ubuntu frame and userland

[7bar]

I'm trying ubuntu frame, with ubuntu-launcher to switch between applications. I see that exist an howto to run it on userland (https://canonical.com/mir/docs/run-ubuntu-frame-unprivileged).
But from there seems that the launcher does not work (no logs), and also chromium seems that it can't run (i'm using it on daemon mode, that I see no way to setup on userland). Can be considered a good practice refer to snap sandbox, in order to run it, or is better try harder to run on userland? If second: exist some others technical documentation, with working real world example on userland setup?
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[Saviq]

Hi @7bar, how are you trying to run the launcher? This works for me:

snap connect ubuntu-frame:desktop-launch
export WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-99
ubuntu-frame &
snap run --shell ubuntu-frame -c 'WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-99 $SNAP/ubuntu_frame_launcher' &
chromium

But from there seems that the launcher does not work (no logs)

The launcher is a separate process, not covered by that documentation, you need to add another service.

chromium seems that it can't run (i'm using it on daemon mode, that I see no way to setup on userland)

You can't "mix" running deaemon mode and user mode - daemon runs as root.

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NB: in the upcoming Ubuntu Core 26 cloud-init will be removed, so this setup becomes quite manual and not deployable as an image. I'd encourage you to stick with the, better supported, daemon mode.