This is fixed by https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/13857
** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Invalid ** Changed in: snapd (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2062330 Title: Chromium fails to start with "invalid home directory" Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in snapd package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: As of this morning chromium failed to launch, a problem which I've never had before. When I run from command line, I get this: $ chromium ERROR: ld.so: object 'libgtk3-nocsd.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (failed to map segment from shared object): ignored. cannot update snap namespace: cannot expand mount entry (none $HOME/.local/share none x-snapd.kind=ensure-dir,x-snapd.must-exist-dir=$HOME 0 0): cannot use invalid home directory "/home/macho": permission denied snap-update-ns failed with code 1 Here is some more info: $ ls -la /home | grep macho drwx------ 34 macho macho 12288 Apr 18 08:55 macho $ snap info chromium name: chromium summary: Chromium web browser, open-source version of Chrome publisher: Canonical✓ store-url: https://snapcraft.io/chromium contact: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bugs?field.tag=snap license: unset description: | An open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web. commands: - chromium.chromedriver - chromium snap-id: XKEcBqPM06H1Z7zGOdG5fbICuf8NWK5R tracking: latest/stable refresh-date: 2 days ago, at 01:07 EDT channels: latest/stable: 123.0.6312.122 2024-04-15 (2821) 168MB - latest/candidate: 124.0.6367.60 2024-04-17 (2828) 169MB - latest/beta: 124.0.6367.60 2024-04-16 (2827) 169MB - latest/edge: 125.0.6420.3 2024-04-17 (2829) 170MB - installed: 123.0.6312.122 (2821) 168MB - $ dpkg -l libgtk3-nocsd0 Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-====================-============-============-============================> ii libgtk3-nocsd0:amd64 3-1ubuntu2 amd64 Library to disable Gtk+ 3 cl Happy to provide any further info needed. This is on ubuntu 23.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/2062330/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp