"Snap" question

[Robert Heller]

At Fri, 11 Dec 2020 09:31:51 +0100 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> hi,
> Am Donnerstag, den 10.12.2020, 20:38 -0500 schrieb Robert Heller:
> >Â 
> > > did you use --jailmode instead of -devmode when installing it ?
> > > 
> > I used -edge and -devmode.  Was that the mistake?
> > 
> nope, for this snap --devmode is the best you can do, one thing you can
> try is to simply prefix your path (i.e. navigate
> to)Â /var/lib/snapd/hostfs, this is where a devmode snap is able to see
> a copy of the rootfs ... i.e.
> try /var/lib/snapd/hostfs/usr/share/pixmaps
> 
> i took a look at the snap and it seems really not completely ready yet
> (i.e. it only provides the home interface by default while it should
> also offer removable-media, btw "snap connections xv" shows you the
> possible interfaces the snap packager has allowed and if they are
> connected) so you will have to work around some shortcomings ...

OK, this will not do. I have used xv as my "standard" image viewer application
and have used it to view images all over the various file systems mounted on
my system. I will have to find a "real" (eg .deb) install of xv or else I'll
have to find the source and build it that way. 

> 
> ciao
> 	oli

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