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Keyboard input does't work in several apps with iBus running

Bug #1950703 reported by Marat on 2021-11-12

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	snapd	New	Undecided	Unassigned
	firefox (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

If installed through Snap and with iBus running the keyboard doesn't work in Standard Notes, XMind and Chromium apps on Manjaro 21.1. Killing iBus fixes the issue.
The keyboard works in Visual Studio, however

snap 2.51.3-2
snapd 2.51.3-2
series 16
manjaro -
kernel 5.10.70-1-MANJARO

sudo snap connections chromium

Interface Plug Slot Notes
audio-playback chromium:audio-playback :audio-playback -
audio-record chromium:audio-record :audio-record -
bluez chromium:bluez :bluez -
browser-support chromium:browser-sandbox :browser-support -
camera chromium:camera :camera -
content[gnome-3-28-1804] chromium:gnome-3-28-1804 gnome-3-28-1804:gnome-3-28-1804 -
content[gtk-3-themes] chromium:gtk-3-themes gtk-common-themes:gtk-3-themes -
content[icon-themes] chromium:icon-themes gtk-common-themes:icon-themes -
content[sound-themes] chromium:sound-themes gtk-common-themes:sound-themes -
cups-control chromium:cups-control :cups-control -
desktop chromium:desktop :desktop -
desktop-legacy chromium:desktop-legacy :desktop-legacy -
gsettings chromium:gsettings :gsettings -
home chromium:home :home -
joystick chromium:joystick :joystick -
mount-observe chromium:mount-observe - -
mpris - chromium:mpris -
network chromium:network :network -
network-bind chromium:network-bind :network-bind -
network-manager chromium:network-manager - -
opengl chromium:opengl :opengl -
password-manager-service chromium:password-manager-service - -
personal-files chromium:chromium-config :personal-files -
pulseaudio chromium:pulseaudio - -
raw-usb chromium:raw-usb - -
removable-media chromium:removable-media :removable-media -
screen-inhibit-control chromium:screen-inhibit-control :screen-inhibit-control -
system-files chromium:etc-chromium-browser-policies :system-files -
system-packages-doc chromium:system-packages-doc :system-packages-doc -
u2f-devices chromium:u2f-devices :u2f-devices -
unity7 chromium:unity7 :unity7 -
upower-observe chromium:upower-observe :upower-observe -
wayland chromium:wayland :wayland -
x11 chromium:x11 :x11 -

sudo snap connections standard-notes

Interface Plug Slot Notes
audio-playback standard-notes:audio-playback :audio-playback -
browser-support standard-notes:browser-support :browser-support -
content[gnome-3-28-1804] standard-notes:gnome-3-28-1804 gnome-3-28-1804:gnome-3-28-1804 -
content[gtk-3-themes] standard-notes:gtk-3-themes gtk-common-themes:gtk-3-themes -
content[icon-themes] standard-notes:icon-themes gtk-common-themes:icon-themes -
content[sound-themes] standard-notes:sound-themes gtk-common-themes:sound-themes -
desktop standard-notes:desktop :desktop -
desktop-legacy standard-notes:desktop-legacy :desktop-legacy -
gsettings standard-notes:gsettings :gsettings -
home standard-notes:home :home -
network standard-notes:network :network -
opengl standard-notes:opengl :opengl -
password-manager-service standard-notes:password-manager-service - -
pulseaudio standard-notes:pulseaudio :pulseaudio -
unity7 standard-notes:unity7 :unity7 -
wayland standard-notes:wayland :wayland -
x11 standard-notes:x11 :x11 -

sudo snap connections xmind

Interface Plug Slot Notes
audio-playback xmind:audio-playback :audio-playback -
browser-support xmind:browser-support :browser-support -
content[gnome-3-28-1804] xmind:gnome-3-28-1804 gnome-3-28-1804:gnome-3-28-1804 -
content[gtk-3-themes] xmind:gtk-3-themes gtk-common-themes:gtk-3-themes -
content[icon-themes] xmind:icon-themes gtk-common-themes:icon-themes -
content[sound-themes] xmind:sound-themes gtk-common-themes:sound-themes -
desktop xmind:desktop :desktop -
desktop-legacy xmind:desktop-legacy :desktop-legacy -
gsettings xmind:gsettings :gsettings -
home xmind:home :home -
network xmind:network :network -
opengl xmind:opengl :opengl -
pulseaudio xmind:pulseaudio :pulseaudio -
unity7 xmind:unity7 :unity7 -
wayland xmind:wayland :wayland -
x11 xmind:x11 :x11 -

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote on 2021-11-19:

Thanks for the report Marat.
Could you please run e.g. chromium from a terminal (while ibus is running) and share any relevant output?

Could you also run `journalctl -f` in a separate terminal window, and share the output here?

Changed in snapd:
status:	New → Incomplete

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Marat (lookingafar) wrote on 2021-11-20 (last edit on 2021-11-22):

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Here is an output from standard notes

standard-notes
WARNING: cgroup v2 is not fully supported yet, proceeding with partial confinement
Set user data dir to /home/desktopuser/snap/standard-notes/common
Migration: moving /home/desktopuser/snap/standard-notes/73/.config/Standard Notes/logs to /home/desktopuser/snap/standard-notes/common
Migration: error occured while moving /home/desktopuser/snap/standard-notes/73/.config/Standard Notes/logs to /home/desktopuser/snap/standard-notes/common: dest already exists.
Migration: finished moving contents to /home/desktopuser/snap/standard-notes/common.
Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Failed: cannot set "default-url-scheme-handler" subproperty "standardnotes" setting to invalid value "Standard Notes.desktop"
extServer: Server started at http://127.0.0.1:45653/
/usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids: No such file or directory
[10352:1121/062515.939634:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(374)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process.

(standard-notes:10153): IBUS-WARNING **: 06:25:18.752: Unable to connect to ibus: The given address is empty

(standard-notes:10153): IBUS-WARNING **: 06:25:26.138: Events queue growing too big, will start to drop.

(standard-notes:10153): IBUS-WARNING **: 06:25:26.280: Events queue growing too big, will start to drop.

(standard-notes:10153): IBUS-WARNING **: 06:25:26.416: Events queue growing too big, will start to drop.

(standard-notes:10153): IBUS-WARNING **: 06:25:26.541: Events queue growing too big, will start to drop.

And this is an output from journalctl

Here is an output from standard notes

standard-notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
WARNING: cgroup v2 is not fully supported yet, proceeding with partial confinement
Set user data dir to /home/desktopuser/snap/standard-notes/common
Migration: moving /home/desktopuser/snap/standard-notes/73/.config/Standard Notes/logs to /home/desktopuser/snap/standard-notes/common
Migration: error occured while moving /home/desktopuser/snap/standard-notes/73/.config/Standard Notes/logs to /home/desktopuser/snap/standard-notes/common: dest already exists.
Migration: finished moving contents to /home/desktopuser/snap/standard-notes/common.
Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Failed: cannot set "default-url-scheme-handler" subproperty "standardnotes" setting to invalid value "Standard Notes.desktop"
extServer: Server started at http://127.0.0.1:45653/
/usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids: No such file or directory
[10352:1121/062515.939634:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(374)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process.

(standard-notes:10153): IBUS-WARNING **: 06:25:18.752: Unable to connect to ibus: The given address is empty

(standard-notes:10153): IBUS-WARNING **: 06:25:26.138: Events queue growing too big, will start to drop.

(standard-notes:10153): IBUS-WARNING **: 06:25:26.280: Events queue growing too big, will start to drop.

(standard-notes:10153): IBUS-WARNING **: 06:25:26.416: Events queue growing too big, will start to drop.

(standard-notes:10153): IBUS-WARNING **: 06:25:26.541: Events queue growing too big, will start to drop.

And this is an output from journalctl

sudo journalctl -f                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
[sudo] password for desktopuser: 
-- Journal begins at Fri 2021-07-30 21:59:42 +08. --
Nov 21 06:32:50 manjarodesktop dbus-daemon[551]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.home1.service': Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.home1.service not found.
Nov 21 06:32:50 manjarodesktop sudo[11813]: pam_systemd_home(sudo:account): systemd-homed is not available: Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.home1.service not found.
Nov 21 06:32:50 manjarodesktop audit[11813]: USER_ACCT pid=11813 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=4 msg='op=PAM:accounting grantors=pam_unix,pam_permit,pam_time acct="desktopuser" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'
Nov 21 06:32:50 manjarodesktop sudo[11813]: desktopuser : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/desktopuser ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/journalctl -f
Nov 21 06:32:50 manjarodesktop audit[11813]: CRED_REFR pid=11813 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=4 msg='op=PAM:setcred grantors=pam_unix acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'
Nov 21 06:32:50 manjarodesktop kernel: audit: type=1101 audit(1637447570.057:362): pid=11813 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=4 msg='op=PAM:accounting grantors=pam_unix,pam_permit,pam_time acct="desktopuser" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'
Nov 21 06:32:50 manjarodesktop kernel: audit: type=1110 audit(1637447570.057:363): pid=11813 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=4 msg='op=PAM:setcred grantors=pam_unix acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'
Nov 21 06:32:50 manjarodesktop sudo[11813]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by desktopuser(uid=1000)
Nov 21 06:32:50 manjarodesktop audit[11813]: USER_START pid=11813 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=4 msg='op=PAM:session_open grantors=pam_limits,pam_unix,pam_permit acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'
Nov 21 06:32:50 manjarodesktop kernel: audit: type=1105 audit(1637447570.064:364): pid=11813 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=4 msg='op=PAM:session_open grantors=pam_limits,pam_unix,pam_permit acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'
Nov 21 06:32:55 manjarodesktop guake.desktop[2017]: Guake tabs saved to /home/desktopuser/.config/guake/session.json
Nov 21 06:32:55 manjarodesktop systemd[1766]: Started snap.standard-notes.standard-notes.045b6c93-95e1-4490-b9dc-71dede25239c.scope.
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop dbus-daemon[551]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.bluez' unit='dbus-org.bluez.service' requested by ':1.207' (uid=1000 pid=11820 comm="/snap/standard-notes/73/standard-notes --no-sandbo")
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Bluetooth service being skipped.
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop audit[11900]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=4 pid=11900 comm="standard-notes" exe="/snap/standard-notes/73/standard-notes" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7fcf57392c7f code=0x50000
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop audit[11900]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=4 pid=11900 comm="standard-notes" exe="/snap/standard-notes/73/standard-notes" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7fcf57392c7f code=0x50000
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop audit[11900]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=4 pid=11900 comm="standard-notes" exe="/snap/standard-notes/73/standard-notes" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7fcf57392c7f code=0x50000
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop audit[11900]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=4 pid=11900 comm="standard-notes" exe="/snap/standard-notes/73/standard-notes" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7fcf57392c7f code=0x50000
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop audit[11900]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=4 pid=11900 comm="standard-notes" exe="/snap/standard-notes/73/standard-notes" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7fcf57392c7f code=0x50000
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop audit[11900]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=4 pid=11900 comm="standard-notes" exe="/snap/standard-notes/73/standard-notes" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7fcf57392c7f code=0x50000
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1637447576.334:365): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=4 pid=11900 comm="standard-notes" exe="/snap/standard-notes/73/standard-notes" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7fcf57392c7f code=0x50000
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1637447576.334:366): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=4 pid=11900 comm="standard-notes" exe="/snap/standard-notes/73/standard-notes" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7fcf57392c7f code=0x50000
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1637447576.334:367): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=4 pid=11900 comm="standard-notes" exe="/snap/standard-notes/73/standard-notes" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7fcf57392c7f code=0x50000
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1637447576.334:368): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=4 pid=11900 comm="standard-notes" exe="/snap/standard-notes/73/standard-notes" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7fcf57392c7f code=0x50000
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1637447576.334:369): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=4 pid=11900 comm="standard-notes" exe="/snap/standard-notes/73/standard-notes" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7fcf57392c7f code=0x50000
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1637447576.334:370): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=4 pid=11900 comm="standard-notes" exe="/snap/standard-notes/73/standard-notes" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7fcf57392c7f code=0x50000
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop audit[11900]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=4 pid=11900 comm="standard-notes" exe="/snap/standard-notes/73/standard-notes" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7fcf57392c7f code=0x50000
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop audit[11900]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=4 pid=11900 comm="standard-notes" exe="/snap/standard-notes/73/standard-notes" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7fcf57392c7f code=0x50000
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop audit[11900]: SECCOMP auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=4 pid=11900 comm="standard-notes" exe="/snap/standard-notes/73/standard-notes" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7fcf57392c7f code=0x50000
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1637447576.351:371): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=4 pid=11900 comm="standard-notes" exe="/snap/standard-notes/73/standard-notes" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7fcf57392c7f code=0x50000
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1637447576.351:373): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=4 pid=11900 comm="standard-notes" exe="/snap/standard-notes/73/standard-notes" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7fcf57392c7f code=0x50000
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop kernel: audit: type=1326 audit(1637447576.351:372): auid=1000 uid=1000 gid=1000 ses=4 pid=11900 comm="standard-notes" exe="/snap/standard-notes/73/standard-notes" sig=0 arch=c000003e syscall=203 compat=0 ip=0x7fcf57392c7f code=0x50000
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop dbus-daemon[1783]: [session uid=1000 pid=1783] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Extract' unit='tracker-extract-3.service' requested by ':1.75' (uid=1000 pid=2550 comm="/usr/lib/tracker-miner-fs-3 ")
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop systemd[1766]: Starting Tracker metadata extractor...
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop dbus-daemon[1783]: [session uid=1000 pid=1783] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Extract'
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop systemd[1766]: Started Tracker metadata extractor.
Nov 21 06:32:56 manjarodesktop gnome-shell[1824]: Source ID 649674 was not found when attempting to remove it
Nov 21 06:33:15 manjarodesktop systemd[1]: fprintd.service: Deactivated successfully.
Nov 21 06:33:15 manjarodesktop audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=fprintd comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Nov 21 06:33:15 manjarodesktop kernel: audit: type=1131 audit(1637447595.934:374): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=fprintd comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Nov 21 06:33:16 manjarodesktop audit: BPF prog-id=74 op=UNLOAD
Nov 21 06:33:16 manjarodesktop kernel: audit: type=1334 audit(1637447596.078:375): prog-id=74 op=UNLOAD
Nov 21 06:33:21 manjarodesktop systemd[1766]: snap.standard-notes.standard-notes.045b6c93-95e1-4490-b9dc-71dede25239c.scope: Consumed 4.512s CPU time.
Nov 21 06:33:21 manjarodesktop guake.desktop[2017]: Guake tabs saved to /home/desktopuser/.config/guake/session.json
Nov 21 06:33:21 manjarodesktop dbus-daemon[551]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.bluez': timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms)

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote on 2021-11-22:

Thanks Marat. This warning looks relevant:

IBUS-WARNING **: 06:25:18.752: Unable to connect to ibus: The given address is empty

Changed in snapd:
status:	Incomplete → New

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote on 2021-11-22:

Can you let us know the version of ibus, which desktop environment you're using, and whether it's an X11 or Wayland session?

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Marat (lookingafar) wrote on 2021-11-23 (last edit on 2021-11-23):

I am using Gnome with Wayland session. Ibus version is 1.5.25.

Gnome Version: 41.1

~  ibus version
IBus 1.5.25

~  loginctl show-session 3 -p Type
Type=wayland

~  uname -a
Linux manjarodesktop 5.10.79-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Nov 12 20:26:09 UTC 2021 x86_64 GNU/Linux

My snap version is 2.53 now.

~  snap version
snap 2.53.2-2-dirty
snapd 2.53.2-2-dirty
series 16
manjaro -
kernel 5.10.79-1-MANJARO

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Sergio Cazzolato (sergio-j-cazzolato) wrote on 2023-06-19:

Hi Marat, could you please confirm if this is still an issue?

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Max Faxälv (foorack) wrote on 2023-10-02:

Able to reproduce on many computers. Bug impacts all Snap apps, unable to type in both Firefox and Software Store.

```
[234431.941238] audit: type=1107 audit(1696250179.263:1466): pid=1482 uid=102 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='apparmor="DENIED" operation="dbus_signal" bus="system" path="/org/freedesktop/login1" interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="PropertiesChanged" name=":1.23" mask="receive" pid=115475 label="snap.firefox.firefox" peer_pid=2011 peer_label="unconfined"
                 exe="/usr/bin/dbus-daemon" sauid=102 hostname=? addr=? terminal=?'
[234442.455061] audit: type=1107 audit(1696250189.778:1467): pid=1482 uid=102 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='apparmor="DENIED" operation="dbus_signal" bus="system" path="/org/freedesktop/login1" interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="PropertiesChanged" name=":1.23" mask="receive" pid=115475 label="snap.firefox.firefox" peer_pid=2011 peer_label="unconfined"
                 exe="/usr/bin/dbus-daemon" sauid=102 hostname=? addr=? terminal=?'
[234445.251063] audit: type=1107 audit(1696250192.574:1468): pid=1482 uid=102 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='apparmor="DENIED" operation="dbus_signal" bus="system" path="/org/freedesktop/login1" interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="PropertiesChanged" name=":1.23" mask="receive" pid=115475 label="snap.firefox.firefox" peer_pid=2011 peer_label="unconfined"
                 exe="/usr/bin/dbus-daemon" sauid=102 hostname=? addr=? terminal=?'
```

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HG (hgncl) wrote on 2024-01-03 (last edit on 2024-01-03):

This is also affecting the latest/stable Firefox snap, 121.0-1.1 published on 2023-12-20. Upgrading to latest/beta still has the problem.

Reverting the snap resolves the issue but stops Firefox from loading the user's current profile, so I can't recommend that my users downgrade.

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HG (hgncl) wrote on 2024-01-03 (last edit on 2024-01-03):

I am using SSSD to authenticate users against Active Directory and have home directories of the form "/home/mydomain/user". This is a common configuration in organisations that use Active Directory. This $PATH has caused interesting problems with Snapd before[1] because of the decision[2] to "vendor" AppArmor config into the snap.

Has anything related to IBus been "vendored" into snapd or individual snaps this way?

[1]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/2032668
[2]: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/blob/5a0f7c76112412ebfae5ed8b22b51fc6f3b14b70/NEWS.md#new-in-snapd-260

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HG (hgncl) wrote on 2024-01-05:

#10

After today's package upgrade and a reboot, I can now type into Firefox again without having to kill iBus first. 😊

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Anna (meatus) wrote on 2024-02-01:

#11

we have still the problem with firefox and app store with snap 2.61.

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HG (hgncl) wrote on 2024-02-06 (last edit on 2024-02-06):

#12

I have this on a timeshare service and it's back on my desktop too.

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HG (hgncl) wrote on 2024-02-06:

#13

Firefox-ibus-keyboard-failure.webm Edit (4.2 MiB, video/webm)

Here is the behaviour as a video.

I discovered that once you kill the ibus-daemon the first time, Firefox will work again after that even if you `systemctl restart gdm`, which starts IBus again.

When you reboot, you have to kill IBus all over again once to get Firefox to work.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2024-03-08:

#14

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Georg Pelz (gpelz) wrote on 2024-09-16:

#15

Not sure this helps, but I had this problem with multiple users and some not on Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop, figured out that using:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-im-module gtk-im-context-simple

fixed the problem, after that and rebooting, keyboard input worked again in Firefox, Thunderbird and Chromium. (needed to call this per account)

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