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lmello

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2012-11-06

Posts: 300

Magnet links and Deluge in Chrome

Something is wrong but I don't know who is the 'culprit' here. It used to work 100%, but since the last big GNOME upgrade, the integration between these apps is only part functional. Which is strange, to say the least: when I click on a torrent magnet link, deluge is started/get focus but... only that. The magnet link does not appear in the 'Add torrent' dialog box, ready to be downloaded.

BUT in Epiphany everything works OK, deluge is called with the magnet link in the 'Add torrent' dialog box.

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0v3rl04d

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From: localhost

Registered: 2014-09-26

Posts: 11

Re: Magnet links and Deluge in Chrome

I've your same problem...

i've try to delete all data from chrome but with any success.

Last edited by 0v3rl04d (2015-04-15 22:27:10)

dbot77

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Registered: 2015-04-16

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Re: Magnet links and Deluge in Chrome

This has been happening to me as well after the gnome 3.16 update!

lmello

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2012-11-06

Posts: 300

Re: Magnet links and Deluge in Chrome

Me too, but that's most likely a Chrome bug - Firefox (like Epiphany) behaves as expected.

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Second Digital Deduction: Everything go wrong at least once.
Third Digital Deduction: Things go wrong even when there's absolutely no possibility of anything go wrong.

mathieumart1

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From: Brest, France

Registered: 2012-10-21

Posts: 6

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Re: Magnet links and Deluge in Chrome

Same problem here, magnet links work with firefox but not chromium.
I thought both navigators were executing the following terminal command equivalent :

xdg-open "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:257e2c235abbadb4aaf6a971a50cb863a41db2b9&dn=archlinux-2015.04.01-dual.iso&tr=udp://tracker.archlinux.org:6969&tr=http://tracker.archlinux.org:6969/announce"

But if you execute it, it fails, as for chromium.

dice

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From: Germany

Registered: 2014-02-10

Posts: 413

Re: Magnet links and Deluge in Chrome

I'm using firefox and cinnamon and have a similar issue. Magnet link open deluge but nothing happens. When I click the link again deluge says the torrent cannot be added twice but then the dialog to add the torrent appears.
I guess this is rather a bug in deluge

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mathieumart1

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From: Brest, France

Registered: 2012-10-21

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Re: Magnet links and Deluge in Chrome

The following command line works :
deluge-gtk "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:257e2c235abbadb4aaf6a971a50cb863a41db2b9&dn=archlinux-2015.04.01-dual.iso&tr=udp://tracker.archlinux.org:6969&tr=http://tracker.archlinux.org:6969/announce"
This is why I believe the bug is rather on xdg-open side.

e5jtossenb

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From: Budapest, Hungary

Registered: 2015-04-25

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Re: Magnet links and Deluge in Chrome

xdg-open calls gvfs-open, so it is worth to try:

gvfs-open "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:257e2c235abbadb4aaf6a971a50cb863a41db2b9&dn=archlinux-2015.04.01-dual.iso&tr=udp://tracker.archlinux.org:6969&tr=http://tracker.archlinux.org:6969/announce"

It fails with the current version 1.24 of gvfs, but it works with the old version 1.22

mathieumart1

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From: Brest, France

Registered: 2012-10-21

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Re: Magnet links and Deluge in Chrome

You are right, I've reported it upstream: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=748600

lowsky

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Registered: 2010-12-02

Posts: 4

Re: Magnet links and Deluge in Chrome

I'm having the same issue. Any known fixes besides using Firefox?

c00ter

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From: Alaskan in Washington State

Registered: 2014-08-28

Posts: 421

Re: Magnet links and Deluge in Chrome

Installing Transmission in GNOME 3.16.2 appears to have fixed my Deluge linking problem in Chrome & FF. Same Deluge problem/solution exists in the current Xfce also.

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lowsky

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Registered: 2010-12-02

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Re: Magnet links and Deluge in Chrome

Installing Transmission in GNOME 3.16.2 appears to have fixed my Deluge linking problem in Chrome & FF. Same Deluge problem/solution exists in the current Xfce also.

Doesn't seem to work for me. I click on a magnet link and it opens Deluge, but does not add the torrent.

c00ter

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From: Alaskan in Washington State

Registered: 2014-08-28

Posts: 421

Re: Magnet links and Deluge in Chrome

Installing Transmission in GNOME 3.16.2 appears to have fixed my Deluge linking problem in Chrome & FF. Same Deluge problem/solution exists in the current Xfce also.

Doesn't seem to work for me. I click on a magnet link and it opens Deluge, but does not add the torrent.

I'm sorry; my post was made tongue-in-cheek. I should have stated: UNinstalling Deluge & INstalling Transmission fixed my Deluge problem. No Deluge==no problem.

I prefer Deluge by far, but am willing to wait a bit until it is rebuilt.

Last edited by c00ter (2015-07-08 13:58:23)

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necbot

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Registered: 2013-12-05

Posts: 59

Re: Magnet links and Deluge in Chrome

I am also experiencing this same problem with Transmission 2.84 and Chromium 43.0.2357.130.  Magent links cause transmisison-gtk to open and freeze, no magent links are ever actually loaded.  I do not have this problem with firefox.  Are there any fixes?

Last edited by necbot (2015-07-12 11:45:14)

bianchin

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2015-08-11

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Re: Magnet links and Deluge in Chrome

this used to worked perfectly. after some update i'm also experiencing the same problem with chromium. Transmission opens and freeze, and qbittorrent opens and replies me "invalid magnet link". I'm arch + openbox user.

lmello

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2012-11-06

Posts: 300

Re: Magnet links and Deluge in Chrome

It's a chrome/chromium bug; magnet links work in Firefox and Epiphany.

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Fundamental Axiom of the Universe (aka Murphy's Law): Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.
First Digital Deduction: Nothing obeys Murphy's Law so well as computers.
Second Digital Deduction: Everything go wrong at least once.
Third Digital Deduction: Things go wrong even when there's absolutely no possibility of anything go wrong.

jfbonhage

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Registered: 2015-09-13

Posts: 1

Re: Magnet links and Deluge in Chrome

I am having a similar problem in Ubuntu 15.04.
Firefox : Magnet  links do not open open or add torrent in anything.
Chrome: Magnet links open Transmission.

bleach

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Registered: 2013-07-26

Posts: 264

Re: Magnet links and Deluge in Chrome

it works with xdg

1.make a desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications
2.xdg-mime default ~/.local/share/applications/it.desktop x-scheme-handler/magnet
3.check to make sure xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/magnet

Last edited by bleach (2015-09-13 10:48:28)