Bug#712381: SMTP freezing wheezy?

2014-02-28 Thread J Chetwynd
Carsten, your help is much appreciated >>NSPR_LOG_MODULES=SMTP:5 where is this to be placed? >>migration is responsible for moving threads between CPUs. as nothing much is going on, it seems strange that there are frequent short hangs when 99% CPU on top. >>What happen if you do this with s

Bug#712381: SMTP freezing wheezy?

2014-02-28 Thread J Chetwynd
>> mv .icedove .icedove-old >>Now restart Icedove from the terminal. You have to re enter every setting of your profile. Don't copy back any thing from the old profile. tried this three times, system hangs, top did not show anything... never actually got new profile created due to hang. just

Bug#712381: SMTP freezing wheezy?

2014-02-27 Thread J Chetwynd
Carsten, over a number of tests in the last day or two, it seems at least likely that the hang is related to SMTP send password dialogue. as mentioned I changed the password, in order to access via webmail. now when I start icedove as soon as the SMTP password dialogue appears, system hangs

Bug#712381: 17.0.10 on crashes wheezy

2014-02-27 Thread J Chetwynd
Carlsten, many thanks for your continued patience, I will presently try again saving log to $home >>But if your systems hangs completely there is more defect than Icedove ever can be. Such a broken system on Debian stable I haven't seen for a very long time. honestly, I don't remember such a ser

Bug#712381: 17.0.10 on crashes wheezy

2014-02-27 Thread J Chetwynd
>>So you have simple to use the other command line, you have could find it out by yourself by just testing it too. $ /usr/lib/icedove/run-mozilla.sh -g -safe-mode /usr/lib/icedove/icedove-bin 2>&1 | tee /tmp/icedove-gdb-$(apt-cache show icedove | grep Version | awk '{ print $2 }')_$(date +%F_%T

Bug#712381: run-mozilla.sh: Cannot execute [-safe-mode].

2014-02-25 Thread J Chetwynd
rch, sudo? is it subject that creates top posting? thanks again Jonathan From: Carsten Schoenert Sent: 25 February 2014 19:05 To: J Chetwynd; 712...@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#712381: 17.0.10 on crashes wheezy Please do not making top posting!! On Tue

Bug#712381: 17.0.10 on crashes wheezy

2014-02-25 Thread J Chetwynd
password dialogue. ideas please thanks again Jonathan From: Carsten Schoenert Sent: 25 February 2014 16:05 To: J Chetwynd; 712...@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#712381: 17.0.10 on crashes wheezy Hello Jonathan, On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 03:50:45PM +, J

Bug#712381: 17.0.10 on crashes wheezy

2014-02-25 Thread J Chetwynd
it's not clear to me that this is icedove, however so far only icedove consistently crashes wheezy. could you please send me specific instructions relating to my problem**? bearing in mind I am concerned at possibility of corrupting hard drive. as with system crash I literally have to unplug to

Bug#712381: 17.0.10 on crashes wheezy

2014-02-25 Thread J Chetwynd
okay so: $ icedove -safe-mode select disable addons from dialogue crashed wheezy as soon as application opened. further advice sought. Jonathan

Bug#712381: 17.0.10 on crashes wheezy

2014-02-25 Thread J Chetwynd
may not be connected, but: whenever starting icedove wheezy crashes, after say 30 seconds, mouse moves but nothing else. desktop clock has stopped. 17.0.10 on wheezy up to date. will try to find time to follow instructions here. any other thoughts? cheers Jonathan I had no problems