I had the same issue with Ubuntu snap based applications not having access to this or that file/directory/extension because snap uses separate directory structure and/or permissions.
My solution was to instal firefox as .deb from mozilla ppa and change the apt priorities, so that the next update wouldn't put back the snap.package over the .deb. Normal (as not snap) packages just use your filesystem with its permissions as is. I guess that you could try to figure out snap packaging and .... I honestly, do not care about snap, other than get it out of my way. Hope that helps, Tomas On Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 16:04 Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I had a slightly bizarre experience yesterday with Firefox. I was > using a web form to upload firmware to a router. The classic "Browse" > button allowed me to navigate my local environment for a file to > upload and "Select" the file. Because the file was actually coming > from another machine, I had scp'd it to my local /tmp directory to > make it available to my browser. So, I navigate to /tmp/, see the > intended file, and click "Select" in the file browser. But then, the > file isn't actually selected, and there is nothing to upload when I > click the Upload button in the web form. > > I thought to myself, "wait, what?". So, I copy the file to my > ~/Downloads directory and try again and it works. I try in a private > browser window. I try in Firefox's "Safe mode" (or "Troubleshoot > Mode"). Still, it works from ~/Downloads but it does not work from > /tmp or /srv/randomdir. I checked ownership/permissions of the file > and the directory. > > This is on a fairly recent install of Ubuntu 22.04, with Firefox > 127.0.1, and the default Snap. > > Does anyone have insight to this odd behavior? > > -- > Russell Senior > [email protected] >
