From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050720 Fedora/1.0.6-1.1.fc4 Firefox/1.0.6 Description of problem: This just started today. I am unable to open my email client programs. Earlier today, Thunderbird downloaded one of those java laden emails with an attachment. I presumed it was one of those bugs aimed at a MS Windows system. I deleted the email and emptied the trash right away. I don't notice if I closed the Thunderbird afterwards or if it closed on it's own. But I went to open Thunderbird a few minutes later and it would not open. After several attempts, I then tried Evolution. It would not open either. After several more tries, I turned the computer off and restarted the computer using the restart option from the Gnome menu. After re-starting the computer, Thunderbird would still not open. But I was able to get to the setup screen for Evolution. But upon finishing the setup, Evolution was still unable to access my pop email. I then closed it and have been unable to re-open Evolution since. My normal email client is Thunderbird. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Thunderbird Email and Evolution How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Click on Thunderbird or Evolution icons. 2. 3. Actual Results: I see the notice "Starting Thunderbird" on the bottom menu bar. Then after a minute, it disappears. Nothing happens. Same with Evolution. Expected Results: Thurnderbird Email or Evolution should startup. Additional info: As I said, the last thing that I remember the email software doing was downloading that email with an attachment.
I ran "chkrootkit". Not bugs were found, but I got the information below in the output. I'm not up on all of the software's locations, but this information seems to suggest a problem. ----------------------------------------------------- Searching for suspicious files and dirs, it may take a while... /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/dtd: No such file or directory /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/entityTables: No such file or directory /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/fonts: No such file or directory /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/html: No such file or directory /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/rdf: No such file or directory /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/samples: No such file or directory /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/throbber: No such file or directory /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/dtd: No such file or directory /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/entityTables: No such file or directory /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/fonts: No such file or directory /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/html: No such file or directory /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/rdf: No such file or directory /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/samples: No such file or directory /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/throbber: No such file or directory Searching for Adore Worm... /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/dtd: No such file or directory /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/entityTables: No such file or directory /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/fonts: No such file or directory /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/html: No such file or directory /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/rdf: No such file or directory /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/samples: No such file or directory /usr/bin/find: /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.0.6/res/throbber: No such file or directory
Still unable to start email software.
I was able to start Evolution from a terminal window tonight, but not from the Gnome desktop. I was still unable to start Thunderbird. With Evolution open, I got the following messages in my terminal window: ----- [lloyd@localhost ~]$ evolution es menu class init adding hook target 'source' (evolution:3588): camel-WARNING **: Invalid root: '/home/lloyd/.evolution/mail/local/Drafts.ibex.index' (evolution:3588): camel-WARNING **: version: TEXT.000 (TEXT.000) (evolution:3588): camel-WARNING **: block size: 1024 (1024) OK (evolution:3588): camel-WARNING **: free: 0 (0 add size < 1024) OK (evolution:3588): camel-WARNING **: last: 6144 (6144 and size: 1024) BAD (evolution:3588): camel-WARNING **: flags: unSYNC (evolution:3588): camel-WARNING **: Invalid root: '/home/lloyd/.evolution/mail/local/Outbox.ibex.index' (evolution:3588): camel-WARNING **: version: TEXT.000 (TEXT.000) (evolution:3588): camel-WARNING **: block size: 1024 (1024) OK (evolution:3588): camel-WARNING **: free: 0 (0 add size < 1024) OK (evolution:3588): camel-WARNING **: last: 6144 (6144 and size: 1024) BAD (evolution:3588): camel-WARNING **: flags: unSYNC (evolution:3588): camel-WARNING **: Invalid root: '/home/lloyd/.evolution/mail/local/Sent.ibex.index' (evolution:3588): camel-WARNING **: version: TEXT.000 (TEXT.000) (evolution:3588): camel-WARNING **: block size: 1024 (1024) OK (evolution:3588): camel-WARNING **: free: 0 (0 add size < 1024) OK (evolution:3588): camel-WARNING **: last: 6144 (6144 and size: 1024) BAD (evolution:3588): camel-WARNING **: flags: unSYNC (evolution:3588): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed BBDB spinning up... (evolution:3588): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_tree_sortable_set_sort_column_id: assertion `GTK_IS_TREE_SORTABLE (sortable)' failed update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align ** (evolution:3588): CRITICAL **: e_canvas_item_grab_focus: assertion `GTK_WIDGET_CAN_FOCUS (GTK_WIDGET (item->canvas))' failed ** (evolution:3588): CRITICAL **: e_canvas_item_grab_focus: assertion `GTK_WIDGET_CAN_FOCUS (GTK_WIDGET (item->canvas))' failed update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align update flow align (evolution:3588): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed (evolution:3588): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_tree_sortable_set_sort_column_id: assertion `GTK_IS_TREE_SORTABLE (sortable)' failed update flow align update flow align update flow align
Why did you assign this to selinux targeted policy. SELinux should not be affecting this application. Reassigning to thunderbird.
This started after the software downloaded an email with an attachment. I think the attachment was a worm or something. The result was that it affects both Thunderbird and Evolution. Neither of these can be started from the desktop now. Evolution can only be started from a command line, and Thunderbird can not be started at all. That makes this a security issue.
Did you use root rights to run Thunderbird? Could you try the following: Try to create a new linux user and login as this user, does tbird start then? If it does start your profile might be corrupted for some reason. If this is still not working try: - rpm -e thunderbird - yum install thunderbird Let me know if this will make a different .... BTW I'm removing security issue for now ....
(This is a mass update of bugs which have been in the NEEDINFO state unmodified for over a year and have not been confirmed for a still supported version of Fedora Core.) Closing per lack of response to previous request for information. This bug was originally filed against a much earlier version of Fedora Core, and significant changes have taken place since the last version for which this bug is confirmed. Note that FC3 and FC4 are supported by Fedora Legacy for security fixes only. Please install a still supported version and retest. If it still occurs on FC5 or FC6, please reopen and assign to the correct version. Otherwise, if this a security issue, please change the product to Fedora Legacy. Thanks, and we are sorry that we did not get to this bug earlier.