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My thunderbird will not get messages...It used to work well but just stopped 2 days ago

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While registering XPCOM module file:///usr/lib/thunderbird/components/libdbusservice.so, trying to re-register CID '{75a500a2-0030-40f7-86f8-63f225b940ae}' already registered by <static module>.

Failed to load native module at path '/usr/lib/thunderbird/components/libxpcomsample.so': (80004005) /usr/lib/thunderbird/components/libxpcomsample.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Could not read chrome manifest 'file:///usr/lib/thunderbird/extensions/%7B972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd%7D/chrome.manifest'.

Timestamp: 05/19/2016 08:34:48 PM Warning: Unknown property 'padding-inline-start'. Declaration dropped. 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Timestamp: 05/19/2016 08:34:48 PM Warning: Unknown property 'margin-inline-start'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://www.mozilla.org/media/css/thunderbird-start-bundle.2de491027dee.css Line: 1, Column: 4033 Source Code: /*! updated 2016-04-11 */@font-face{font-family:'Open Sans Light';font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;src:url("/media/fonts/opensans-light.3f4a0f3360da.eot");src:url("/media/fonts/opensans-light.3f4a0f3360da.eot?#iefix") format('embedded-opentype'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-light.2120033991a4.woff2") format('woff2'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-light.c709d7bf4556.woff") format('woff'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-light.ae9f81e0ba9d.ttf") format('truetype')}@font-face{font-family:'Open Sans Light';font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;src:url("/media/fonts/opensans-semibold.f7f21d0ed393.eot");src:url("/media/fonts/opensans-semibold.f7f21d0ed393.eot?#iefix") format('embedded-opentype'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-semibold.ca624b3a4a97.woff2") format('woff2'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-semibold.3a18a24d16cb.woff") format('woff'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-semibold.d1aec9c0fe68.ttf") format('truetype')}@font-face{font-family:'Open Sans Light';font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;src:url("/media/fonts/opensans-lightitalic.bd0f2ab6490a.eot");src:url("/media/fonts/opensans-lightitalic.bd0f2ab6490a.eot?#iefix") format('embedded-opentype'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-lightitalic.580ce2d5ac1d.woff2") format('woff2'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-lightitalic.e3fb6f344bae.woff") format('woff'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-lightitalic.69e63949c138.ttf") format('truetype')}@font-face{font-family:'Open Sans';font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;src:url("/media/fo

Here are the details I can find While registering XPCOM module file:///usr/lib/thunderbird/components/libdbusservice.so, trying to re-register CID '{75a500a2-0030-40f7-86f8-63f225b940ae}' already registered by <static module>. Failed to load native module at path '/usr/lib/thunderbird/components/libxpcomsample.so': (80004005) /usr/lib/thunderbird/components/libxpcomsample.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Could not read chrome manifest 'file:///usr/lib/thunderbird/extensions/%7B972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd%7D/chrome.manifest'. Timestamp: 05/19/2016 08:34:48 PM Warning: Unknown property 'padding-inline-start'. Declaration dropped. Source File: https://www.mozilla.org/media/css/thunderbird-start-bundle.2de491027dee.css Line: 1, Column: 3968 Source Code: /*! updated 2016-04-11 */@font-face{font-family:'Open Sans Light';font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;src:url("/media/fonts/opensans-light.3f4a0f3360da.eot");src:url("/media/fonts/opensans-light.3f4a0f3360da.eot?#iefix") format('embedded-opentype'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-light.2120033991a4.woff2") format('woff2'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-light.c709d7bf4556.woff") format('woff'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-light.ae9f81e0ba9d.ttf") format('truetype')}@font-face{font-family:'Open Sans Light';font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;src:url("/media/fonts/opensans-semibold.f7f21d0ed393.eot");src:url("/media/fonts/opensans-semibold.f7f21d0ed393.eot?#iefix") format('embedded-opentype'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-semibold.ca624b3a4a97.woff2") format('woff2'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-semibold.3a18a24d16cb.woff") format('woff'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-semibold.d1aec9c0fe68.ttf") format('truetype')}@font-face{font-family:'Open Sans Light';font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;src:url("/media/fonts/opensans-lightitalic.bd0f2ab6490a.eot");src:url("/media/fonts/opensans-lightitalic.bd0f2ab6490a.eot?#iefix") format('embedded-opentype'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-lightitalic.580ce2d5ac1d.woff2") format('woff2'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-lightitalic.e3fb6f344bae.woff") format('woff'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-lightitalic.69e63949c138.ttf") format('truetype')}@font-face{font-family:'Open Sans';font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;src:url("/media/fonts/opensans-regular.24c95ca527f6.eot");src:url("/media/fonts/opensans-regular.24c95ca527f6.eot?#iefix") format('embedded-opentype'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-regular.668362de763a.woff2") format('woff2'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-regular.fe6f746bb376.woff") format('woff'),url("/media/fonts/opensans-regular.16a5e8e6271f.ttf") 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h2:before{width:50px;height:50px}section.tip h2:before{background-position:0 0}section.addons h2:before{background-position:-50px 0}section.help h2:before{background-position:0 -50px}section.blog h2:before{background-position:-50px -50px}section p{margin:.7em 0 0}section a[href$="Contributing"]:before{background-position:-40px -100px}section a.more:after{content:"\00A0\00BB";white-space:nowrap}footer ul{overflow:hidden;margin:0;padding:0;list-style-type:none}footer li{box-sizing:padding-box;padding-bottom:.5rem}footer a[href*="features"]:before{background-position:0 -100px}footer a[href*="blog"]:before{background-position:-20px -100px}footer a[href*="Contributing"]:before{background-position:-40px -100px}footer a[href*="addons"]:before{background-position:-20px -120px}footer a[href*="support"]:before{background-position:-40px -120px}footer a[href*="how"]:before{background-position:0 -120px}[dir="ltr"] header h1:before,[dir="ltr"] section h2.iconic:before{left:0}[dir="rtl"] header h1:before,[dir="rtl"] section h2.iconic:before{right:0}@media(min-width:1024px){footer li{width:50%;min-width:10em}[lang|="en"] footer li{width:33%}}@media(min-width:800px) and (max-width:1023px){footer li{width:50%}}@media(min-width:800px){main>header,main>div,main>footer{width:50%}[dir="ltr"] main>header,[dir="ltr"] main>div:last-of-type,[dir="ltr"] main>footer,[dir="ltr"] main>footer li{float:left}[dir="ltr"] main>div:first-of-type{float:right}[dir="rtl"] main>header,[dir="rtl"] main>div:last-of-type,[dir="rtl"] main>footer,[dir="rtl"] main>footer li{float:right}[dir="rtl"] main>div:first-of-type{float:left}}@media(min-width:640px) and (max-width:799px){header,section{width:70%}footer{position:absolute;top:120px;width:30%}[dir="ltr"] footer{right:0}[dir="rtl"] footer{left:0}}@media(min-width:480px) and (max-width:639px){footer li{width:50%;min-width:10em}[lang|="en"] footer li{width:33%}[dir="ltr"] footer li{float:left}[dir="rtl"] footer li{float:right}}@media(min-width:480px){header h1{display:table-cell;-moz-padding-start:110px;padding-inline-start:110px;height:100px;vertical-align:middle}header h1:before{width:100px}}@media(max-width:479px){header h1{padding-top:110px;text-align:center}header h1:before{width:100%;background-position:center top}}@media(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:1.5),(min-resolution:1.5dppx),(min-resolution:144dpi){header h1:before{background-image:url("/media/img/thunderbird/logos/release-200.cc5a08767ff7.png");background-size:100px 100px}html[data-channel="earlybird"] header h1:before{background-image:url("/media/img/thunderbird/logos/earlybird-200.d696a95c5943.png")}html[data-channel="daily"] header h1:before{background-image:url("/media/img/thunderbird/logos/daily-200.7e697927422d.png")}} Timestamp: 05/19/2016 08:34:48 PM Warning: Unknown property 'margin-inline-start'. Declaration dropped. 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Sounds like a reinstall from getthunderbird.com might be the best approach. Note a reinstall does not affect your mail or settings.

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I have went through the entire file system and deleted anything that had to do with thunderbird and then reinstalled it...That did not work...I still have the same problem...I have sense tried two other mail programs with the same results, can not connect to my aol mail account nor can I connect to my gmail account...Help