i might be barking up the wrong tree, installing lxd version 'edge' solved the problem. It might be a problem with the snap itself instead of the snapd see also https://github.com/lxc/lxd/issues/3892
** Bug watch added: LXD bug tracker #3892 https://github.com/lxc/lxd/issues/3892 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1721234 Title: running snap application as normal user gives chroot error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1721234/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
