Public bug reported:
X-based snaps doesn't work on some distros with KDE5 since the
XAUTHORITY env variable points to /tmp/xauth-${UID}-${DISPLAY/:/_} that
is not usable inside a snap since /tmp/ is private inside the snap (see
kdeinit5).
**Workaround**:
You can launch the snap (tested on ArchLinux) using the old ~/.Xauthority file:
XAUTHORITY=~/.Xauthority /snap/bin/vlc
If you don't have an updated ~/.Xauthority just do cp
/tmp/xauth-${UID}-${DISPLAY/:/_} ~/.Xauthority
** Affects: snapd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
X-based snaps doesn't work on some distros with KDE5 since the
- XAUTHORITY env variable points to `/tmp/xauth-${UID}-${DISPLAY/:/_}`
- that is not usable inside a snap since `/tmp/` is remounted (see
+ XAUTHORITY env variable points to /tmp/xauth-${UID}-${DISPLAY/:/_} that
+ is not usable inside a snap since /tmp/ is private inside the snap (see
kdeinit5).
**Workaround**:
You can launch the snap (tested on ArchLinux) using the old ~/.Xauthority
file:
- ```
+
XAUTHORITY=~/.Xauthority /snap/bin/vlc
- ```
- If you don't have an updated `~/.Xauthority` just do `cp
- /tmp/xauth-${UID}-${DISPLAY/:/_} ~/.Xauthority`
+ If you don't have an updated ~/.Xauthority just do cp
+ /tmp/xauth-${UID}-${DISPLAY/:/_} ~/.Xauthority
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Title:
X-based snaps doesn't work on (some) KDE5 distros
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