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workshop does not work on non-Ubuntu systems #742
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Hi,
I cannot use workshop on an openSUSE Tumbleweed host which is supported by snapd.
maj 13 11:05:04 carrack systemd[1]: snap.workshop.workshopd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
maj 13 11:05:04 carrack systemd[1]: Starting Service for snap application workshop.workshopd...
maj 13 11:05:04 carrack workshop.workshopd[87635]: Acquiring state lock file
maj 13 11:05:04 carrack workshop.workshopd[87635]: Acquired state lock file
maj 13 11:05:04 carrack workshop.workshopd[87635]: cannot run workshop: Error loading "zfs" module: Failed to run: modprobe -b zfs: exit status 1 (modprobe: FATAL: Module zfs not found in directory /usr/lib/modules/7.0.3-1-default)
maj 13 11:05:04 carrack systemd[1]: snap.workshop.workshopd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
maj 13 11:05:04 carrack systemd[1]: snap.workshop.workshopd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
I can create LXD container of VM instances just fine. It seems like it's assuming that zfs is always available, and can used for storage which isn't true. If workshop is published through the snap store it should either try to support other systems where snapd can run or should include some sort of disclaimer that only Ubuntu is supported.
$ snap list workshop
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
workshop 0.1.30-a8fb6ac3 126 latest/stable dlyfar classic
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dmitry-lyfar commentedon May 20, 2026
Hi! Thanks for reporting. Workshop uses zfs and its first release is focused on Ubuntu. Nonetheless, we did test a fallback to btrfs when zfs is not available for WSL. As per our smoke tests, it does work. Once workshop is GA, we should consider a fallback to btrfs on other platforms too. I will leave it open for now.
[-]workshop does not work on openSUSE Tumbleweed[/-][+]workshop does not work on non-Ubuntu systems[/+]Add Btrfs fallback for hosts without ZFS
Fall back to btrfs when ZFS is unavailable
Fall back to btrfs when ZFS is unavailable