#1139629 thunderbird refuses to start

Package:
thunderbird
Source:
thunderbird
Description:
mail/news client with RSS, chat and integrated spam filter support
Submitter:
mc36
Date:
2026-06-10 11:29:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1139629#5
Date:
2026-06-10 11:16:46 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?
my daily upgrade on sid

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade


   * What was the outcome of this action?
mc36@noti:~$ thunderbird
[GFX1-]: (gnome) Wayland protocol error: interface 'wp_image_description_v1'
has no event 2

ExceptionHandler::GenerateDump attempting to
generate:/home/mc36/.thunderbird/8h97ycvj.default-
default/minidumps/6e1d4be9-66a9-aa7f-dc46-1f7f3ad4c618.dmp
ExceptionHandler::GenerateDump cloned child 26920
ExceptionHandler::WaitForContinueSignal waiting for continue signal...
ExceptionHandler::SendContinueSignalToChild sent continue signal to child
ExceptionHandler::GenerateDump minidump generation succeeded
mc36@noti:~$

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

it should start normally...

also i found https://github.com/mahkoh/wl-proxy that helps to overcome the
issue like "./wl-veil -f wp_color_manager_v1=1 thunderbird" the issue, as
suggested at https://github.com/mahkoh/jay/issues/698



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