Events in Google Calendar not showing up
Andrew DeFaria
Further, I delete an event in Lightning and refresh my Google calendar. That worked. Now from the Google calendar I delete an event and move another one, refresh my Lightning calendar. No go. Doesn't notice the changes!
Andrew DeFaria
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Peter Shell
> I have a Google Calendar and I subscribe to with Lightning (0.9, TB
> 2.0.0.23) on Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit. I subscribe to is using CalDav. Most
> events show up with out much problems. But some events don't. For
> example, I have one today @ 2Pm-4Pm. I can see it in Google Calendar but
> I cannot see it in Lightning. Tried reloading the calendar - no
> difference. Still doesn't appear.
>
> Further, I delete an event in Lightning and refresh my Google calendar.
> That worked. Now from the Google calendar I delete an event and move
> another one, refresh my Lightning calendar. No go. Doesn't notice the
> changes!
> --
> There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal,
> particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL.
I have also seen this issue as well and have never managed to isolate
the cause. The only solution I found to refresh the calendar and see the
changes was to stop and restart TB. And even then some changes were not
reflected. I run TB (2.0.0.23 and Lightening (0.9) on WIN XP machine.
The interesting fact is that the updates always appear to get to Google
Calendar (and then my iPhone) but not always to Lightening.
Andrew DeFaria
Andrew DeFaria
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Christian Riechers
> Peter Shell wrote:
>> Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>>> I have a Google Calendar and I subscribe to with Lightning (0.9, TB
>>> 2.0.0.23) on Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit. I subscribe to is using CalDav. Most
>>> events show up with out much problems. But some events don't. For
>>> example, I have one today @ 2Pm-4Pm. I can see it in Google Calendar
>>> but I cannot see it in Lightning. Tried reloading the calendar - no
>>> difference. Still doesn't appear.
>>>
>>> Further, I delete an event in Lightning and refresh my Google
>>> calendar. That worked. Now from the Google calendar I delete an event
>>> and move another one, refresh my Lightning calendar. No go. Doesn't
>>> notice the changes!
>>>
>> the cause. The only solution I found to refresh the calendar and see
>> the changes was to stop and restart TB. And even then some changes
>> were not reflected. I run TB (2.0.0.23 and Lightening (0.9) on WIN XP
>> machine. The interesting fact is that the updates always appear to get
>> to Google Calendar (and then my iPhone) but not always to Lightening.
>>
> Sounds like some sort of debugging tool would be helpful about now...
Using TB3beta4 with Lightning 1.0pre for Google via CalDAV. A second
installation is TB 2.0.0.23 with Lightning 0.9 and Google Provider, both
on Linux.
There are a number of birthdays (events repeated yearly), which I do see
in Lightning 0.9, but not in Lightning 1.0pre.
Deleting the event in Lightning 0.9 and re-creating it with Lightning
1.0pre will make it visible for both versions. Strange ...
--
Christian
Andrew DeFaria
Using TB3beta4 with Lightning 1.0pre for Google via CalDAV. A second installation is TB 2.0.0.23 with Lightning 0.9 and Google Provider, both on Linux. There are a number of birthdays (events repeated yearly), which I do see in Lightning 0.9, but not in Lightning 1.0pre. Deleting the event in Lightning 0.9 and re-creating it with Lightning 1.0pre will make it visible for both versions. Strange ...
Here's another failure. I have a recurring "todo" entered as an event on Friday afternoons to submit my timesheet. I'd have it entered as a task if recurring tasks worked correctly. In any event, first problem, editing this single event shows me http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#event. Why?
Secondly it shows me Etc/GMT+7 for a timezone.
Correcting both of these and selecting Save yields http://defaria.com/tmp/Lightning1.jpg
Selection Discard my changes and reload does nothing.
If I select Submit my changes anyway I get http://defaria.com/tmp/Lightning2.jpg
I made the change on Google calender itself and then attempted to refresh my Lightning calendar but I did not see any change. Restarted TB/Lightning - still no change. Attempted the modification again and even though it say MODIFICATION_FAILED my calender was updates as per the changes I made on Google calendar!
Andrew DeFaria
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Alan Lord (News)
<snip<lots of interesting stuff about Lightning/Google problems</snip>
> I made the change on Google calender itself and then attempted to
> refresh my Lightning calendar but I did not see any change. Restarted
> TB/Lightning - still no change. Attempted the modification again and
> even though it say MODIFICATION_FAILED my calender was updates as per
> the changes I made on Google calendar!
I have been using TB3 and Lighning (nightlies) on Ubuntu 9.04 for
several months now with Google Calendars using CalDAV.
I have to say, I have had none of the problems I used to see with TB2 &
Lightning 0.9, such as it doesn;t save recurring events and the dreaded
"MODIFICATION_FAILED" errors.
Apart from a couple of nightly builds with bugs (to be expected)
TB3/1.0pre has been very reliable with Google from our perspective.
I'm not sure if this helps you to narrow down your problems or not, but
I wanted to make it clear that it has worked virtually perfectly for me
for several months now.
HTH
Alan
Andrew DeFaria
I have been using TB3 and Lighning (nightlies) on Ubuntu 9.04 for several months now with Google Calendars using CalDAV.
I have to say, I have had none of the problems I used to see with TB2 & Lightning 0.9, such as it doesn;t save recurring events and the dreaded "MODIFICATION_FAILED" errors.
Apart from a couple of nightly builds with bugs (to be expected) TB3/1.0pre has been very reliable with Google from our perspective.
I'm not sure if this helps you to narrow down your problems or not, but I wanted to make it clear that it has worked virtually perfectly for me for several months now.
Switched to TB 3.0b2. I used to use compact headers, where there was only one line at most in the header with a little twizzle thing to expand it when necessary. That doesn't appear to work anymore. Where did it go?
Also, I love the TB Change From and Fcc on Compose Extension but it hasn't been maintained for quite some time. I use Nightly Test Tools to enable it and it worked in prior versions of TB (Well it worked most of the time but failed quite often). In TB 3.0b2 it doesn't work at all. Activating it causes TB to not be able to send email at all! I've tried to contact the developer of this extension but he doesn't respond. Why doesn't TB allow you to at least set Fcc?!?
TB3.0b2: Check for new messages at startup and Check for new messages ever X minutes doesn't appear to work. Is this a known problem?
I run an IMAP server for my personal email and I have a Gmail account. I use Show only subscribed folders on both. On my server it work (Dovecot). For Gmail however it doesn't. Any ideas?
Christian Riechers
>
> I have been using TB3 and Lighning (nightlies) on Ubuntu 9.04 for
> several months now with Google Calendars using CalDAV.
>
> I have to say, I have had none of the problems I used to see with TB2 &
> Lightning 0.9, such as it doesn;t save recurring events and the dreaded
> "MODIFICATION_FAILED" errors.
>
> Apart from a couple of nightly builds with bugs (to be expected)
> TB3/1.0pre has been very reliable with Google from our perspective.
>
> I'm not sure if this helps you to narrow down your problems or not, but
> I wanted to make it clear that it has worked virtually perfectly for me
> for several months now.
Glad it works for you. Just curious, do you use different TB/Lightning
installations to access Google Calendar, or only a single one?
I used to use TB2/LG0.9 on both, Windows and Linux, as well as
TB3/LG1.0pre on Windows and Linux. Both versions of LG were used to
write to the Google Calendar. I had little luck with the Google Provider
add-on and LG 1.0pre. Therefore switched to calDAV at some point, which
feels stable, but still seems to have a few issues as mentioned before.
--
Christian
Christian Riechers
> Hey Alan. My problem with TB3 and Lightning 1.0pre is the TB3 part.
> Maybe TB3 has finally become usable for me. I don't remember all of the
> problems I had but I believe one of them is that I'm on a 64 bit machine
> and there isn't a 64 bit version of TB3. Add to that the fact that many
> of the extensions I use rely on 32bit libraries, which I don't have so
> therefore they don't install (I think Lightning was one of them). Other
> problems were:
>
> Switched to TB 3.0b2. I used to use compact headers, where there was
> only one line at most in the header with a little twizzle thing to
> expand it when necessary. That doesn't appear to work anymore. Where
> did it go?
The new header pane isn't everyone's cup of tea, but there's an
extension to restore the previous behavior.
CompactHeader - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/13564
>
> Also, I love the TB Change From and Fcc on Compose Extension but it
> hasn't been maintained for quite some time. I use Nightly Test Tools
> to enable it and it worked in prior versions of TB (Well it worked
> most of the time but failed quite often).
As far as I understand it, there have been a lot of changes to the
extension API in TB3, so don't expect every extension compatible for TB2
only can be made functional for TB3 by bumping it's maxVersion no. or
using Nightly Test Tools for this.
>
> TB3.0b2: Check for new messages at startup and Check for new
> messages ever X minutes doesn't appear to work. Is this a known problem?
No problem here for IMAP accounts using TB3b4.
--
Christian
Andrew DeFaria
Switched to TB 3.0b2. I used to use compact headers, where there was only one line at most in the header with a little twizzle thing to expand it when necessary. That doesn't appear to work anymore. Where did it go?The new header pane isn't everyone's cup of tea, but there's an extension to restore the previous behavior. CompactHeader - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/13564
Also, I love the TB Change From and Fcc on Compose Extension but it hasn't been maintained for quite some time. I use Nightly Test Tools to enable it and it worked in prior versions of TB (Well it workedAs far as I understand it, there have been a lot of changes to the extension API in TB3, so don't expect every extension compatible for TB2 only can be made functional for TB3 by bumping it's maxVersion no. or using Nightly Test Tools for this.
most of the time but failed quite often).
TB3.0b2: Check for new messages at startup and Check for new messages ever X minutes doesn't appear to work. Is this a known problem?No problem here for IMAP accounts using TB3b4.
Andrew DeFaria
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Alan Lord (News)
<snip />
> Glad it works for you. Just curious, do you use different TB/Lightning
> installations to access Google Calendar, or only a single one?
> I used to use TB2/LG0.9 on both, Windows and Linux, as well as
> TB3/LG1.0pre on Windows and Linux. Both versions of LG were used to
> write to the Google Calendar. I had little luck with the Google Provider
> add-on and LG 1.0pre. Therefore switched to calDAV at some point, which
> feels stable, but still seems to have a few issues as mentioned before.
>
I have TB3/Lightning on three machines. They all run either Ubuntu 9.04
or the Karmic Beta. We do not use any proprietary software (like
Windows) on our machines at all.
I have 8 calendars on Google; some shared between colleagues and family.
As I said, it has been much better that Lightning 0.9/TB2. My wife is
still in that version and has a few "problems" like recurring events not
being created, and TB2 chewing 99% processor cycles for unknown reasons.
I will probably move her to TB3 this weekend now it's getting near to
release and is more stable.
Al
Stefan Sitter
> As I said, it has been much better that Lightning 0.9/TB2. My
> wife is still in that version and has a few "problems" like
> recurring events not being created, and TB2 chewing 99% processor
> cycles for unknown reasons.
Is she using the latest version of the Provider for Google Calendar
extension? Creating should be possible again in version 0.5.3 and
newer. <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/4631>
Or does she access Google Calendar via CalDAV protocol too?
Stefan
Alan Lord (News)
Hi Stefan,
CalDAV
Stefan Sitter
> Christian Riechers wrote:
>> The new header pane isn't everyone's cup of tea, but there's an
>> extension to restore the previous behavior. CompactHeader -
>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/13564
>
> That's nice to know but I still prefer 1 line to 2 lines of
> header.
You can set it to show only one line of header, see
<http://compactheader.mozdev.org/screenshots.html>
Stefan