Public bug reported:
Firstly, I believe this is not bug 631536 as, so far as I can tell,
that one describes forgetting everything about search engines between
sessions.
This is on Ubuntu 12.04, though I should imagine it is probably cross-
version as Chromium versions are not (so far as I know) tied to Ubuntu
versions. The Chromium version is
"25.0.1364.172~svn20130323r187217-0ubuntu1~precise1" though I have had
this problem across a few versions and just haven't had the time to
figure out proper bug-reporting procedures.
Basically, I have Chromium set up to remember my one search engine, and
I explicitly removed all the other options (so no Google, no Yahoo, no
Bing, no whatever) so I would use a very specific search engine for
right-clicking and for typing search terms into the URL bar. For a
while, this worked just fine.
At some point a while ago, I do not believe it to have been around a
given release but I also confess that my attention to such a detail was
limited, occasionally Chromium would use Google in place of my search
engine (as I describe which one is used, I refer both to the URL bar and
the context menu) for a single instance, and then revert back to
remembering its settings. This problem is tied to first instances of
searching since opening the browser, but also does not happen every time
I open it (almost averages out to more like one of three, but not
specifically every third time)
My default search engine is not forgotten in the settings, and after
the first instance of getting my settings wrong they will revert without
me even going to check, but simply re-performing the search (opening a
new tab, clicking away and right-clicking again) so the setting isn't
lost, it is more like the setting fails to initially be applied
sometimes.
While I have learned to be more careful with double-checking the text
for searching in Chromium when I use it, it does seem wrong that a
browser would opt back to a default setting for search engines without
prompt. Users may opt to change search engines out of a specific desire
to not feed information into a given search engine and it seems like
this forgetfulness is something of a privacy problem.
(Additionally, I am aware that Google has a fair involvement in Chromium
as they base Chrome off of it. My understanding though is that Chromium
is meant to be an open browser which does not explicitly tie itself to
Google, as the bound-to-Google components would only be distributed as
part of the Chrome build, allowing the features of the browser itself to
be had with Chromium for someone seeking to not have the features of
the Google integration that are inherent in Chrome)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: chromium-browser 25.0.1364.172~svn20130323r187217-0ubuntu1~precise1
[origin: LP-PPA-a-v-shkop-chromium]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-40.64-generic 3.2.40
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-40-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Sun Apr 21 11:39:47 2013
Desktop-Session:
DESKTOP_SESSION = ubuntu
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = /etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg
XDG_DATA_DIRS =
/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/
Env:
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH = None
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = None
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
(20120823.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
ThirdParty: True
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
chromium-default: CHROMIUM_FLAGS=""
** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise running-unity third-party-packages
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1171219
Title:
Chromium occasionally forgets default search engine
Status in “chromium-browser” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Firstly, I believe this is not bug 631536 as, so far as I can tell,
that one describes forgetting everything about search engines between
sessions.
This is on Ubuntu 12.04, though I should imagine it is probably cross-
version as Chromium versions are not (so far as I know) tied to Ubuntu
versions. The Chromium version is
"25.0.1364.172~svn20130323r187217-0ubuntu1~precise1" though I have had
this problem across a few versions and just haven't had the time to
figure out proper bug-reporting procedures.
Basically, I have Chromium set up to remember my one search engine,
and I explicitly removed all the other options (so no Google, no
Yahoo, no Bing, no whatever) so I would use a very specific search
engine for right-clicking and for typing search terms into the URL
bar. For a while, this worked just fine.
At some point a while ago, I do not believe it to have been around a
given release but I also confess that my attention to such a detail
was limited, occasionally Chromium would use Google in place of my
search engine (as I describe which one is used, I refer both to the
URL bar and the context menu) for a single instance, and then revert
back to remembering its settings. This problem is tied to first
instances of searching since opening the browser, but also does not
happen every time I open it (almost averages out to more like one of
three, but not specifically every third time)
My default search engine is not forgotten in the settings, and after
the first instance of getting my settings wrong they will revert
without me even going to check, but simply re-performing the search
(opening a new tab, clicking away and right-clicking again) so the
setting isn't lost, it is more like the setting fails to initially be
applied sometimes.
While I have learned to be more careful with double-checking the text
for searching in Chromium when I use it, it does seem wrong that a
browser would opt back to a default setting for search engines without
prompt. Users may opt to change search engines out of a specific
desire to not feed information into a given search engine and it
seems like this forgetfulness is something of a privacy problem.
(Additionally, I am aware that Google has a fair involvement in
Chromium as they base Chrome off of it. My understanding though is
that Chromium is meant to be an open browser which does not explicitly
tie itself to Google, as the bound-to-Google components would only
be distributed as part of the Chrome build, allowing the features of
the browser itself to be had with Chromium for someone seeking to not
have the features of the Google integration that are inherent in
Chrome)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: chromium-browser 25.0.1364.172~svn20130323r187217-0ubuntu1~precise1
[origin: LP-PPA-a-v-shkop-chromium]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-40.64-generic 3.2.40
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-40-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Sun Apr 21 11:39:47 2013
Desktop-Session:
DESKTOP_SESSION = ubuntu
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = /etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg
XDG_DATA_DIRS =
/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/
Env:
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH = None
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = None
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
(20120823.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
ThirdParty: True
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
chromium-default: CHROMIUM_FLAGS=""
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