[nmglug] ubuntu thunderbird mail accounts and settings disappear after reboot.

[a]

Gary;
Thanks for clarification, was not aware of distinction,have been using 
the alternate view since ubuntu switched to its current graphics view.

On 06/20/2015 10:26 AM, Gary Sandine wrote:
> Hola a,
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 05:33:36PM -0600, a wrote:
>> slowly working through the suggestions you guys have sent.the 
>> terminal and .thunderbird paths match.
>> .mozilla and .thunderbird to not appear in home folder until I click 
>> on mail.that is as far as I have gotten.seems it should work sinch 
>> they match,I guess I am missing the obvious?
>> a
>>
>> Terminal:
>> uest-2I0FoS at desktop:~$ cd .thunderbird/
>> guest-2I0FoS at desktop:~/.thunderbird$ cat profiles.ini
>> [General]
>> StartWithLastProfile=1
>>
>> [Profile0]
>> Name=default
>> IsRelative=1
>> Path=j7hf0xil.default
>>
>> .thunderbird/:
>> /tmp/guest-2I0FoS/.thunderbird/j7hf0xil.default
>
> I'm not sure if this has been pointed out or not and I just missed it 
> but it looks to me like you are using a temporary guest account whose 
> files get wiped each time you log out and log back in. If that's the 
> case, you'll need to create a real user account and use that instead.  
> It looks like your user name is guest-2I0FoS in the config file you 
> sent above. The next time you log in, your user name will likely be 
> something different.  What is the output of this command issued in a 
> terminal:
>
> $ whoami
>
> Then reboot and log back in and try it again:
>
> $ whoami
>
> Best regards,
> Gary
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