Public bug reported:
I'm trying to run thunderbird remotely (which is quite urgent, for
reasons), and using Xpra to do it.
This used to work, now it doesn't - because Thunderbird is snap
packaged.
I keep hitting "computer says no" problems in snap, because of its
restrictive assumptions.
- you can't run a snap package as a daemon
- you can't run a snap package if you aren't in /home
- you can't run a snap package over xpra
- you can't open files from snap-packaged thunderbird with a shell script.
Not really expecting a fix here, just to record yet another broken-by-
snap-ism. I've loved Linux for 26 years, but snap makes me feel the
Windows-98SE experience all over again. It's the one reason I'll
probably move away from Ubuntu, not just for myself but for my business
and all the servers of my customers. Please, whoever reads this, can we
at least have an /etc/snap/policy.conf where we can clearly say that we
want to turn off the safeguards that don't apply?
Btw, the apport info refers to my local machine, running 24.04; the
other end (running Xpra and refusingto run thunderbird) is running
26.04.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: thunderbird (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-111.111-generic 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-111-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Sun Jun 21 17:17:09 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-21 (4687 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130423.1)
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: thunderbird
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2025-10-25 (239 days ago)
** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug noble
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2157742
Title:
Thunderbird doesn't run under Xpra (thanks to snap)_
To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/2157742/+subscriptions
--
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
