From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Damien Cassou Subject: bug#39950: flatpack packages can't open external applications Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 10:22:41 +0100 Message-ID: <87r1xmqcym.fsf@cassou.me> References: <87r1y535ri.fsf@cassou.me> <87d0967rtz.fsf@devup.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48811) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jFaLO-0004qq-NC for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 05:23:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jFaLN-0007hW-SD for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 05:23:02 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:39965) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jFaLN-0007hO-Oy for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 05:23:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jFaLN-0006Mc-Jn for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2020 05:23:01 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87d0967rtz.fsf@devup.no> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Marius Bakke , 39950@debbugs.gnu.org Hi, Marius Bakke writes: > To my knowledge, Flatpak applications run in isolated containers and > thus have no visibility to the host system by default. Maybe there are > some command-line arguments you can add to give it access to what it > needs to open a browser? When in Fedora, the exact same Flatpak command works fine: a browser opens. -- Damien Cassou "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without losing enthusiasm." --Winston Churchill