278593 - Opening a text file attachment crashes Thunderbird

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[jsado_sc5]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041114 Firefox/0.10.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041114 Firefox/0.10.1

When I go to open a text file attachment, Thunderbird asks what application I
want to open it with, and gives me a default of less. This is fine, so I click
ok. Less does not show up, although a ps shows that it is running somewhere.
Further, Thunderbird is completely hung and does not respond/display anything
and must be forcefully killed (-9).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a text file attachment.
2. Choose the default option.

Comment 1

[jsado_sc5]

I forgot to mention that I am running the Ion2 window manager, X.org 6.8, and
this is a Gentoo Linux system (kernel 2.6.8).

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

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Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.