The bug is present in Thunderbird 24.2.0 running on Kubuntu 12.04.4. Running nscd appears to work around the issue, but I haven't tested it thoroughly for side effects.
I find it somewhat ironic that a nearly nine year old bug of this magnitude has status: NEW. Software versions (all from Ubuntu repos): $ aptitude show thunderbird | grep Version Version: 1:24.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 $ aptitude show libldap-2.4-2 | grep Version Version: 2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4.4 $ uname -a Linux tiny 3.2.0-58-generic #88-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 3 17:37:58 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/507089 Title: thunderbird shredder always segfaults on startup with LDAP auth in nsswitch Status in SeaMonkey: all-in-one Internet application suite: New Status in Mozilla Thunderbird Mail and News: Confirmed Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: thunderbird If nsswitch.conf is set with: passwd: compat ldap group: compat ldap shadow: compat ldap My ldap config does work as I'm using it for login authentication. thunderbird-3.0 always segfaults: 0 %> thunderbird-3.0 Segmentation fault 0 %> thunderbird-3.0 --g-fatal-warnings Segmentation fault 139 %> thunderbird-3.0 -options Segmentation fault 139 %> thunderbird-3.0 -safe-mode Segmentation fault 139 %> thunderbird-3.0 -ProfileManager Segmentation fault 139 %> ...even with no .thunderbird-30 dir: %> thunderbird-3.0 -ProfileManager *INFO* No /users/bedge/.thunderbird-3.0 detected. Create it from /users/bedge/.mozilla-thunderbird Segmentation fault 0 9:12:52 bedge@ice ~ 139 %> Changing nsswitch back to NIS works: passwd: compat nis group: compat nis shadow: compat nis 1 %> dpkg -l thunderbird\* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===========================-===========================-====================================================================== ii thunderbird 2.0.0.23+build1+nobinonly-0 mail/news client with RSS and integrated spam filter support ii thunderbird-3.0 3.0~rc3~micahg+nobinonly-0u mail/news client with RSS and integrated spam filter support ii thunderbird-3.0-gnome-suppo 3.0~rc3~micahg+nobinonly-0u Support for Gnome in Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0 ii thunderbird-dispmua 1.6.4.3-1ubuntu1 Display Mail User Agent extension (transitional package) ii thunderbird-gnome-support 2.0.0.23+build1+nobinonly-0 Support for Gnome in Mozilla Thunderbird ii thunderbird-locale-en-gb 1:2.0.0.14+1-0ubuntu2 Thunderbird English language/region package ii thunderbird-nostalgy 0.2.16+svn151-1ubuntu1 keyboard shortcut extension for thunderbird ii thunderbird-quickfile 0.17.0.0011-0ubuntu4 faster mail filing for the Thunderbird mail client ii thunderbird-traybiff 1.2.3-4.2ubuntu2 traybiff - new mail alert for thunderbird WORKAROUND: Installing the nscd package solves this issue in most cases. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/seamonkey/+bug/507089/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
