I'm having the same problem opening a magnet link in the Google Chrome 32.0.1700.102 on Xubuntu 13.10. It's an inconvenience, but I'll just use the workaround.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xdg-utils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1173727 Title: xdg-open calls exo-open not gnome-open Status in exo: Unknown Status in “xdg-utils” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “xdg-utils” package in Debian: New Bug description: when executing xdg-open "magnet:?... xdg-open detects XFCE display manager and calls exo-open "$1" witch is not capable to handle magnets at all. should it call gnome-open with xubuntu? quick fix: edit /usr/bin/xdg-open and change if [ x"$DE" = x"" ]; then DE=generic fi to if [ x"$DE" = x"" ]; then DE=generic fi DE=gnome ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Apr 27 22:08:40 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-11 (16 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: xdg-utils UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-25 (1 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/exo/+bug/1173727/+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
