From: davey@example.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 08:28:17 +0000   
   Davey  wrote:   
      
   > On 16 Feb 2025 04:34:40 GMT   
   > rbowman  wrote:   
   >   
   > > On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 21:05:10 +0000, Davey wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > There are other details that don't work, but these are the three   
   > > > most annoying. I can supply details to help, as far as I   
   > > > understand the questions. I see references to Snap, but I only   
   > > > have a vague idea of what it is, But the folders do not list   
   > > > Thunderbird, but do list Firefox, if that helps.   
   > >   
   > > snap install thunderbird   
   > >   
   > > 'snap list' will show the snaps that are installed. I'm at 24.10   
   > > but Firefox is also a snap, as is the brave browser.   
   > >   
   > > During upgrades from 22.04 to 24.04 and 24.10 Thunderbird was a   
   > > problem. I had to skip it and when the upgrade finished, 'snap   
   > > refresh thunderbird'.   
   > >   
   > > Love it or hate it snap is here to stay.   
   >   
   > Thanks, I;ll try those and see what I get.   
   > FWIW, I had success last night creating Local Folders on the Desktop   
   > PC, and moving messages to them. But the laptop behaves differently.   
   > Most annoying. More experimenting today, when I have caught up on the   
   > other chores in my life that have been put on hold while I battle this   
   > upgrade.   
   >   
      
   This is getting more and more complicated. 'snap' only shows   
   thunderbird, no Firefox. But when I follow the directions for finding   
   the Profile, the first route does not have the specified menu choices,   
   and the method for a closed firefox shows nothing. It is as though I   
   have a ghostly version of Firefox, which does indeed sound correct.   
   So I am currently making sure that I have as much backed up as possible   
   (I can't back up my Firefox profile, since I can't find it), but I have   
   a TB profile ok.   
   I might try 'snap install Firefox', in case that helps, or   
   'snap install thunderbird'. But there are so many more problems, such as   
   VLC does not open the Network stream that worked before, but works on   
   the other PC, no Automount, ssh won't in either direction, my rsync   
   scripts all fail, etc. etc, that I am coming round to a choice:   
   1. Re-install ver 22.04 from scratch, and hope that the second attempt   
   is better than the first. Maybe, maybe not.   
   2. Install 24.04. It can't be worse than 22.04 (!), and hopefully it is   
   more reliable.   
   3. I might look at creating a /home partition, and possibly installing   
   24.04 alongside 22.04.   
   4. Maybe even try 24.04 alongside without a separate /home partition,   
   and see if that works any better.   
      
   Any thoughts welcome. This is costing a lot of time, and it should not   
   have done.   
      
   On the desktop, which appeared to have working Thunderbird Local   
   Folders, I can move messages to new folders that I create there, but   
   when I move old messages from back-up to the Local Folder files, they do   
   not appear. So that is no better.   
      
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   Davey.   
      
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