Can't run any snap

~/snap/vlc$ snap run vlc
cannot perform operation: mount --rbind /dev /tmp/snap.rootfs_YzB0gL//dev: No such file or directory

~/snap/vlc$ snap run tmnationsforever
cannot perform operation: mount --rbind /dev /tmp/snap.rootfs_6anEtK//dev: No such file or directory

~/snap/vlc$ snap run blender-tpa
error: cannot find current revision for snap blender-tpa: readlink /snap/blender-tpa/current: no such file or directory

snap run discord
cannot perform operation: mount --rbind /dev /tmp/snap.rootfs_AQG2ig//dev: No such file or directory

snap run inkscape
cannot perform operation: mount --rbind /dev /tmp/snap.rootfs_x6NjNa//dev: No such file or directory

~/snap/vlc$ snap run hello
error: cannot find installed snap “hello” at revision 20: missing file /snap/hello/20/meta/snap.yaml

snap run simplenote
error: cannot find installed snap “simplenote” at revision 89: missing file /snap/simplenote/89/meta/snap.yaml

boreal@boreal:~/snap/vlc$ snap run core
error: cannot find installed snap “core” at revision 6479: missing file /snap/core/6479/meta/snap.yaml

list of installed snaps:
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
anbox-installer 24 stable morphis broken
blender-tpaw 2.78c-tpaw0 3 stable antonwilc0x -
core 6479 beta canonical broken
discord 0.0.8 91 stable snapcrafters -
gnome-3-26-1604 3.26.0 78 stable canonical -
gtk-common-themes 0.1-7-g1feddba 1122 stable canonical -
hello 20 stable canonical broken
inkscape 0.92.4 4693 stable inkscape -
simplenote 89 beta snapcrafters broken
tmnationsforever 2.11.26 28 stable snapcrafters -
vlc 3.0.6 770 stable videolan -

operating system:
ubuntu 14.04

Please run the snap version command in a terminal and report the output.

snap version
output:

snap 2.34.2~14.04.1
snapd 2.34.2~14.04.1
series 16
ubuntu 14.04
kernel 4.4.0-142-generic

Hello.

Ubuntu 14.04 supports non-graphical snaps only. Having said that it seems your system has more issues than we anticipate. Can you please tell me more about it? Is it a virtual machine? Is it a container?

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its a machine.

vlc snap was working fine up to a few days ago then it stoped working after an forced shutdown (the computer crash)
some how, its working again…

trying to fire up vlc from terminal:

snap run vlc
realpath: '': No such file or directory
realpath: '': No such file or directory
realpath: '': No such file or directory
realpath: '': No such file or directory
realpath: '': No such file or directory
realpath: '': No such file or directory
realpath: '': No such file or directory
realpath: '': No such file or directory
VLC media player 3.0.6 Vetinari (revision 3.0.6-0-g5803e85)
[00000000010b83b0] main libvlc: Executando o VLC com a interface padrão. Use 'cvlc' para usar o VLC sem interface.
Qt: Session management error: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported
[000000000114d420] main playlist: playlist is empty
Non-native QFileDialog supports only local files
Non-native QFileDialog supports only local files
[ass] Shaper: FriBidi 0.19.7 (SIMPLE) HarfBuzz-ng 1.4.6 (COMPLEX)
[ass] Using font provider fontconfig
libEGL warning: DRI3: Screen seems not DRI3 capable
libva info: VA-API version 0.39.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /snap/vlc/770/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_39
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
[00007f68d8c056d0] avcodec decoder: Using Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) Ivybridge Mobile - 1.7.0 for hardware decoding
[00007f68f00009b0] main input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR  is called too late (pts_delay increased to 300 ms)
[h264 @ 0x7f68d8c35400] co located POCs unavailable
"Qt Warning: Compose file: \"/usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose\" can't be found"
QObject::~QObject: Timers cannot be stopped from another thread

^first atempt to run
its seems to be working now, it was even able to decode an test video

snap run vlc
realpath: '': No such file or directory
realpath: '': No such file or directory
realpath: '': No such file or directory
realpath: '': No such file or directory
realpath: '': No such file or directory
realpath: '': No such file or directory
realpath: '': No such file or directory
realpath: '': No such file or directory
VLC media player 3.0.6 Vetinari (revision 3.0.6-0-g5803e85)
[000000000214d3b0] main libvlc: Executando o VLC com a interface padrão. Use 'cvlc' para usar o VLC sem interface.
Qt: Session management error: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported
[00000000021e2420] main playlist: playlist is empty
QObject::~QObject: Timers cannot be stopped from another thread

^this time i didnt tried to play anything, i just wanted to see what lines appear before i close the program.
the last line only appear when i close the program.