This sounds like a connectivity/network driver issue, rather than a
problem with thunderbird.
** Also affects: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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@osomon One way to cause Thunderbird to freeze the system except mouse
cursor and TTY can be accessed: Try opening a clean/fresh/purged then
reinstalled installation of Thunderbird and set up email like yahoo or
google, as the emails sync, click on the hamburger/three short parallel
horizontal
The WiFi that I use refuses to connect via the TTY and works with the
graphical session. In the graphical session the WiFi connects sometimes
instantly, sometimes with a delay or connects when the Airplane mode is
turned on then off again.
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Update to #5 The WiFi always fails to connect in a TTY with the error:
rtlwifi: AP off, try to reconnect now. The WiFi card is the Realtek
rtl8723de. I can only download/ping from a TTY via Ethernet connection.
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Thanks Tony, that's useful information. When the session freezes, is the
WiFi connection still active and functional? I.e. can you ping/download
data from a TTY ?
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@osomon I notice that it always causes the system to freeze when WiFi is
in use. The WiFi card is rtl8723de which is not in the kernel and I
installed it from lwfinger git clone using dkms. With LAN it works fine
and does not cause the system to freeze.
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>From the problem description, I understand that this happens for a clean
installation of thunderbird (because the email setup window is shown),
not an existing profile, right?
I cannot reproduce the problem in a clean and up-to-date 19.10 VM: I am
able to successfully set up a gmail account.
