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jal

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Registered: 2015-04-23

Posts: 37

Snap chromium can't use file manager

Hi,

To download something from an email, for example, I see this:
https://imgur.com/wZSBIVg

Some info:

snap    2.45-3
snapd   2.45-3
series  16
arch    -
kernel  5.7.4-arch1-1

Chromium 83.0.4103.106 snap

community/pcmanfm 1.3.1-2 (lxde)

plasma-desktop 5.19.1-1 (plasma)

Thanks!

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

Posts: 30,518

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Re: Snap chromium can't use file manager

Your file manager is not relevant - that is just a save file dialog.  And the only problem is that you are missing the font(s) it requires.

What ttf fonts do you have installed?

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jal

Member

Registered: 2015-04-23

Posts: 37

Re: Snap chromium can't use file manager

sudo pacman -Ss ttf | grep installed

extra/gnu-free-fonts 20120503-8 [installed]
extra/noto-fonts 20190926-4 [installed]
extra/ttf-hack 3.003-2 [installed]

I found this:
https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/snap-store … es/15373/6

But the solution (after restarting chromium)

sudo rm /var/cache/fontconfig/*
rm ~/.cache/fontconfig/*

Did not work in my case. Or

rm ~/snap/chromium/common/.cache/fontconfig

But apparently a fix is on the way: https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/snapped-ap … /12484/48?

snap issue, not arch, anyway.

Last edited by jal (2020-06-23 16:22:23)