Chromium cannot use the HTML (no JS) version of DuckDuckGo, if DDG is the default search engine

[mpb]

On Ubuntu 14.04, with
Chromium Version 34.0.1847.116 Ubuntu 14.04 aura (260972)
provided by: 34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2

Chromium can successfully search here:
https://duckduckgo.com/

But not here:
https://duckduckgo.com/html/
(Enter a query, press Enter, and you will get a blank page.)

Firefox can search at both urls, as can Chromium 28.x on Ubuntu 13.04.
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ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.340
Desktop-Session:
 DESKTOP_SESSION = None
 XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = None
 XDG_DATA_DIRS = None
DetectedPlugins:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Env:
 MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH = None
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH = None
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
Package: chromium-browser 34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Tags: trusty
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

_MarkForUpload: True
chromium-default: CHROMIUM_FLAGS=""
modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium.browser: [deleted]

[Jörg Frings-Fürst (jff-de)]

Hi,

we need some more information. From a terminal window please run:

sudo apport-collect 1313521

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

Jörg

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I wonder if apport will give you sufficient information to reproduce this bug. I have discovered the bug is more complicated than it first appeared. Here is how to reproduce it.

1) Boot ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso from a USB stick.

2) Install and run chromium-browser

3) Manage search engines, add a new search engine:

ddg ddg https://duckduckgo.com/html/?q=%s

4) Make the new search engine the default.

5) Press ctrl+t to get a new tab, type "testing" in the url/search box, press enter and get a page of results.

6) Click on the green magnifying glass to search again. You will get a page without any search results.

7) Switch the default search engine to Google. Now the duckduckgo.com/html/ page will search correctly and display results.

8) Switch the default search engine back to "ddg", and the problem reappears.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all reported bugs in a timely manner. You reported this bug some time ago and there have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time.

Do you still see a problem related to the one that you reported when using currently supported versions of Chromium and Ubuntu? Please let us know if you do otherwise this report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time.

Thank you for helping make Ubuntu better.

Paul White
[Ubuntu Bug Squad]

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The HTML version of DuckDuckGo seems to be working fine now on Ubuntu 18.04 with Chromium 75.0.3770.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.1.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Thanks for your reply. I'm finding that too. Closing as fixed.