[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1776873] Re: Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps
Can anyone help with a workaround suggestion while we're waiting for this to get fixed? I normally manually patch package issues like this, but for some reason it doesn't seem to be working in this case: ``` TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d) cd $TMPDIR apt-get -y source snapd sed -i 's/"http", "https", "mailto", "snap", "help"/"http", "https", "mailto", "snap", "help", "apt", "zoommtg", "slack"/' snapd-2.42.1+19.10/usersession/userd/launcher.go cd snapd-2.42.1+19.10 && dch -l$(hostname) fix_missing_app_types cd .. cd snapd-2.42.1+19.10$(hostname)1 && DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck debuild -b -uc -us cd .. sudo dpkg -i snapd_2.42.1+19.10$(hostname)1_amd64.deb ``` It seems to be updating /usr/bin/snap properly, but the xdg-open is still blocked. -- 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/1776873 Title: Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps Status in snapd: Triaged Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/blob/7952972d4897e085030b288e44dc98b824f6723a/userd/launcher.go#L55 snapd has a hard-coded list of allowed URL schemes. Currently that is limited to "http", "https", "mailto", "snap". We have a number of applications in the store which are trying to use protocol handlers outside this scope and break when that's not possible. e.g. Telegram Desktop: tg:/ Github Desktop: git:/ IRCCloud Desktop: irc:/ These are the ones I know of, others may also be affected. Can we please at least expand the list to those that we know of, and perhaps research other popular protocol handlers? Ideally we wouldn't have a whitelist, because this delays our ability to land new applications with as-yet unknown url schemes. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1776873/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1776873] Re: Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps
Alexey I'm having the same experience as you. It's uncanny, feels like something obvious is missing. Not sure how it's working for Kevin above. -- 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/1776873 Title: Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps Status in snapd: Triaged Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/blob/7952972d4897e085030b288e44dc98b824f6723a/userd/launcher.go#L55 snapd has a hard-coded list of allowed URL schemes. Currently that is limited to "http", "https", "mailto", "snap". We have a number of applications in the store which are trying to use protocol handlers outside this scope and break when that's not possible. e.g. Telegram Desktop: tg:/ Github Desktop: git:/ IRCCloud Desktop: irc:/ These are the ones I know of, others may also be affected. Can we please at least expand the list to those that we know of, and perhaps research other popular protocol handlers? Ideally we wouldn't have a whitelist, because this delays our ability to land new applications with as-yet unknown url schemes. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1776873/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1776873] Re: Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps
@cpbl see https://askubuntu.com/a/158872 ("Software & Updates" in the
menu now)
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Title:
Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps
Status in snapd:
Triaged
Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/blob/7952972d4897e085030b288e44dc98b824f6723a/userd/launcher.go#L55
snapd has a hard-coded list of allowed URL schemes. Currently that is
limited to "http", "https", "mailto", "snap".
We have a number of applications in the store which are trying to use
protocol handlers outside this scope and break when that's not
possible.
e.g.
Telegram Desktop: tg:/
Github Desktop: git:/
IRCCloud Desktop: irc:/
These are the ones I know of, others may also be affected. Can we
please at least expand the list to those that we know of, and perhaps
research other popular protocol handlers?
Ideally we wouldn't have a whitelist, because this delays our ability
to land new applications with as-yet unknown url schemes.
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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1776873] Re: Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps
With respect, I think focusing on an improved response time for the PRs is missing the forest for the trees. The vast majority of users that experience these bugs won't be the ones to make Ubuntu SSO & GitHub accounts and contribute PRs to fix it. They're just going to get a silent launch failure, and tell their social circles about how Ubuntu doesn't work. For snap's long term success, there needs to be a stronger focus on a good user experience or we're just going to lose users. The only reason we don't see more of the errors now is that the default browser (Firefox) isn't shipped as a snap, and I really don't like being happy about that. Fundamentally I think there needs to be a bigger focus on a user- friendly solution, something like the proposal to make all system registered apps work by default, or anything else like that. -- 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/1776873 Title: Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps Status in snapd: Triaged Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/blob/7952972d4897e085030b288e44dc98b824f6723a/userd/launcher.go#L55 snapd has a hard-coded list of allowed URL schemes. Currently that is limited to "http", "https", "mailto", "snap". We have a number of applications in the store which are trying to use protocol handlers outside this scope and break when that's not possible. e.g. Telegram Desktop: tg:/ Github Desktop: git:/ IRCCloud Desktop: irc:/ These are the ones I know of, others may also be affected. Can we please at least expand the list to those that we know of, and perhaps research other popular protocol handlers? Ideally we wouldn't have a whitelist, because this delays our ability to land new applications with as-yet unknown url schemes. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1776873/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1776873] Re: Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps
Sorry for the +1 comment here, but can we revisit the severity of this? 20.04 is coming and it's a notable feature regression for chromium- browser. I really like this idea for fixing it: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/7731#issuecomment-585721100 -- 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/1776873 Title: Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps Status in snapd: Triaged Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/blob/7952972d4897e085030b288e44dc98b824f6723a/userd/launcher.go#L55 snapd has a hard-coded list of allowed URL schemes. Currently that is limited to "http", "https", "mailto", "snap". We have a number of applications in the store which are trying to use protocol handlers outside this scope and break when that's not possible. e.g. Telegram Desktop: tg:/ Github Desktop: git:/ IRCCloud Desktop: irc:/ These are the ones I know of, others may also be affected. Can we please at least expand the list to those that we know of, and perhaps research other popular protocol handlers? Ideally we wouldn't have a whitelist, because this delays our ability to land new applications with as-yet unknown url schemes. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1776873/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1776873] Re: Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps
I agree @cpbl -- there are almost certainly better options available. Maciej Borzecki detailed a good proposal at https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/7731#issuecomment-585721100 (with some follow-on thoughts added by jdstrand at https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/7731#pullrequestreview-362900171), but at this point it's up to someone to implement it. I just did the easy/lazy small Zoom PR, since I'm just an internet rando without time at the moment to develop the real fix. Unless something dramatically changes here in the next couple of weeks, I think anyone wanting a simple way to get the old xdg behavior on 20.04 is going to forced to: 1) Use Google-supplied binary Chrome or 2) Switch distros -- 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/1776873 Title: Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps Status in snapd: Triaged Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/blob/7952972d4897e085030b288e44dc98b824f6723a/userd/launcher.go#L55 snapd has a hard-coded list of allowed URL schemes. Currently that is limited to "http", "https", "mailto", "snap". We have a number of applications in the store which are trying to use protocol handlers outside this scope and break when that's not possible. e.g. Telegram Desktop: tg:/ Github Desktop: git:/ IRCCloud Desktop: irc:/ These are the ones I know of, others may also be affected. Can we please at least expand the list to those that we know of, and perhaps research other popular protocol handlers? Ideally we wouldn't have a whitelist, because this delays our ability to land new applications with as-yet unknown url schemes. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1776873/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1776873] Re: Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps
Snap 2.45.1 is out now and solves this -- I believe the issue can be marked fixed released. -- 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/1776873 Title: Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps Status in snapd: Triaged Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/blob/7952972d4897e085030b288e44dc98b824f6723a/userd/launcher.go#L55 snapd has a hard-coded list of allowed URL schemes. Currently that is limited to "http", "https", "mailto", "snap". We have a number of applications in the store which are trying to use protocol handlers outside this scope and break when that's not possible. e.g. Telegram Desktop: tg:/ Github Desktop: git:/ IRCCloud Desktop: irc:/ These are the ones I know of, others may also be affected. Can we please at least expand the list to those that we know of, and perhaps research other popular protocol handlers? Ideally we wouldn't have a whitelist, because this delays our ability to land new applications with as-yet unknown url schemes. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1776873/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1307102] Re: Unable to set autologin
I don't think this is correct -- the method in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LightDM#Autologin still works for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1307102 Title: Unable to set autologin Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In 14.04 Xubuntu I am unable to set autologin The /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-set-defaults --autologin command is now gone it seems ( https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/1.9.4-0ubuntu1 ) I've tried editing the various .conf files with no success. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: lightdm 1.10.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sun Apr 13 11:09:31 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-06 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily amd64 (20140406) SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1307102/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1307102] Re: Unable to set autologin
I realize my last comment was vague. I'm confirming that the method described by Robert is working properly for me. I only needed to add the "autologin-user=foo" option on my 14.04 system and it worked properly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1307102 Title: Unable to set autologin Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In 14.04 Xubuntu I am unable to set autologin The /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-set-defaults --autologin command is now gone it seems ( https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/1.9.4-0ubuntu1 ) I've tried editing the various .conf files with no success. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: lightdm 1.10.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sun Apr 13 11:09:31 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-06 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily amd64 (20140406) SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1307102/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1307102] Re: Unable to set autologin
Yes, this is with a clean install of Xubuntu 14.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1307102 Title: Unable to set autologin Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In 14.04 Xubuntu I am unable to set autologin The /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-set-defaults --autologin command is now gone it seems ( https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/1.9.4-0ubuntu1 ) I've tried editing the various .conf files with no success. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: lightdm 1.10.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sun Apr 13 11:09:31 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-06 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily amd64 (20140406) SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1307102/+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
