Can't mount /etc/fonts with pieces-os

[drmikecrowe]

I thought I'd give this a shot to try pieces, but I'm getting this error. Is this something semi-easy we could solve?

logger.go:93: DEBUG: mount name:"/snap/pieces-os/45/usr/share/fonts" dir:"/usr/share/fonts" type:"none" opts:MS_BIND|MS_REC unparsed:"" (error: <nil>)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: need to create writable mimic needed to create path "/snap/pieces-os/45/gnome-platform/usr/share/libdrm" (original error: cannot operate on read-only filesystem at /snap/pieces-os/45)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: create-writable-mimic "/snap/pieces-os/45"
logger.go:93: DEBUG: mount name:"/snap/pieces-os/45" dir:"/tmp/.snap/snap/pieces-os/45" type:"" opts:MS_BIND|MS_REC unparsed:"" (error: <nil>)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: mount name:"tmpfs" dir:"/snap/pieces-os/45" type:"tmpfs" opts: unparsed:"mode=0755,uid=0,gid=0" (error: <nil>)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: mount name:"/tmp/.snap/snap/pieces-os/45/bin" dir:"/snap/pieces-os/45/bin" type:"" opts:MS_BIND|MS_REC unparsed:"" (error: <nil>)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: mount name:"/tmp/.snap/snap/pieces-os/45/data" dir:"/snap/pieces-os/45/data" type:"" opts:MS_BIND|MS_REC unparsed:"" (error: <nil>)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: mount name:"/tmp/.snap/snap/pieces-os/45/etc" dir:"/snap/pieces-os/45/etc" type:"" opts:MS_BIND|MS_REC unparsed:"" (error: <nil>)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: mount name:"/tmp/.snap/snap/pieces-os/45/lib" dir:"/snap/pieces-os/45/lib" type:"" opts:MS_BIND|MS_REC unparsed:"" (error: <nil>)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: mount name:"/tmp/.snap/snap/pieces-os/45/meta" dir:"/snap/pieces-os/45/meta" type:"" opts:MS_BIND|MS_REC unparsed:"" (error: <nil>)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: mount name:"/tmp/.snap/snap/pieces-os/45/meta.zenity-integration" dir:"/snap/pieces-os/45/meta.zenity-integration" type:"" opts:MS_BIND|MS_REC unparsed:"" (error: <nil>)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: mount name:"/tmp/.snap/snap/pieces-os/45/os_server" dir:"/snap/pieces-os/45/os_server" type:"" opts:MS_BIND unparsed:"" (error: <nil>)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: mount name:"/tmp/.snap/snap/pieces-os/45/share" dir:"/snap/pieces-os/45/share" type:"" opts:MS_BIND|MS_REC unparsed:"" (error: <nil>)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: mount name:"/tmp/.snap/snap/pieces-os/45/snap" dir:"/snap/pieces-os/45/snap" type:"" opts:MS_BIND|MS_REC unparsed:"" (error: <nil>)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: mount name:"/tmp/.snap/snap/pieces-os/45/snap.zenity-integration" dir:"/snap/pieces-os/45/snap.zenity-integration" type:"" opts:MS_BIND|MS_REC unparsed:"" (error: <nil>)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: mount name:"/tmp/.snap/snap/pieces-os/45/usr" dir:"/snap/pieces-os/45/usr" type:"" opts:MS_BIND|MS_REC unparsed:"" (error: <nil>)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: mount --make-rprivate "/tmp/.snap/snap/pieces-os/45" (error: <nil>)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: umount "/tmp/.snap/snap/pieces-os/45" UMOUNT_NOFOLLOW|MNT_DETACH (error: <nil>)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: remove "/tmp/.snap/snap/pieces-os/45" (error: <nil>)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: mount name:"/snap/pieces-os/45/gnome-platform/usr/share/libdrm" dir:"/usr/share/libdrm" type:"none" opts:MS_BIND|MS_REC unparsed:"" (error: <nil>)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: mount name:"/var/snap/pieces-os/45/var/cache/fontconfig" dir:"/var/cache/fontconfig" type:"none" opts:MS_BIND|MS_REC unparsed:"" (error: <nil>)
logger.go:93: DEBUG: unlocking mount namespace of snap "pieces-os"
logger.go:93: DEBUG: thawing processes of snap "pieces-os"
cannot update snap namespace: cannot use "/etc/fonts" as mount point: not a directory
snap-update-ns failed with code 1

[edmundmiller]

Came here for the same reason, issue is still there.

[justchokingaround]

same issue

[InfiniteCoder01]

Same

[InfiniteCoder01]

Pieces OS seems to work if you remove fonts-related mounts:

• Download a snap: snap download pieces-os
• Unpack the squashfs: nix shell nixpkgs#squashfsTools -c unsquashfs pieces-os_*.snap
• Open squashfs-root/meta/snap.yaml and comment out /etc/fonts, /usr/share/fonts and /var/cache/fontconfig binds
• Repack the snap using nix shell nixpkgs#squashfsTools -c mksquashfs squashfs-root pieces-os.snap
• Install the snap using sudo snap install --dangerous pieces-os.snap
• Run using sudo snap run pieces-os (sudo necessary)
  Same steps can be applied for pieces-for-developers app, but make sure to remove squashfs-root directory first
  Also tried using browser extension. It seems to see pieces-os, but it fails to start, not sure why
  EDIT: Browser extension started working after I launched pieces-for-developers