I experienced the same problem with the same exactly symptoms, besides that the crash file was created. Removal of Tahoma fonts helped, thanks to Gregor.
Will anyone need the .crash for investigation? -- tunderbird crashes after startup in 06.06 (3 pane window shown for a second) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/93091 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs