[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1967844] Re: firefox snap does not work with home directories outside of /home
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1620771 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1620771 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1776800 Unable to start snap applications if user's home directory is not /home/$USER ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1620771 when /home is somewhere else, snaps don't work -- 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/1967844 Title: firefox snap does not work with home directories outside of /home Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Firefox version information below. I don't think replacing the deb version with the snap was a good idea. If your home directory is outside of /home (quite common for central home directories on a file server mounted via NFS or some other way for example) you cannot use Firefox in Ubuntu 22.04 anymore. $ firefox Sorry, home directories outside of /home are not currently supported. See https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/11209 for details. This is a long standing issue and should have been addressed before replacing the deb with the snap version imho. --- $ snap info firefox name: firefox summary: Mozilla Firefox web browser publisher: Mozilla✓ store-url: https://snapcraft.io/firefox contact: https://support.mozilla.org/products/firefox license: unset description: | Firefox is a powerful, extensible web browser with support for modern web application technologies. commands: - firefox snap-id: 3wdHCAVyZEmYsCMFDE9qt92UV8rC8Wdk tracking: latest/stable refresh-date: today at 10:17 CEST channels: latest/stable:98.0.2-12022-03-24 (1154) 162MB - latest/candidate: 99.0-2 2022-03-31 (1188) 163MB - latest/beta: 100.0b1-1 2022-04-05 (1200) 163MB - latest/edge: 100.0a1 2022-04-05 (1201) 179MB - esr/stable: 91.7.1esr-2 2022-03-14 (1116) 161MB - esr/candidate:91.8.0esr-1 2022-03-30 (1184) 161MB - esr/beta: ↑ esr/edge: ↑ installed: 98.0.2-1 (1154) 162MB - To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1967844/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1967844] Re: firefox snap does not work with home directories outside of /home
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1776800 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1776800 this is a major showstopper at our institute. we have 60+ ubuntu desktops with nfs-mounted homes and were postponing the switch from the last lts to this one for a while. but this cannot go on forever while availability of firefox is, obviously, crucial. i would classify this bug as "critical" and "urgent". -- 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/1967844 Title: firefox snap does not work with home directories outside of /home Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Firefox version information below. I don't think replacing the deb version with the snap was a good idea. If your home directory is outside of /home (quite common for central home directories on a file server mounted via NFS or some other way for example) you cannot use Firefox in Ubuntu 22.04 anymore. $ firefox Sorry, home directories outside of /home are not currently supported. See https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/11209 for details. This is a long standing issue and should have been addressed before replacing the deb with the snap version imho. --- $ snap info firefox name: firefox summary: Mozilla Firefox web browser publisher: Mozilla✓ store-url: https://snapcraft.io/firefox contact: https://support.mozilla.org/products/firefox license: unset description: | Firefox is a powerful, extensible web browser with support for modern web application technologies. commands: - firefox snap-id: 3wdHCAVyZEmYsCMFDE9qt92UV8rC8Wdk tracking: latest/stable refresh-date: today at 10:17 CEST channels: latest/stable:98.0.2-12022-03-24 (1154) 162MB - latest/candidate: 99.0-2 2022-03-31 (1188) 163MB - latest/beta: 100.0b1-1 2022-04-05 (1200) 163MB - latest/edge: 100.0a1 2022-04-05 (1201) 179MB - esr/stable: 91.7.1esr-2 2022-03-14 (1116) 161MB - esr/candidate:91.8.0esr-1 2022-03-30 (1184) 161MB - esr/beta: ↑ esr/edge: ↑ installed: 98.0.2-1 (1154) 162MB - To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1967844/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1967844] Re: firefox snap does not work with home directories outside of /home
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1776800 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1776800 Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- 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/1967844 Title: firefox snap does not work with home directories outside of /home Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Firefox version information below. I don't think replacing the deb version with the snap was a good idea. If your home directory is outside of /home (quite common for central home directories on a file server mounted via NFS or some other way for example) you cannot use Firefox in Ubuntu 22.04 anymore. $ firefox Sorry, home directories outside of /home are not currently supported. See https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/11209 for details. This is a long standing issue and should have been addressed before replacing the deb with the snap version imho. --- $ snap info firefox name: firefox summary: Mozilla Firefox web browser publisher: Mozilla✓ store-url: https://snapcraft.io/firefox contact: https://support.mozilla.org/products/firefox license: unset description: | Firefox is a powerful, extensible web browser with support for modern web application technologies. commands: - firefox snap-id: 3wdHCAVyZEmYsCMFDE9qt92UV8rC8Wdk tracking: latest/stable refresh-date: today at 10:17 CEST channels: latest/stable:98.0.2-12022-03-24 (1154) 162MB - latest/candidate: 99.0-2 2022-03-31 (1188) 163MB - latest/beta: 100.0b1-1 2022-04-05 (1200) 163MB - latest/edge: 100.0a1 2022-04-05 (1201) 179MB - esr/stable: 91.7.1esr-2 2022-03-14 (1116) 161MB - esr/candidate:91.8.0esr-1 2022-03-30 (1184) 161MB - esr/beta: ↑ esr/edge: ↑ installed: 98.0.2-1 (1154) 162MB - To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1967844/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1967844] Re: firefox snap does not work with home directories outside of /home
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1776800 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1776800 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1776800 Unable to start snap applications if user's home directory is not /home/$USER -- 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/1967844 Title: firefox snap does not work with home directories outside of /home Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Firefox version information below. I don't think replacing the deb version with the snap was a good idea. If your home directory is outside of /home (quite common for central home directories on a file server mounted via NFS or some other way for example) you cannot use Firefox in Ubuntu 22.04 anymore. $ firefox Sorry, home directories outside of /home are not currently supported. See https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/11209 for details. This is a long standing issue and should have been addressed before replacing the deb with the snap version imho. --- $ snap info firefox name: firefox summary: Mozilla Firefox web browser publisher: Mozilla✓ store-url: https://snapcraft.io/firefox contact: https://support.mozilla.org/products/firefox license: unset description: | Firefox is a powerful, extensible web browser with support for modern web application technologies. commands: - firefox snap-id: 3wdHCAVyZEmYsCMFDE9qt92UV8rC8Wdk tracking: latest/stable refresh-date: today at 10:17 CEST channels: latest/stable:98.0.2-12022-03-24 (1154) 162MB - latest/candidate: 99.0-2 2022-03-31 (1188) 163MB - latest/beta: 100.0b1-1 2022-04-05 (1200) 163MB - latest/edge: 100.0a1 2022-04-05 (1201) 179MB - esr/stable: 91.7.1esr-2 2022-03-14 (1116) 161MB - esr/candidate:91.8.0esr-1 2022-03-30 (1184) 161MB - esr/beta: ↑ esr/edge: ↑ installed: 98.0.2-1 (1154) 162MB - To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1967844/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1967844] Re: firefox snap does not work with home directories outside of /home
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1776800 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1776800 I know that there are workarounds with bind-mounts and whatnot, but workarounds are not a feasible solution for a LTS release. -- 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/1967844 Title: firefox snap does not work with home directories outside of /home Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Firefox version information below. I don't think replacing the deb version with the snap was a good idea. If your home directory is outside of /home (quite common for central home directories on a file server mounted via NFS or some other way for example) you cannot use Firefox in Ubuntu 22.04 anymore. $ firefox Sorry, home directories outside of /home are not currently supported. See https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/11209 for details. This is a long standing issue and should have been addressed before replacing the deb with the snap version imho. --- $ snap info firefox name: firefox summary: Mozilla Firefox web browser publisher: Mozilla✓ store-url: https://snapcraft.io/firefox contact: https://support.mozilla.org/products/firefox license: unset description: | Firefox is a powerful, extensible web browser with support for modern web application technologies. commands: - firefox snap-id: 3wdHCAVyZEmYsCMFDE9qt92UV8rC8Wdk tracking: latest/stable refresh-date: today at 10:17 CEST channels: latest/stable:98.0.2-12022-03-24 (1154) 162MB - latest/candidate: 99.0-2 2022-03-31 (1188) 163MB - latest/beta: 100.0b1-1 2022-04-05 (1200) 163MB - latest/edge: 100.0a1 2022-04-05 (1201) 179MB - esr/stable: 91.7.1esr-2 2022-03-14 (1116) 161MB - esr/candidate:91.8.0esr-1 2022-03-30 (1184) 161MB - esr/beta: ↑ esr/edge: ↑ installed: 98.0.2-1 (1154) 162MB - To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1967844/+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
