[BUG] - Snap version no longer runs on old distros like Centos 7

[danie-dejager]

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Describe the bug I have installed btop 1.3.2 Rev 763 on Centos 7 x86_64 hosts. When I execute btop I get the following error: ERROR: Failed to create _runner thread!

Snap version is current: 2.62

btop                    1.3.2     763    latest/stable  kz6fittycent  -
core22                  20240111  1122   latest/stable  canonical✓    base
snapd                   2.62      21465  latest/stable  canonical✓    snapd

[A clear and concise description of what the bug is.]

To Reproduce

Update btop to the latest version using snap. Execute it

Expected behavior Should still support older distros.

Screenshots

Info (please complete the following information):

name:      btop
summary:   Resource monitor that shows usage and stats
publisher: James Tigert (kz6fittycent)
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/btop
contact:   https://github.com/kz6fittycent/btop
license:   Apache-2.0
description: |
  Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.
  C++ version and continuation of bashtop and bpytop.
commands:
  - btop
snap-id:      UgRB8x3LtPA9L2Qo4G26ozMRImexxYzM
tracking:     latest/stable
refresh-date: today at 08:03 BST
channels:
  latest/stable:    1.3.2 2024-04-06 (763) 1MB -
  latest/candidate: ↑                          
  latest/beta:      ↑                          
  latest/edge:      1.3.2 2024-03-23 (763) 1MB -
installed:          1.3.2            (763) 1MB 

Kernel: 3.10.0-1160.108.1.el7.x86_64

Additional context

Contents of ~/.config/btop/btop.log

Note: The snap uses: ~/snap/btop/current/.config/btop

2024/04/24 (08:07:18) | ===> btop++ v.1.3.2
2024/04/24 (08:07:18) | DEBUG: Running in DEBUG mode!
2024/04/24 (08:07:18) | INFO: Logger set to DEBUG
2024/04/24 (08:07:18) | DEBUG: Using locale C.UTF-8
2024/04/24 (08:07:18) | WARNING: Error in Mem::collect() : Operation not permitted
2024/04/24 (08:07:18) | DEBUG: Shared::init() : Initialized.
2024/04/24 (08:07:18) | ERROR: Failed to create _runner thread!
2024/04/24 (08:07:18) | INFO: Quitting! Runtime: 00:00:00

(try running btop with --debug flag if btop.log is empty)

GDB Backtrace

If btop++ is crashing at start the following steps could be helpful:

(Extra helpful if compiled with make OPTFLAGS="-O0 -g")

1. run (linux): gdb btop (macos): lldb btop

2. r to run, wait for crash and press enter if prompted, CTRL+L to clear screen if needed.

   
   (gdb) r
   Starting program: /var/lib/snapd/snap/bin/btop 
   [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
   Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1".
   Missing separate debuginfo for /lib/libc.so.6
   Try: yum --enablerepo='*debug*' install /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/94/70e279388f7f9cb2ed3b2872d0c2095b191ff4.debug
   [New Thread 0x7fffd01bd700 (LWP 24921)]
   [New Thread 0x7fffcf9bc700 (LWP 24922)]
   [New Thread 0x7fffcf1bb700 (LWP 24924)]
   [New Thread 0x7fffce9ba700 (LWP 24923)]
   [New Thread 0x7fffce1b9700 (LWP 24925)]
   [Detaching after vfork from child process 24926]
   [New Thread 0x7fffcd06c700 (LWP 24932)]
   [New Thread 0x7fffcc86b700 (LWP 24933)]
   [Thread 0x7fffcc86b700 (LWP 24933) exited]
   [Thread 0x7fffcd06c700 (LWP 24932) exited]
   [Thread 0x7fffce1b9700 (LWP 24925) exited]
   [Thread 0x7fffcf1bb700 (LWP 24924) exited]
   [Thread 0x7fffcf9bc700 (LWP 24922) exited]
   [Thread 0x7fffd01bd700 (LWP 24921) exited]
   [Thread 0x7fffce9ba700 (LWP 24923) exited]
   process 24917 is executing new program: /usr/libexec/snapd/snap-confine
   Missing separate debuginfos, use: debuginfo-install glibc-2.17-326.el7_9.x86_64 openssl-libs-1.0.2k-26.el7_9.x86_64 zlib-1.2.7-21.el7_9.x86_64
   [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
   Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1".
   [Detaching after fork from child process 24934]
   [Detaching after fork from child process 24935]
   process 24917 is executing new program: /usr/lib/snapd/snap-exec
   /usr/lib/snapd/snap-exec: No such file or directory.
   Missing separate debuginfos, use: debuginfo-install snap-confine-2.62-0.el7.x86_64

3. (gdb): `thread apply all bt` (lldb): `bt all` to get backtrace for all threads

(gdb) bt all No symbol table is loaded. Use the "file" command. (gdb)

4. Copy and paste the backtrace here:
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[shiyeling]

Same here~

[likecyber]

any update on this?

[paulgiordano]

I'm running into the same. CentOS release 7.8.2003. I was able to get it to work using the precompiled binaries.