316766 - address autocompletion fails with valid ldap server, works in address book

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 317566

(Thunderbird :: Address Book, defect)

Description

[George Hyman]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051107 Firefox/1.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051107 Firefox/1.5

Configure an ldap server for address autocompletion.  In thunderbird 1.0, this provided service both in the address book lookup and when typing addresses in the write message window.  In thunderbird 1.5rc1, this works in the address book, and in the contacts sidebar, but NOT in the address lines - the typed email address turns red, but no autocompletion is suggested.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. configure ldap server
2. open write new message window
3. type address info for lookup in the To: (or other) address fields
4. confirm server setup is correct by opening contacts sidebar and searching for the same string.

Actual Results:  
no addresses suggested.

Expected Results:  
suggested email addresses the same as suggested in the contacts sidebar

Comment 1

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

This is possibly a duplicate of bug 317566 - reporter can you have a look at the comments in that bug and see if that applies to your problem as well please?

Comment 2

[George Hyman]

(In reply to comment #1)
> This is possibly a duplicate of bug 317566 - reporter can you have a look at
> the comments in that bug and see if that applies to your problem as well
> please?
> 
I'm not 100% sure, but 317655 looks very close.  I see there's a proposed patch for that bug - how can I get a copy of the patch to try on my case?

Comment 3

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

(In reply to comment #2)
> I'm not 100% sure, but 317655 looks very close.  I see there's a proposed patch
> for that bug - how can I get a copy of the patch to try on my case?

You shouldn't have to. Go to the options or preferences dialog, select Advanced then config editor. In the "Filter" box enter ldap_2.autoComplete.directoryServer it should then list 1 item in 4 columns: Preference Name, Status, Type and Value. The value of ldap_2.autoComplete.directoryServer will either be blank or something like ldap_2.servers.<servername> (servername may not exactly match what your ldap address book is called, but will probably be similar).

The easiest way to test the fix will be to wait till it gets checked into the trunk and then try out one of the trunk nightlies.

Comment 4

[u115577]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 317566 ***