Another example of this 'snap' problem relative to a try for 'chromium', ending in an "unwritable /var/lib/snapd/hostfs/writable"?
~/HD-GDU3/odoncaoa/Documents/Info/Notes/Systems/Ux/TUFfx705DU/Admin 2022-05-07 17:22 odoncaoa@TUFfx705DU2204[18]$ sudo snap install chromium [sudo] password for odoncaoa: error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Run configure hook of "chromium" snap if present (run hook "configure": cannot perform operation: mount --make-rprivate /var/lib/snapd/hostfs/writable: No such file or directory) Here's the 'syslog' applicable of the activity involved. /var/log 2022-05-07 17:33 odoncaoa@TUFfx705DU2204[16]$ cat syslog | tail -n 100 May 7 16:34:37 TUFfx705DU2204 anacron[11721]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2022-05-07 May 7 16:34:37 TUFfx705DU2204 anacron[11721]: Normal exit (0 jobs run) May 7 16:34:37 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: anacron.service: Deactivated successfully. May 7 16:40:37 TUFfx705DU2204 NetworkManager[597]: <info> [1651956037.5398] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE May 7 16:40:37 TUFfx705DU2204 dbus-daemon[595]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' requested by ':1.4' (uid=0 pid=597 comm="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon " label="unconfined") May 7 16:40:37 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service... May 7 16:40:37 TUFfx705DU2204 dbus-daemon[595]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' May 7 16:40:37 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: Started Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service. May 7 16:40:44 TUFfx705DU2204 NetworkManager[597]: <info> [1651956044.7479] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL May 7 16:40:54 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Deactivated successfully. May 7 17:10:55 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: Starting Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd... May 7 17:10:55 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE May 7 17:10:55 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: fwupd-refresh.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. May 7 17:10:55 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: Failed to start Refresh fwupd metadata and update motd. May 7 17:16:04 TUFfx705DU2204 NetworkManager[597]: <info> [1651958164.5398] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE May 7 17:16:04 TUFfx705DU2204 dbus-daemon[595]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' requested by ':1.4' (uid=0 pid=597 comm="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon " label="unconfined") May 7 17:16:04 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service... May 7 17:16:04 TUFfx705DU2204 dbus-daemon[595]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' May 7 17:16:04 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: Started Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service. May 7 17:16:04 TUFfx705DU2204 NetworkManager[597]: <info> [1651958164.7184] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL May 7 17:16:14 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Deactivated successfully. May 7 17:17:01 TUFfx705DU2204 CRON[11997]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) May 7 17:18:25 TUFfx705DU2204 dbus-daemon[595]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='net.reactivated.Fprint' unit='fprintd.service' requested by ':1.81' (uid=1000 pid=1534 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-shell " label="unconfined") May 7 17:18:25 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: Starting Fingerprint Authentication Daemon... May 7 17:18:25 TUFfx705DU2204 dbus-daemon[595]: [system] Successfully activated service 'net.reactivated.Fprint' May 7 17:18:25 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: Started Fingerprint Authentication Daemon. May 7 17:18:25 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: JS ERROR: Failed to initialize fprintd service: Gio.IOErrorEnum: GDBus.Error:net.reactivated.Fprint.Error.NoSuchDevice: No devices available#012asyncCallback@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/core/overrides/Gio.js:114:23 May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: cr_parser_new_from_buf: assertion 'a_buf && a_len' failed May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: cr_declaration_parse_list_from_buf: assertion 'parser' failed May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: cr_parser_new_from_buf: assertion 'a_buf && a_len' failed May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: cr_declaration_parse_list_from_buf: assertion 'parser' failed May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: cr_parser_new_from_buf: assertion 'a_buf && a_len' failed May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: cr_declaration_parse_list_from_buf: assertion 'parser' failed May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 NetworkManager[597]: <info> [1651958317.5577] agent-manager: agent[fcc9907b752c05e3,:1.81/org.gnome.Shell.NetworkAgent/1000]: agent registered May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 ubuntu-appindicat...@ubuntu.com[1534]: unable to update icon for software-update-available May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 ubuntu-appindicat...@ubuntu.com[1534]: unable to update icon for livepatch May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: cr_parser_new_from_buf: assertion 'a_buf && a_len' failed May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: cr_declaration_parse_list_from_buf: assertion 'parser' failed May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym 31 with keysym 31 (keycode a). May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym 32 with keysym 32 (keycode b). May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym 33 with keysym 33 (keycode c). May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym 35 with keysym 35 (keycode e). May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym 34 with keysym 34 (keycode d). May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym 36 with keysym 36 (keycode f). May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym 37 with keysym 37 (keycode 10). May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym 39 with keysym 39 (keycode 12). May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym 38 with keysym 38 (keycode 11). May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 dbus-daemon[1387]: [session uid=1000 pid=1387] Activating service name='org.gnome.Nautilus' requested by ':1.145' (uid=1000 pid=12023 comm="gjs /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ding@rasters" label="unconfined") May 7 17:18:37 TUFfx705DU2204 dbus-daemon[1387]: [session uid=1000 pid=1387] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Nautilus' May 7 17:18:38 TUFfx705DU2204 dbus-daemon[1387]: [session uid=1000 pid=1387] Activating service name='org.gnome.ArchiveManager1' requested by ':1.145' (uid=1000 pid=12023 comm="gjs /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ding@rasters" label="unconfined") May 7 17:18:38 TUFfx705DU2204 dbus-daemon[1387]: [session uid=1000 pid=1387] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.ArchiveManager1' May 7 17:18:38 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: DING: Detected async api for thumbnails May 7 17:18:38 TUFfx705DU2204 gnome-shell[1534]: DING: GNOME nautilus 42.0 May 7 17:18:48 TUFfx705DU2204 nautilus[12046]: Could not delete '.meta.isrunning': No such file or directory May 7 17:18:55 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: fprintd.service: Deactivated successfully. May 7 17:21:34 TUFfx705DU2204 xdg-desktop-por[2006]: Realtime error: Could not map pid: Could not determine pid namespace: Could not find instance-id in process's /.flatpak-info May 7 17:24:15 TUFfx705DU2204 xdg-desktop-por[2006]: message repeated 2 times: [ Realtime error: Could not map pid: Could not determine pid namespace: Could not find instance-id in process's /.flatpak-info] May 7 17:24:56 TUFfx705DU2204 epiphany[8875]: Could not load a pixbuf from icon theme.#012This may indicate that pixbuf loaders or the mime database could not be found. May 7 17:24:56 TUFfx705DU2204 dbus-daemon[595]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service' requested by ':1.128' (uid=1000 pid=8875 comm="epiphany " label="unconfined") May 7 17:24:56 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service... May 7 17:24:56 TUFfx705DU2204 dbus-daemon[595]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1' May 7 17:24:56 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: Started Hostname Service. May 7 17:25:26 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: systemd-hostnamed.service: Deactivated successfully. May 7 17:25:50 TUFfx705DU2204 snapd[651]: api_snaps.go:317: Installing snap "chromium" revision unset May 7 17:26:02 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: Reloading. May 7 17:26:02 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: Mounting Mount unit for chromium, revision 1985... May 7 17:26:02 TUFfx705DU2204 kernel: [ 9398.154933] loop7: detected capacity change from 0 to 271728 May 7 17:26:02 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: Mounted Mount unit for chromium, revision 1985. May 7 17:26:03 TUFfx705DU2204 kernel: [ 9398.361832] audit: type=1400 audit(1651958763.183:68): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="snap-update-ns.chromium" pid=12613 comm="apparmor_parser" May 7 17:26:03 TUFfx705DU2204 kernel: [ 9398.410908] audit: type=1400 audit(1651958763.231:69): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="snap.chromium.hook.configure" pid=12616 comm="apparmor_parser" May 7 17:26:03 TUFfx705DU2204 kernel: [ 9398.415992] audit: type=1400 audit(1651958763.239:70): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="snap.chromium.chromedriver" pid=12614 comm="apparmor_parser" May 7 17:26:03 TUFfx705DU2204 kernel: [ 9398.425833] audit: type=1400 audit(1651958763.247:71): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="snap.chromium.chromium" pid=12615 comm="apparmor_parser" May 7 17:26:03 TUFfx705DU2204 dbus-daemon[1387]: [session uid=1000 pid=1387] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Extract' unit='tracker-extract-3.service' requested by ':1.6' (uid=1000 pid=1410 comm="/usr/libexec/tracker-miner-fs-3 " label="unconfined") May 7 17:26:03 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1373]: Starting Tracker metadata extractor... May 7 17:26:03 TUFfx705DU2204 dbus-daemon[1387]: [session uid=1000 pid=1387] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Extract' May 7 17:26:03 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1373]: Started Tracker metadata extractor. May 7 17:26:04 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd-udevd[12668]: Using default interface naming scheme 'v249'. May 7 17:26:04 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd-udevd[12661]: Using default interface naming scheme 'v249'. May 7 17:26:05 TUFfx705DU2204 kernel: [ 9400.867182] audit: type=1400 audit(1651958765.687:72): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" info="same as current profile, skipping" profile="unconfined" name="/snap/snapd/15534/usr/lib/snapd/snap-confine" pid=12730 comm="apparmor_parser" May 7 17:26:05 TUFfx705DU2204 kernel: [ 9400.867190] audit: type=1400 audit(1651958765.687:73): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" info="same as current profile, skipping" profile="unconfined" name="/snap/snapd/15534/usr/lib/snapd/snap-confine//mount-namespace-capture-helper" pid=12730 comm="apparmor_parser" May 7 17:26:05 TUFfx705DU2204 kernel: [ 9401.101286] audit: type=1400 audit(1651958765.923:74): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" profile="unconfined" name="snap.chromium.hook.configure" pid=12735 comm="apparmor_parser" May 7 17:26:06 TUFfx705DU2204 kernel: [ 9401.533037] audit: type=1400 audit(1651958766.355:75): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" profile="unconfined" name="snap-update-ns.chromium" pid=12732 comm="apparmor_parser" May 7 17:26:06 TUFfx705DU2204 kernel: [ 9402.152372] audit: type=1400 audit(1651958766.975:76): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" profile="unconfined" name="snap.chromium.chromium" pid=12734 comm="apparmor_parser" May 7 17:26:07 TUFfx705DU2204 ModemManager[816]: <info> [base-manager] couldn't check support for device '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.2/0000:02:00.0': not supported by any plugin May 7 17:26:07 TUFfx705DU2204 ModemManager[816]: <info> [base-manager] couldn't check support for device '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.7/0000:04:00.0': not supported by any plugin May 7 17:26:07 TUFfx705DU2204 kernel: [ 9402.359036] audit: type=1400 audit(1651958767.179:77): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" profile="unconfined" name="snap.chromium.chromedriver" pid=12733 comm="apparmor_parser" May 7 17:26:07 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: Started snap.chromium.hook.configure.750cc2f3-3c53-4df1-b7d3-48f41d1d53ae.scope. May 7 17:26:07 TUFfx705DU2204 snapd[651]: taskrunner.go:271: [change 13 "Run configure hook of \"chromium\" snap if present" task] failed: run hook "configure": cannot perform operation: mount --make-rprivate /var/lib/snapd/hostfs/writable: No such file or directory May 7 17:26:07 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: tmp-snap.rootfs_yBvbXr.mount: Deactivated successfully. May 7 17:26:07 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: snap.chromium.hook.configure.750cc2f3-3c53-4df1-b7d3-48f41d1d53ae.scope: Deactivated successfully. May 7 17:26:09 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd-udevd[12802]: Using default interface naming scheme 'v249'. May 7 17:26:09 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd-udevd[12801]: Using default interface naming scheme 'v249'. May 7 17:26:10 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: snap-chromium-1985.mount: Deactivated successfully. May 7 17:26:11 TUFfx705DU2204 systemd[1]: Reloading. May 7 17:26:11 TUFfx705DU2204 snapd[651]: handlers.go:661: Reported install problem for "chromium" as already-reported May 7 17:26:12 TUFfx705DU2204 ModemManager[816]: <info> [base-manager] couldn't check support for device '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.2/0000:02:00.0': not supported by any plugin May 7 17:26:12 TUFfx705DU2204 ModemManager[816]: <info> [base-manager] couldn't check support for device '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.7/0000:04:00.0': not supported by any plugin May 7 17:27:48 TUFfx705DU2204 xdg-desktop-por[2006]: Realtime error: Could not map pid: Could not determine pid namespace: Could not find instance-id in process's /.flatpak-info May 7 17:30:01 TUFfx705DU2204 CRON[13059]: (root) CMD ([ -x /etc/init.d/anacron ] && if [ ! -d /run/systemd/system ]; then /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d anacron start >/dev/null; fi) May 7 17:30:05 TUFfx705DU2204 xdg-desktop-por[2006]: Realtime error: Could not map pid: Could not determine pid namespace: Could not find instance-id in process's /.flatpak-info -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1972067 Title: package ubuntu-advantage-tools 27.8~22.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: installed ubuntu-advantage-tools package post-installation script subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-advantage-tools/+bug/1972067/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs