(i'm on latest chrome beta (64) but it is happening in all the previous version of chrome i used.)
when i press magnet links in google chrome, i get this card:
Open xdg-open?
so i mark to always open these types of links… and then press open xdg-open.
now qBittorrent is starting to work. everything is OK.
but, if i press another magnet link, it again pop up this card and ask me what to do. it always do that and never save what i choose for later.
i have qbittorrent.desktop
in /usr/share/applications
the beginning of qbittorrent.desktop
is:
[Desktop Entry]
Categories=Network;FileTransfer;P2P;Qt;
Exec=qbittorrent %U
GenericName=BitTorrent client
Comment=Download and share files over BitTorrent
Icon=qbittorrent
MimeType=application/x-bittorrent;x-scheme-handler/magnet;
Name=qBittorrent
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
StartupWMClass=qbittorrent
Keywords=bittorrent;torrent;magnet;download;p2p;
also in ~/.config/mimeapps.list
i have this:
[Default Applications]
text/html=google-chrome-beta.desktop
x-scheme-handler/http=google-chrome-beta.desktop
x-scheme-handler/https=google-chrome-beta.desktop
x-scheme-handler/about=google-chrome-beta.desktop
x-scheme-handler/unknown=google-chrome-beta.desktop
x-scheme-handler/magnet=qbittorrent.desktop
if i command xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/magnet
i get qbittorrent.desktop
result.
also if i command: xdg-mime default qbittorrent.desktop x-scheme-handler/magnet
nothing is changed and problem exist.
last thing, if i open terminal and command:
xdg-open magnet:?xt=magnet-link-continue-here
it opens qbittorrent with the link without a problem.
Best Answer
it was a bug in chrome:
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=788431
fixed now on latest chrome beta (maybe on stable also).