Public bug reported:
Today I upgraded 20.04 -> 22.04.
After the upgrade firefox spammed the console:
update.go:85: cannot change mount namespace according to change mount
(/var/lib/snapd/hostfs/usr/local/share/doc /usr/local/share/doc none
bind,ro 0 0): cannot write to
"/var/lib/snapd/hostfs/usr/local/share/doc" because it would affect the
host in "/var/lib/snapd"
but it worked more or less. If I tried to start a 2nd incarnation, firefox
gave, after a few seconds,
a popup window with "Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To use
Firefox, you must first close the existing Firefox process, restart your
device, or use a different profile."
The version firefox reported for itself was 146.0.1.
I tried to get a fresh firefox and uninstalled snapd and firefox, and installed
them again.
...
Preparing to unpack .../firefox_1%3a1snap1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
=> Installing the firefox snap
==> Checking connectivity with the snap store
==> Installing the firefox snap
snap "firefox" is already installed, see 'snap help refresh'
=> Snap installation complete
Unpacking firefox (1:1snap1-0ubuntu2) ...
Setting up firefox (1:1snap1-0ubuntu2) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/firefox to provide
/usr/bin/gnome-www-browser (gnome-www-browser) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/firefox to provide /usr/bin/x-www-browser
(x-www-browser) in auto mode
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu3) ...
...
Now starting firefox yields "execv failed: No such file or directory", and I
have not been able to get a working firefox from ubuntu. Maybe the "is already
installed" points to a problem?
The current one is downloaded directly from Mozilla. Maybe Ubuntu no longer
provides a non-snap firefox?
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=22.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jammy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS"
$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
Installed: 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2
Candidate: 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 500
500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ apt-cache policy snapd
snapd:
Installed: 2.72+ubuntu22.04
Candidate: 2.72+ubuntu22.04
Version table:
*** 2.72+ubuntu22.04 500
500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.63+22.04ubuntu0.1 500
500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64
Packages
2.55.3+22.04 500
500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages
$ firefox
execv failed: No such file or directory
** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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