Cannot type any input into web pages with epiphany browser after upgrade

[Doug Morse]

I upgraded today from Ubunutu 15.10 to 16.04.2 LTS. Since the upgrade, I can no longer type any entry into any sort of input text box or area on any web page. I only use the epiphany web browser with google.com/voice, google.com/calendar, and i.doit.im. This problem occurs with all three. I also tried the search box at harvard.edu (just to see if the problem might be site specific).

When I type, a few letters sometime do appear. I'd say about 1-5% of what I'm typing gets through.

I'm not having any problems like this whatsoever with any other web browser or any sort of application.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: epiphany (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-64.85-generic 4.4.44
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-64-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Feb 28 18:20:46 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-26 (429 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
SourcePackage: epiphany
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-02-28 (0 days ago)

[Doug Morse (dm-dougmorse)]

I should also mention:

I have attempt stopping epiphany, completely removing ~.config/epiphany and ~/.cache/ephiphany, and restarting. Doing so had no effect.

[Doug Morse (dm-dougmorse)]

Changed package from epiphany to epiphany-browser.

[jcat (jcat-l-deactivatedaccount)]

Same here on 16.04.2 , epiphany 3.18.10-0ubuntu1.

It was fine for a while on 16.04, some recent upgrade [ last month or so ] seemed to break it.

[jcat (jcat-l-deactivatedaccount)]

I just had a look at what other versoins might be available in the repos, and found the security repo has a lower version:

$ apt-cache madison epiphany-browser
epiphany-browser | 3.18.10-0ubuntu1 | http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages
epiphany-browser | 3.18.5-0ubuntu1.1 | http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe amd64 Packages

I just downgraded from 3.18.10-0ubuntu1 to 3.18.5-0ubuntu1.1 - which has fixed the issue.
So the problem is introduced somewhere between those two versions.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Yes, the fix has been identified. I'm working on getting it into Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

https://git.gnome.org/browse/epiphany/commit/?h=gnome-3-18&id=0f67243b

[jcat (jcat-l-deactivatedaccount)]

Excellent - thank you :)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package epiphany-browser - 3.18.11-0ubuntu1

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epiphany-browser (3.18.11-0ubuntu1) xenial-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Saved passwords were viewable by a man-in-the-middle
    attack website. This has been mitigated by moving all existing saved
    http passwords to https. If a website you use is http-only, you can
    find your old password in Preferences>Privacy>Manage Passwords.
    - Fixed in new upstream security release 3.18.11 (LP: #1661805)
      + New upstream release also fixes inability to enter text in
        websites, a regression introduced in 3.18.10 (LP: #1668704)

 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Sun, 19 Mar 2017 18:24:58 -0400