emacs snap crashes when invoked as root

[svarshavchik]

Ubuntu was updated from jammy to noble.

In noble, when sudo-ing from a terminal window emacs crashes. When started as non-root, though, emacs starts without any issues.

root@ripper:/etc/nut# emacs

(emacs:37538): Gtk-WARNING : 09:18:57.828: Could not load a pixbuf from /org/gtk/libgtk/icons/16x16/status/image-missing.png. This may indicate that pixbuf loaders or the mime database could not be found. Gtk:ERROR:../../../../gtk/gtkiconhelper.c:494:ensure_surface_for_gicon: assertion failed (error == NULL): Failed to load /org/gtk/libgtk/icons/16x16/status/image-missing.png: Unrecognized image file format (gdk-pixbuf-error-quark, 3) Bail out! Gtk:ERROR:../../../../gtk/gtkiconhelper.c:494:ensure_surface_for_gicon: assertion failed (error == NULL): Failed to load /org/gtk/libgtk/icons/16x16/status/image-missing.png: Unrecognized image file format (gdk-pixbuf-error-quark, 3) Fatal error 6: Aborted Backtrace: /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/emacs-gtk(+0x1b05c8)[0x57824f0495c8] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/emacs-gtk(+0x55871)[0x57824eeee871] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/emacs-gtk(+0x55dbc)[0x57824eeeedbc] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/emacs-gtk(+0x1ae5ed)[0x57824f0475ed] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/emacs-gtk(+0x1ae6df)[0x57824f0476df] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0x14420)[0x7b36841fc420] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0xcb)[0x7b368222200b] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x12b)[0x7b3682201859] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(+0x1db43)[0x7b368592bb43] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_assertion_message_error+0xb6)[0x7b36859894c6] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x213bca)[0x7b368626cbca] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x214278)[0x7b368626d278] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x214394)[0x7b368626d394] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x2144e0)[0x7b368626d4e0] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x228191)[0x7b3686281191] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x182417)[0x7b36861db417] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x18675e)[0x7b36861df75e] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x228927)[0x7b3686281927] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x2e9ac3)[0x7b3686342ac3] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x2e9ce6)[0x7b3686342ce6] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(gtk_widget_get_preferred_height_and_baseline_for_width+0xa5)[0x7b3686343035] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x12fd23)[0x7b3686188d23] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x182417)[0x7b36861db417] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x18675e)[0x7b36861df75e] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x1306a7)[0x7b36861896a7] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x2e9ac3)[0x7b3686342ac3] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x2e9ce6)[0x7b3686342ce6] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(gtk_widget_get_preferred_height_and_baseline_for_width+0xa5)[0x7b3686343035] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x182417)[0x7b36861db417] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x18675e)[0x7b36861df75e] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x13d607)[0x7b3686196607] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x2e9ac3)[0x7b3686342ac3] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x2e9ce6)[0x7b3686342ce6] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(gtk_widget_get_preferred_height_and_baseline_for_width+0xa5)[0x7b3686343035] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x2e9ac3)[0x7b3686342ac3] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x2e9ce6)[0x7b3686342ce6] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(gtk_widget_get_preferred_height+0x89)[0x7b3686342179] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x2e94fb)[0x7b36863424fb] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x2e9ce6)[0x7b3686342ce6] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(gtk_widget_get_preferred_height_and_baseline_for_width+0xa5)[0x7b3686343035] /snap/emacs/2504/usr/bin/../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x2ea18b)[0x7b368634318b] ... Aborted (core dumped) root@ripper:/etc/nut#

[JMarianoIFSTTAR]

Same problem, except I'm using emacs 29.4 on ubuntu 22.04. Seems to be solved with : sudo snap refresh emacs --channel=latest/edge

[huangfeiyu]

@JMarianoIFSTTAR 's solution fixed my problem, Though the version of the emacs is 31. I am using Debian bookworm. The following command fixed my issue too, and it keep's my emacs version to 29.4 sudo snap refresh emacs --channel=latest/beta