This appears to be an upstream issue and not a linux mint specific issue. may I recommend making the following changes to successfully achieve starting Thunderbird at boot.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1560557 Thank you :) ** Changed in: linuxmint Status: New => Triaged ** Also affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Does not remember running Thunderbird at restart https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/581384 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
