265066 - Calendar freezes w/ 100% CPU with new Task

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 257943

(Calendar :: General, defect)

Description

[Alan Austin]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.9.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.9.3

When I create a new task as follows in either Sunbird v0.2 or the Calendar
extension for Thunderbird v0.8 the program freezes and will not start correctly
until I uninstall the extension/Sunbird and remove all resident data in file
directories.  Example: if calendar crashes, next time I start it up, it again
takes up 100% CPU and crashes again, until I completely remove and reinstall.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
In Sunbird/Calendar Extension for Thunderbird:
1. Create a new Task.
2. Title it: Homework01
3. Location: Anywhere
4. Check Due Date and set it for 12 hours in the future.
5. Check Alarm and set it to warn 18 hours before task starts.

Actual Results:  
Sunbird stops responding and takes up 100% CPU.  I let it run for 5 minutes and
still no response.

Expected Results:  
It should give an error or some type of exception, because you cannot alarm 18
hours before an event starts if it is not given a start time.  (what I assume is
the problem)

A large problem is after this bug takes place, even if you just
uninstall/reinstall Sunbird or the extension, resident files on the system make
it lock-up again after a fresh install.  Only fix I found was to delete the
files in my ~\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data\Sunbird directory. 
Probably some file that is saved (possibly the profile data) and carries over to
the next install causes this.

Comment 1

[gekacheka]

This sounds like bug 257943.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 257943 ***

Comment 2

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

The bugspam monkeys have been set free and are feeding on Calendar :: General. Be afraid for your sanity!