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In this article, we’ve explored four different solutions to fix the issue of Chrome not opening Transmission for torrent magnet links in Ubuntu.

The web client allows you to control Transmission from your web browser.

Enable the web client in Transmission and set the port to 9091 if necessary.

This can be done by running transmission-gtk in the terminal.

Start Transmission ( transmission-gtk) before adding.

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Open the terminal and install transmission-remote by running:.The fourth solution involves installing and using transmission-remote, a remote control utility for Transmission. Solution 4: Installing and Using transmission-remote In this case, we’re setting the command for handling magnet links to /usr/bin/transmission-gtk %s and enabling it. The -type option specifies the data type of the key value. Gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/magnet/enabled -type Boolean true Gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/magnet/command '/usr/bin/transmission-gtk %s' -type String Open the terminal and run the following commands:.The third solution involves using the gconftool-2 command to set Transmission as the handler for magnet links. Solution 3: Using the gconftool-2 Command Patching it can help ensure that magnet links are opened with Transmission. This script is used by your system to determine which application to open for a given URL or file.

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Patch the /usr/bin/xdg-open script by adding necessary lines.

This allows Transmission to be controlled remotely, which can help resolve the issue.

Under the Remote tab, enable remote access.

Open Transmission and navigate to Edit > Preferences.

The second solution involves enabling remote access in Transmission and patching the /usr/bin/xdg-open script. Solution 2: Enabling Remote Access in Transmission You may need to log out and log back in for the changes to take effect. These lines tell your system to use Transmission ( sktop) to handle magnet links ( x-scheme-handler/magnet). Nano ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

Open the terminal and use the nano (or your preferred text editor) to open the mimeapps.list file:.This file is used by your system to determine which application should handle a specific type of file or link. The first solution involves modifying the mimeapps.list file. Solution 1: Modifying the mimeapps.list File However, due to incorrect settings or system errors, Chrome might not be able to identify the correct application to handle these magnet links, causing it to simply open a new window. When you click on a magnet link, your browser should open your default torrent client with the torrent loaded. Solution 4: Installing and Using transmission-remoteīefore we proceed, it’s important to understand what’s happening.Solution 3: Using the gconftool-2 Command.Solution 2: Enabling Remote Access in Transmission.Solution 1: Modifying the mimeapps.list File.Unlike magnet links however, ed2k links, they can contain all the information necessary including the files’ names, sizes, and hashes. Similar to magnet links are ed2k links for the eDonkey network. (You will also know when it has retrieved the metadata because the torrent’s Selected Size column will change from 0 B and the Files tab will become populated. Finished receiving metadata for 'Really Cool Torrent' You get this information from other peers and µTorrent notifies you in the log: When you use a magnet link, it will be devoid of any content and you must start it to retrieve the information that. (I don’t see why the total size of the torrent couldn’t also be included for convenience, but it’s not.) Magnet links are only a couple of dozen bytes and contain only the name and hash of the torrent itself (not its files). torrent file, it is several kilobytes large and contains all the information necessary for using the torrent including the file and folder names, sizes, and hashes of all of the torrent’s files. No, and it wouldn’t because that’s normal for magnet links.

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Magnet links do not display data in uTorrent Size: 0B and the list below it is empty too. For some reason on certain websites when I press on magnet links it redirects me to 'Add new torrent' and its empty.

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