Starting /snap/firefox/<rev>/usr/lib/firefox/firefox runs this specific binary outside of the snapd confinement and the standard wrapper, that's an untested configuration and likely to not work as intended.
Saving files in the standard usedir should be working, if it isn't could you share more details on the error you get and the location you try to save to (is that a local directory? remote share? ...) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2042543 Title: Firefox-snap cannot save files or launch apps due to faulty apparmor configuration Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Since a recent update, firefox cannot any more save pages, images or download files. It also cannot launch other processes like zoom via meeting links. This seems to be caused by a faulty apparmor configuration and a common problem since the introduction of the snap package, e.g. c.f. https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/snap-based- firefox-is-a-terrible-experience.1487499 or https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2476758 . However, none of the proposed workarounds works for me, neither editing apparmor configuration files, reinstalling firefox, or refreshing it via Help -> More troubleshoot information -> Refresh firefox. Finally, I found that snap installs two binaries, one in /usr/bin/firefox and one in /snap/firefox/3252/usr/lib/firefox/firefox. If I start firefox from cli with typing firefox, the first one is invoked, which is broken. If I explicitly invoke /snap/firefox/3252/usr/lib/firefox/firefox, saving works fine. So I just aliased the second binary to firefox in the .bashrc. This binary also strangely seems to use its own configuration, i.e. own apps, password storage, etc. I hope this information helps other users with the same problem and the package maintainers with fixing the configuration. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: firefox 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-88.98-generic 5.15.126 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-88-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Thu Nov 2 10:03:30 2023 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-05 (2918 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805) Snap.Changes: no changes found SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-10-30 (367 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/2042543/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
