Just for completeness, I've found the solution. I googled some more as none of my other snaps were working and found a little tidbit I hadn’t come across before. It mentioned something about using the mount system for /root. My /root was a symlink to /home/root. I deleted the symlink Created a new /root folder Created a mount entry in /etc/fstab: /data/home/root /root none rbind Now my snaps are working. The full thread where I got this from is here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1729576 the comment in question is #13. Thank you again for your help.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1855889 Title: cannot perform operation: mount --rbind /root /tmp/snap.rootfs_vWwNbw//root: Permission denied Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Expired Status in snapd package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Hi, I try to run Chromium from the menu and nothing happens. If I run it from the CLI I get: cannot perform operation: mount --rbind /root /tmp/snap.rootfs_vWwNbw//root: Permission denied I tried uninstalling and reinstalling. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling snapd. Tried anything related I could find on-line, but nothing works. Upgrade snap to the latest version on the pre-release channel. For some reason Chromium does not show up in the Software centre either. Thanks for any help. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 19.10 Release: 19.10 $ snap list chromium Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes chromium 78.0.3904.108 958 stable canonicalâ - $ apt-cache policy chromium-browser chromium-browser: Installed: 77.0.3865.120-0ubuntu1.19.10.1 Candidate: 77.0.3865.120-0ubuntu1.19.10.1 Version table: *** 77.0.3865.120-0ubuntu1.19.10.1 500 500 http://mirror.overthewire.com.au/ubuntu eoan-updates/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 77.0.3865.120-0ubuntu1~snap1 500 500 http://mirror.overthewire.com.au/ubuntu eoan/universe amd64 Packages $ snap list chromium Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes chromium 78.0.3904.108 958 stable canonicalâ - $ snap info chromium name: chromium summary: Chromium web browser, open-source version of Chrome publisher: Canonicalâ contact: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bugs?field.tag=snap license: unset description: | An open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web. commands: - chromium.chromedriver - chromium snap-id: XKEcBqPM06H1Z7zGOdG5fbICuf8NWK5R tracking: stable refresh-date: today at 23:00 ACST channels: stable: 78.0.3904.108 2019-11-25 (958) 160MB - candidate: 78.0.3904.108 2019-11-22 (952) 160MB - beta: 79.0.3945.74 2019-12-06 (966) 155MB - edge: 80.0.3983.2 2019-12-05 (964) 156MB - installed: 78.0.3904.108 (958) 160MB To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1855889/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
