Snaps broken on new ISO due to snapd 'stuck' with failed seeding when cups install slot is used.

[Scarlett Gately Moore]

Kubuntu current ISO firefox does not launch as it seems it is not auto-connected to the gnome content interface.

I tried to manually connect it and it says firefox snap is not installed.

[Scarlett Gately Moore (scarlettmoore)]

scarlettm@scarlett-virtualbox:~$ firefox
error: error running snapctl: cannot invoke snapctl operation commands (here "is-connected") from outside of a snap
ERROR: not connected to the gnome-42-2204 content interface.
scarlettm@scarlett-virtualbox:~$ sudo snap connect firefox:gnome-42-2204 gnome-42-2204:gnome-42-2204
[sudo] password for scarlettm:
error: snap "firefox" is not installed
scarlettm@scarlett-virtualbox:~$ ls /snap/
bare bin core22 firefox firmware-updater gnome-42-2204 gtk-common-themes README snapd thunderbird

[Scarlett Gately Moore (scarlettmoore)]

It seems this is part of a bigger issue.

scarlettm@scarlett-virtualbox:~$ sudo snap refresh
error: too early for operation, device not yet seeded or device model not acknowledged

[Scarlett Gately Moore (scarlettmoore)]

Found the culprit.
WARNING: There is 1 new warning. See 'snap warnings'.
scarlettm@scarlett-virtualbox:~$ snap warnings
last-occurrence: today at 06:32 MST
warning: |
  seeding failed with: cannot use snap "krita": default provider "cups" or any alternative provider
  for content "foo" is missing. This indicates an error in your distribution, please see
  https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/16341 for more information.

So it seems the instructions for using cups printing here: https://snapcraft.io/docs/cups-interface

is wrong. It broke everything. I have removed cups from krita and users will have to manually connect. With that snaps are broken for Beta. Sigh.

[Scarlett Gately Moore (scarlettmoore)]

This is actually a snapd issue with the cups install slot and seeding not playing nice.