Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
Merge to snap breaks Belgian electronic ID
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
I installed the new .deb of ubuntu 22.04 during the upgrade, which
empties the firefox deb and merely lets it install via snap.
I heavily rely on the Belgian eID software to identify myself in
government and other websites (health providers, banks, ...). The
software is distributed by the Belgian government and allows to read
the SmartCard eID. Hence, the snap-sandbox in which firefox is running
cannot reach out to the middleware and hardware.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Install firefox via the default deb/snap package
2. Install eID middleware from eid.belgium.be
(https://eid.belgium.be/sites/default/files/software/eid-archive_2022.3_all.deb
sets up the archive, the package concerned is eid-mw)
3. Plug a USB card reader in your PC and insert the Belgian eID
4. Launch firefox and install the eid plugin
(https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/belgium-eid/)
5. Restart Firefox (it usually needs to have the card connected upon starting
the application to recognise the reader and the card)
6. Error message about the eid middleware not being found, no eID found when
connecting to government website such as test.eid.belgium.be
This is an essential feature for literally all users in Belgium, so
there should at least be a full deb package made available (and
informed about) for Belgian users, rather than just leaving no
alternative to non-initiated users.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: firefox 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-41.46-generic 5.13.19
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-41-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed May 4 15:45:29 2022
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=de_BE:de
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=de_BE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
Snap.Changes:
ID Status Spawn Bereit
Zusammenfassung
186 Done 2022-05-04T15:39:23+02:00 2022-05-04T15:40:10+02:00
Installiere "firefox" Snap
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-05-04 (0 days ago)
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