noisy logs, No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.

[Seth Arnold]

This seems excessive:

$ journalctl | grep "No snaps are installed yet"
Jun 23 19:12:57 hunt snap[31846]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 24 01:07:57 hunt snap[5495]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 24 07:55:57 hunt snap[8443]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 24 16:42:57 hunt snap[17299]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 24 21:55:57 hunt snap[22344]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 25 03:54:57 hunt snap[26751]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 25 08:04:57 hunt snap[30712]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 25 11:00:57 hunt snap[32033]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 25 19:40:57 hunt snap[3928]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 25 23:48:57 hunt snap[6173]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 26 07:45:57 hunt snap[11717]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 26 11:39:57 hunt snap[13450]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 26 20:34:57 hunt snap[16429]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 26 23:33:57 hunt snap[26040]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 27 08:54:57 hunt snap[31053]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 27 11:37:57 hunt snap[18518]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 27 17:03:57 hunt snap[21944]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 28 04:00:57 hunt snap[30634]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 28 07:39:57 hunt snap[32314]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 28 12:51:57 hunt snap[3912]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 28 20:33:57 hunt snap[8046]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 29 03:47:57 hunt snap[11816]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 29 08:21:57 hunt snap[15892]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 29 13:14:57 hunt snap[18647]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 29 19:49:57 hunt snap[22472]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 30 02:21:57 hunt snap[26217]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 30 09:31:57 hunt snap[29438]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 30 11:51:57 hunt snap[32706]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jun 30 18:57:57 hunt snap[4737]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 01 03:43:57 hunt snap[9079]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 01 08:54:57 hunt snap[13381]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 01 14:17:57 hunt snap[15912]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 01 18:48:57 hunt snap[18049]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 02 03:07:57 hunt snap[22560]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 02 10:28:57 hunt snap[26057]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 02 12:16:56 hunt snap[26948]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 02 22:36:57 hunt snap[2301]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 03 01:39:56 hunt snap[4068]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 03 07:42:57 hunt snap[7043]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 03 12:28:57 hunt snap[11399]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 03 17:08:56 hunt snap[29448]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 04 04:42:57 hunt snap[10488]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 04 05:57:56 hunt snap[11084]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 04 12:05:02 hunt snap[12761]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 04 18:26:57 hunt snap[17695]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 05 00:19:56 hunt snap[20923]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 05 07:53:57 hunt snap[24253]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 05 14:40:57 hunt snap[29717]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 05 22:39:57 hunt snap[2494]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 05 23:57:57 hunt snap[3204]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 06 08:07:57 hunt snap[9061]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 06 12:57:57 hunt snap[11563]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 06 20:32:57 hunt snap[16182]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 07 04:23:57 hunt snap[20269]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 07 08:05:57 hunt snap[21932]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
Jul 07 15:01:57 hunt snap[28151]: No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.
$ journalctl | grep "No snaps are installed yet" | wc -l
56

Thanks

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: snapd 2.0.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Jul 7 15:27:05 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-18 (1358 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
SourcePackage: snapd
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-30 (68 days ago)

[Zygmunt Krynicki (zyga)]

This looks like snapd.refresh.timer doing snap refresh when nothing is installed. It should probably pass some new option like --quiet or similar, to silence such things.