[Bug 1983528] [NEW] firefox fails to launch after OEM install

[Jeremy Bicha]

Public bug reported:

I just did an OEM install of the Ubuntu 22.04.1 Desktop candidate.

I used the instructions at
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/437/builds/254993/testcases/1305/results

I was unable to start Firefox. Here is the command line output.

$ firefox
sed: can't read /home/jeremy/.config/user-dirs.dirs: Permission denied
/snap/firefox/1635/snap/command-chain/desktop-launch: line 261: /home/jeremy/.config/user-dirs.dirs: Permission denied
cp: cannot open '/home/jeremy/.config/user-dirs.locale' for reading: Permission denied
/snap/firefox/1635/snap/command-chain/desktop-launch: line 266: /home/jeremy/.config/user-dirs.locale: Permission denied
Error: cannot open display: :0


This is strange because I was able to launch Firefox after completing a non-OEM install.

/etc/passwd shows
jeremy:x:1000:1000:Jeremy Bicha,,,:/home/jeremy:/bin/bash

And my user-dirs.dirs looks normal
-rw-------  1 jeremy jeremy  633 Aug  3 20:09 user-dirs.dirs

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: kinetic

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