Thunderbird doesn't launch immediately when launched from the launcher

snap
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I’m not sure why it’s not doing that. It tends to launch immediately from the terminal, but not from the application launcher (tends to take at least 3 tries).

$ snap --version
snap    2.59.1+23.04ubuntu1
snapd   2.59.1+23.04ubuntu1
series  16
ubuntu  23.04
kernel  6.2.0-20-generic

Terminal output:

$ snap run thunderbird
Gtk-Message: 01:34:01.311: Failed to load module "colorreload-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 01:34:01.311: Failed to load module "window-decorations-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 01:34:01.311: Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module"
[GFX1-]: glxtest: libpci missing
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
amdgpu: os_same_file_description couldn't determine if two DRM fds reference the same file description.
If they do, bad things may happen!
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
Missing chrome or resource URL: resource:///modules/gloda/GlodaConstants.jsm
Missing chrome or resource URL: resource:///modules/gloda/GlodaConstants.sys.mjs
2

Does this help ?? --> xdg-desktop-menu forceupdate

Try to do this in terminal

3

This often happens with many snaps. But, most probably it has something to do with the desktop file itself. When you type snap run *****, the binary file under /snap/bin is directly triggered. But when you click the desktop file, it first triggers which is in the Exec=....., then that command is executed within its confinement, and then in most cases it triggers the binary file under /snap/bin, which again triggers the binary file under $SNAP/usr/bin or where it’s located. I guess this chain of executions makes it late.

4

“Late” would imply it would launch a little later. There are times where it just doesn’t work.

If this were to happen again, any idea how I’d be able to debug it?

It’s already in the menu

5

I got you. I also often face it with firefox. But, I never thought about that. @alexmurray can you look into this?

6

This issue sounds a lot like https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/2011806

7

Is there an ETA for this?

Starting to notice other Snaps, like Brave, are affected too.

Starting to get annoying.

8

I don’t face it anymore though.

9

I’m still experiencing it with Brave and Thunderbird.

Doesn’t seem to happen with Firefox, though

Nov 14 20:12:55 Y4M1-II systemd[9205]: Started snap.thunderbird.thunderbird-218c47bb-9cdf-4585-8487-1e76547933b3.scope.
Nov 14 20:12:55 Y4M1-II systemd[9205]: Started app-thunderbird_thunderbird-4758a597c99d427f91814da5b05c365a.scope - Thunderbird Mail - Mail Client.
Nov 14 20:12:55 Y4M1-II plasmashell[133984]: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/app-thunderbird_thunderbird-4758a597c99d427f91814da5b05c365a.scope is not a snap cgroup

Nov 14 20:18:39 systemd[9205]: Started snap.brave.brave-0149a21f-9f53-4774-9189-d26c3e467622.scope.
Nov 14 20:18:39 systemd[9205]: Started app-brave_brave-ef45525cece44fb8aec48a679c000d9d.scope - Brave Web Browser - Web Browser.
Nov 14 20:18:39 kwin_x11[9529]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 9515, resource id: 33557375, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
Nov 14 20:18:39 plasmashell[136250]: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/app-brave_brave-ef45525cece44fb8aec48a679c000d9d.scope is not a snap cgroup
Nov 14 20:18:39 kwin_x11[9529]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 9550, resource id: 33557376, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
10

My Bitwarden was affected after I forced quit it.

11

still happening from time to time (u22.04). Looking at bug ticket posted above, I wonder if the fix is only for 23.04 and later versions, or if there is a fix at all (it’s not clear)

12

Hasn’t happened recently. Gonna try and keep my system’s uptime as high as possible

> snap --version
snap    2.61.1
snapd   2.61.1
series  16
ubuntu  23.10
kernel  6.5.0-17-generic