I've just experienced the same bug this morning with snapped Chromium, fixed with `ibus exit`:
$ snap info chromium name: chromium summary: Chromium web browser, open-source version of Chrome publisher: Canonical✓ store-url: https://snapcraft.io/chromium contact: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bugs?field.tag=snap license: unset description: | An open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web. commands: - chromium.chromedriver - chromium snap-id: XKEcBqPM06H1Z7zGOdG5fbICuf8NWK5R tracking: latest/stable refresh-date: 5 days ago, at 14:13 GMT channels: stable: 80.0.3987.100 2020-02-12 (1026) 160MB - candidate: 80.0.3987.100 2020-02-12 (1026) 160MB - beta: 80.0.3987.85 2020-02-04 (1014) 160MB - edge: 81.0.4044.17 2020-02-14 (1028) 161MB - installed: 80.0.3987.100 (1026) 160MB - $ env | grep IM_ CLUTTER_IM_MODULE=ibus GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus IM_CONFIG_PHASE=1 QT4_IM_MODULE=ibus QT_IM_MODULE=ibus $ uname -a Linux morwanneg 5.4.0-14-generic #17-Ubuntu SMP Thu Feb 6 22:47:59 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu Focal Fossa (development branch) Release: 20.04 Codename: focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1307648 Title: chromium-browser does not accept keyboard input with iBus Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: To reproduce install chromium 34 from proposed with pepperflash. And find a site that you input some text into like indeed.com or some others. Then you hit the keys on the keyboard but no text is seen onscreen. I expected the text to be entering into chroumium like it is on any other browser. And for the text to be entered into the browser and transfered ot the webpage I am submitting it to. Instead it did not show up and indeed.com thought I did not enter anything even though I pressed several keys on my keyboard. Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Release: 14.04 chromium-browser: Installed: 34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu1~pkg1006 Candidate: 34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu1~pkg1006 Version table: *** 34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu1~pkg1006 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 33.0.1750.152-0ubuntu1~pkg995.1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: chromium-browser 34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu1~pkg1006 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: LXDE Date: Mon Apr 14 11:15:07 2014 Desktop-Session: DESKTOP_SESSION = Lubuntu XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = /etc/xdg/lubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-Lubuntu:/usr/share/upstart/xdg:/etc/xdg XDG_DATA_DIRS = /etc/xdg/lubuntu:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/usr/share/gdm:/var/lib/menu-xdg:/usr/share/Lubuntu:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/ DetectedPlugins: DiskUsage: b'Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on\n/dev/sdc4 ext4 641G 61G 549G 10% /\nnone tmpfs 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup\nudev devtmpfs 1.9G 4.0K 1.9G 1% /dev\ntmpfs tmpfs 386M 1.3M 385M 1% /run\nnone tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock\nnone tmpfs 1.9G 17M 1.9G 1% /run/shm\nnone tmpfs 100M 16K 100M 1% /run/user\n' Inodes: b'Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on\n/dev/sdc4 41M 565K 41M 2% /\nnone 483K 2 483K 1% /sys/fs/cgroup\nudev 480K 612 479K 1% /dev\ntmpfs 483K 643 482K 1% /run\nnone 483K 5 483K 1% /run/lock\nnone 483K 19 483K 1% /run/shm\nnone 483K 13 483K 1% /run/user\n' Env: MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH = None LD_LIBRARY_PATH = None InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-02 (102 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140101) SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) gconf-keys: /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec = b'firefox\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager = b''/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager = b''/desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme = b'gnome\n'/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme = b'Clearlooks\n' modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium.browser: [deleted] mtime.conffile..etc.chromium.browser.default: 2014-04-14T10:56:12.681598 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1307648/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp