[Bug 2003192] [NEW] thunderbird snap does not work without x11 interface connected
A333
2003192 at bugs.launchpad.net
Wed Jan 18 11:47:32 UTC 2023
Public bug reported:
When I disconnect the thunderbird from the x11 interface thunderbird
crashes saying it can not find the wayland socket. If I add a link to
the wayland socket inside the container thunderbird works fine. That is
on kubuntu 22.04 in a plasma/wayland session, MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 is
set on the host and in the container as well.
This also probably means that the thunderbird snap actually never uses
native wayland and falls back to xwayland (because the wayland socket
can not be found).
This unintended use of xwayland could be construed as a security issue,
but someone who mistrusts snaps using x11 (like me) will remove the
permission which leads to failure instead of a security issue.
$ snap run thunderbird ## BROKEN
...
[GFX1-]: glxtest: libpci missing
[GFX1-]: glxtest: Could not connect to wayland socket
[GFX1-]: No GPUs detected via PCI
(thunderbird:103861): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:37:14.162: cannot open display: :1
ExceptionHandler::GenerateDump cloned child 103976
ExceptionHandler::SendContinueSignalToChild sent continue signal to child
ExceptionHandler::WaitForContinueSignal waiting for continue signal...
$ snap run --shell thunderbird ## FIXING IT
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.
user at user-mycomputer:/$ ln -s /run/user/1000/wayland-0 $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/ ; exit
$ snap run thunderbird ## NOW IT WORKS
$ lsb_release -rd ## UBUNTU VERSION
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Release: 22.04
$ snap interfaces thunderbird ## SNAP CONFIGURATION
Slot Plug
gnome-3-38-2004:gnome-3-38-2004 thunderbird
gtk-common-themes:gtk-3-themes thunderbird
gtk-common-themes:icon-themes thunderbird
gtk-common-themes:sound-themes thunderbird
:audio-playback thunderbird
:browser-support thunderbird:browser-sandbox
:cups-control thunderbird
:desktop thunderbird
:desktop-legacy thunderbird
:gsettings thunderbird
:home thunderbird
:network thunderbird
:opengl thunderbird
:system-files thunderbird:etc-thunderbird-policies
:wayland thunderbird
thunderbird:dbus-daemon -
- thunderbird:avahi-observe
- thunderbird:camera
- thunderbird:gpg-keys
- thunderbird:network-control
- thunderbird:removable-media
- thunderbird:u2f-devices
- thunderbird:x11
$ snap info thunderbird ## THUNDERBIRD SNAP VERSION
...
installed: 102.7.0-1 (288) 106MB -
$ snap --version ## SNAPD etc VERSION
snap 2.58
snapd 2.58
series 16
ubuntu 22.04
kernel 5.15.0-57-generic
** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
- When I disconnect the thunderbird from the x11 interface, thunderbird
- crashes saying it cant find the wayland socket. If I add a link to the
- wayland socket inside the container, thunderbird works fine. That is on
- ubuntu 22.04.
+ When I disconnect the thunderbird from the x11 interface thunderbird
+ crashes saying it can not find the wayland socket. If I add a link to
+ the wayland socket inside the container thunderbird works fine. That is
+ on ubuntu 22.04.
This also probably means that the thunderbird snap actually never uses
native wayland and falls back to xwayland (because the wayland socket
can not be found).
This unintended use of xwayland could be construed as a security issue,
but someone who mistrusts snaps using x11 (like me) will remove the
permission which leads to failure instead of a security issue.
-
$ snap run thunderbird ## BROKEN
...
[GFX1-]: glxtest: libpci missing
[GFX1-]: glxtest: Could not connect to wayland socket
[GFX1-]: No GPUs detected via PCI
(thunderbird:103861): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:37:14.162: cannot open display: :1
ExceptionHandler::GenerateDump cloned child 103976
ExceptionHandler::SendContinueSignalToChild sent continue signal to child
ExceptionHandler::WaitForContinueSignal waiting for continue signal...
-
$ snap run --shell thunderbird ## FIXING IT
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.
user at user-mycomputer:/$ ln -s /run/user/1000/wayland-0 $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/ ; exit
$ snap run thunderbird ## NOW IT WORKS
-
$ lsb_release -rd ## UBUNTU VERSION
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Release: 22.04
-
$ snap interfaces thunderbird ## SNAP CONFIGURATION
Slot Plug
gnome-3-38-2004:gnome-3-38-2004 thunderbird
gtk-common-themes:gtk-3-themes thunderbird
gtk-common-themes:icon-themes thunderbird
gtk-common-themes:sound-themes thunderbird
:audio-playback thunderbird
:browser-support thunderbird:browser-sandbox
:cups-control thunderbird
:desktop thunderbird
:desktop-legacy thunderbird
:gsettings thunderbird
:home thunderbird
:network thunderbird
:opengl thunderbird
:system-files thunderbird:etc-thunderbird-policies
:wayland thunderbird
thunderbird:dbus-daemon -
- thunderbird:avahi-observe
- thunderbird:camera
- thunderbird:gpg-keys
- thunderbird:network-control
- thunderbird:removable-media
- thunderbird:u2f-devices
- thunderbird:x11
$ snap info thunderbird ## THUNDERBIRD SNAP VERSION
...
installed: 102.7.0-1 (288) 106MB -
$ snap --version ## SNAPD etc VERSION
snap 2.58
snapd 2.58
series 16
ubuntu 22.04
kernel 5.15.0-57-generic
** Description changed:
When I disconnect the thunderbird from the x11 interface thunderbird
crashes saying it can not find the wayland socket. If I add a link to
the wayland socket inside the container thunderbird works fine. That is
- on ubuntu 22.04.
+ on kubuntu 22.04 in a plasma/wayland session.
This also probably means that the thunderbird snap actually never uses
native wayland and falls back to xwayland (because the wayland socket
can not be found).
This unintended use of xwayland could be construed as a security issue,
but someone who mistrusts snaps using x11 (like me) will remove the
permission which leads to failure instead of a security issue.
$ snap run thunderbird ## BROKEN
...
[GFX1-]: glxtest: libpci missing
[GFX1-]: glxtest: Could not connect to wayland socket
[GFX1-]: No GPUs detected via PCI
(thunderbird:103861): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:37:14.162: cannot open display: :1
ExceptionHandler::GenerateDump cloned child 103976
ExceptionHandler::SendContinueSignalToChild sent continue signal to child
ExceptionHandler::WaitForContinueSignal waiting for continue signal...
$ snap run --shell thunderbird ## FIXING IT
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.
user at user-mycomputer:/$ ln -s /run/user/1000/wayland-0 $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/ ; exit
$ snap run thunderbird ## NOW IT WORKS
$ lsb_release -rd ## UBUNTU VERSION
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Release: 22.04
$ snap interfaces thunderbird ## SNAP CONFIGURATION
Slot Plug
gnome-3-38-2004:gnome-3-38-2004 thunderbird
gtk-common-themes:gtk-3-themes thunderbird
gtk-common-themes:icon-themes thunderbird
gtk-common-themes:sound-themes thunderbird
:audio-playback thunderbird
:browser-support thunderbird:browser-sandbox
:cups-control thunderbird
:desktop thunderbird
:desktop-legacy thunderbird
:gsettings thunderbird
:home thunderbird
:network thunderbird
:opengl thunderbird
:system-files thunderbird:etc-thunderbird-policies
:wayland thunderbird
thunderbird:dbus-daemon -
- thunderbird:avahi-observe
- thunderbird:camera
- thunderbird:gpg-keys
- thunderbird:network-control
- thunderbird:removable-media
- thunderbird:u2f-devices
- thunderbird:x11
$ snap info thunderbird ## THUNDERBIRD SNAP VERSION
...
installed: 102.7.0-1 (288) 106MB -
$ snap --version ## SNAPD etc VERSION
snap 2.58
snapd 2.58
series 16
ubuntu 22.04
kernel 5.15.0-57-generic
** Summary changed:
- thunderbird snap does not work without x11
+ thunderbird snap does not work without x11 interface connected
** Description changed:
When I disconnect the thunderbird from the x11 interface thunderbird
crashes saying it can not find the wayland socket. If I add a link to
the wayland socket inside the container thunderbird works fine. That is
- on kubuntu 22.04 in a plasma/wayland session.
+ on kubuntu 22.04 in a plasma/wayland session, MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 is
+ set on the host and in the container as well.
This also probably means that the thunderbird snap actually never uses
native wayland and falls back to xwayland (because the wayland socket
can not be found).
This unintended use of xwayland could be construed as a security issue,
but someone who mistrusts snaps using x11 (like me) will remove the
permission which leads to failure instead of a security issue.
$ snap run thunderbird ## BROKEN
...
[GFX1-]: glxtest: libpci missing
[GFX1-]: glxtest: Could not connect to wayland socket
[GFX1-]: No GPUs detected via PCI
(thunderbird:103861): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:37:14.162: cannot open display: :1
ExceptionHandler::GenerateDump cloned child 103976
ExceptionHandler::SendContinueSignalToChild sent continue signal to child
ExceptionHandler::WaitForContinueSignal waiting for continue signal...
$ snap run --shell thunderbird ## FIXING IT
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.
user at user-mycomputer:/$ ln -s /run/user/1000/wayland-0 $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/ ; exit
$ snap run thunderbird ## NOW IT WORKS
$ lsb_release -rd ## UBUNTU VERSION
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Release: 22.04
$ snap interfaces thunderbird ## SNAP CONFIGURATION
Slot Plug
gnome-3-38-2004:gnome-3-38-2004 thunderbird
gtk-common-themes:gtk-3-themes thunderbird
gtk-common-themes:icon-themes thunderbird
gtk-common-themes:sound-themes thunderbird
:audio-playback thunderbird
:browser-support thunderbird:browser-sandbox
:cups-control thunderbird
:desktop thunderbird
:desktop-legacy thunderbird
:gsettings thunderbird
:home thunderbird
:network thunderbird
:opengl thunderbird
:system-files thunderbird:etc-thunderbird-policies
:wayland thunderbird
thunderbird:dbus-daemon -
- thunderbird:avahi-observe
- thunderbird:camera
- thunderbird:gpg-keys
- thunderbird:network-control
- thunderbird:removable-media
- thunderbird:u2f-devices
- thunderbird:x11
$ snap info thunderbird ## THUNDERBIRD SNAP VERSION
...
installed: 102.7.0-1 (288) 106MB -
$ snap --version ## SNAPD etc VERSION
snap 2.58
snapd 2.58
series 16
ubuntu 22.04
kernel 5.15.0-57-generic
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