Desktop snaps don't start at all in Xorg sessions if a Wayland session has been used
Metadata
Current evaluation
Firefox snap fails to start in Xorg after Wayland session with 'cannot open display: :0' despite $DISPLAY being set. No maintainer response in 1632 days.
Suggested action: close stale
Reason: Issue is 1632 days old with zero comments and no maintainer engagement. The problem describes a runtime snapd behavior (display handling) rather than a snapcraft build issue, and Firefox 98 is from 2022 — likely resolved in subsequent snapd/Firefox updates or has a known workaround. Without evidence it persists in current releases, it should be closed.
Impact:
40
Quick Win:
28.0
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
60
Support Request:
60
Issue body
Firefox 98.0.1-2 snap doesn't start at all in Xorg sessions.
$ /snap/bin/firefox
Error: cannot open display: :0
$ echo $DISPLAY
:0
And other X11 apps still work just fine.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Impact:
40
Quick Win:
28.0
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
60
Support Request:
60
|
close stale | Firefox snap fails to start in Xorg after Wayland session with 'cannot open display: :0' despite $DISPLAY being set. No maintainer response in 1632 days. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Firefox snap fails to launch in Xorg sessions after a Wayland session was used, showing display errors despite $DISPLAY being set. Issue remains unaddressed with no maintainer interaction. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Firefox snap fails to launch in Xorg after Wayland use, citing 'cannot open display: :0'. Issue is over four years old with no maintainer response. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
20
|
close stale | Firefox snap fails to launch in Xorg sessions after a Wayland session, reporting display errors despite $DISPLAY being set. No maintainer response in over four years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
55
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
15
|
close stale | Firefox snap fails to launch in Xorg sessions after using Wayland, citing display connection errors. Issue is over 4 years old with no maintainer interaction or updates. |
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