Not that I know in any detail what this means, but:
$ snap connections firefox
Interface Plug Slot
Notes
alsa firefox:alsa -
-
audio-playback firefox:audio-playback
:audio-playback -
audio-record firefox:audio-record :audio-record
-
avahi-observe firefox:avahi-observe :avahi-observe
-
browser-support firefox:browser-sandbox
:browser-support -
camera firefox:camera :camera
-
content[gnome-42-2204] firefox:gnome-42-2204
gnome-42-2204:gnome-42-2204 -
content[gtk-3-themes] firefox:gtk-3-themes
gtk-common-themes:gtk-3-themes -
content[icon-themes] firefox:icon-themes
gtk-common-themes:icon-themes -
content[sound-themes] firefox:sound-themes
gtk-common-themes:sound-themes -
cups-control firefox:cups-control :cups-control
-
dbus -
firefox:dbus-daemon -
desktop firefox:desktop :desktop
-
desktop-legacy firefox:desktop-legacy
:desktop-legacy -
gsettings firefox:gsettings :gsettings
-
hardware-observe firefox:hardware-observe
:hardware-observe -
home firefox:home :home
-
joystick firefox:joystick :joystick
-
login-session-observe firefox:login-session-observe
:login-session-observe -
mount-control firefox:host-hunspell :mount-control
-
mpris - firefox:mpris
-
network firefox:network :network
-
network-bind firefox:network-bind :network-bind
-
network-observe firefox:network-observe -
-
opengl firefox:opengl :opengl
-
personal-files firefox:dot-mozilla-firefox
:personal-files -
removable-media firefox:removable-media
:removable-media -
screen-inhibit-control firefox:screen-inhibit-control
:screen-inhibit-control -
system-files firefox:etc-firefox :system-files
-
system-packages-doc firefox:system-packages-doc
:system-packages-doc -
u2f-devices firefox:u2f-devices :u2f-devices
-
unity7 firefox:unity7 :unity7
-
upower-observe firefox:upower-observe
:upower-observe -
wayland firefox:wayland :wayland
-
x11 firefox:x11 :x11
-
On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 4:46 PM Russell Senior
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The weird thing is, if snap sandboxing was responsible, why did
> Galen's snap-based firefox on the same release not do the same thing.
> Also, why can I see the directory contents and click on the file. It
> just doesn't get passed to the uploader. There is something opaque
> going on.
>
> --
> Russell Senior
> [email protected]
>
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 4:42 PM Tomas Kuchta
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > 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]
> > >
