Thunderbird Profile Problem

General Help
#1

Hello I have the following problem.

I have my Thunderbird profile on a different hard disk.

But Thunderbird cannot load it.

Because the root user locks the directory media which I specified during the mount and does not pass it to my user.

Your Thunderbird profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible

#2

Does sudo thunderbird or pkexec thunderbird, in terminal, help?

#3

sudo thunderbird:

mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/run/user/0’: Permission denied
No protocol specified
Unable to init server: Verbindung ist gescheitert: Connection refused
Error: cannot open display: :0

Thunderbird Profiles.ini

[Profile0]
Name=Default User
IsRelative=0
Path=/run/user/1000/doc/cb8ebb73/Thunderbird.linux
Default=1

My System:

inxi -Fz
System:    Host: Bulldozer Kernel: 5.4.0-52-generic x86_64 bits: 64
           Desktop: Gnome 3.30.2 Distro: Zorin OS 15.3
Machine:   Device: desktop System: Gigabyte product: X58A-UD5 serial: N/A
           Mobo: Gigabyte model: X58A-UD5 serial: N/A
           BIOS: Award v: FC date: 12/23/2010
Battery    hidpp__0: charge: N/A condition: NA/NA Wh
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i7 960 (-MT-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB
           clock speeds: max: 3193 MHz 1: 1619 MHz 2: 1619 MHz 3: 1619 MHz
           4: 1619 MHz 5: 1619 MHz 6: 1619 MHz 7: 1625 MHz 8: 1619 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.20.8 )
           drivers: nvidia (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa,nouveau)
           Resolution: 2560x1080@60.00hz
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2
           version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 450.80.02
Audio:     Card-1 NVIDIA GP106 High Def. Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel
           Card-2 Intel 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k5.4.0-52-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCIE Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169
           IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCIE Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169
           IF: enp8s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 4000.8GB (17.2% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD5000AZRX size: 500.1GB
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: SAMSUNG_HD154UI size: 1500.3GB
           ID-3: /dev/sdc model: ST2000DX002 size: 2000.4GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 457G used: 8.7G (2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 1.02GB used: 0.00GB (0%)
           fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-1
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 43C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 351 Uptime: 16 min Memory: 2238.5/11978.1MB
           Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.56
#4

And I assume you tried pkexec too?

The disk where your profile is, does it show up under System Tools -> Disks?

Also, I’m guessing Thunderbird has an option where you first specified the Profile to exist on that other disk (you may have browsed to it during setup?) ? The reason I ask is because I don’t use Thunderbird (or even have it installed), so I’ll need to understand first how you initially pointed Thunderbird to your Profile when you set it up.

#5

pkexec thunderbird
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/run/user/0’: Permission denied
Error: no DISPLAY environment variable specified

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#6

Two thoughts:

  1. Can you try copying your profile to your home folder and see if Thunderbird loads with that? Just to check.
  2. In nautilus —> Other Locations -> right click on your profile disk and select Properties. Go to Permissions-> Change Permissions for Enclosed Files. Change all to “Read and write” and “Create and delete”.
#7

So after using Sudo I deleted the directories after unmounting the hard disks.

After rebooting the computer it went on all at once.

#8

Does that mean you tried suggestion #1 and it works? What about #2?

#9

Proposal 2 but not quite.

I had to go to my home directory.

Then into the terminal

Start Nautilus with Sudo.

Then the folders

media
disk2
disk3

delete.

Afterwards restart the computer.

Then select a new profile with thunderbird -p and adjust the path there.

Since then everything is running now.