usr/local/share/applications - in your home directory there might be a icedove.desktop in ~/.local/share/applications If one of them exists, check that they have the correct Exec= line. Hope that helps. Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5585c453.1090...@iwakd.de
Icedove fails to open mailto: links
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Jessie, xfce, iceweasel preferred browser, icedove preferred mail reader, Icedove fails to open mailto: links and iceweasel's Email Link with the following error: Icedove error message window, titled Close Icedove: Icedove is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Icedove process, or restart your system. One instance of icedove is running. This problem began several years ago with a thunderbird upgrade, and it may come from an unknown legacy prefs setting or whatever that has me stumped. I've since dropped thunderbird for the icedove version. Any suggestions for running this down? Thanks, Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJVhb57AAoJECe2FpioHXO6i10H/ilrApUJucPsyNfbUmjmfEyF +aOC4JGNI2IO28HLbyBJXsUEjpDr8dqekUYDURSBw16QQR5rSVz0ZFGZUBWLJmWT MxBtmoZN/vHigpQFHzCRBo/fv2WvYpUH9EwqHoGFS77r3N6An32oCL80aOH1JkGU Gc96FUQW+S/Xt7KAVBCASxJk6vllW0Exsb2C2qqinhxxFWrLRsZsnhwFz7bjGe0Q QLjwQt74rvvAwzobMiSDpWQbfwgNlBpLdPp+Z/+nrZeY+o5SH1Zu6nXk1qzSppMs KOQTSRPIh2rZdbE26yaDgwoThlhmB3lp87Q+0Gh3PFgsHUUpPbYOiH+CzVmzYl4= =4lEq -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5585be83.6000...@rcn.com
