Deluge not automatically opening torrent files from browser

[Brushstroke]

I've been using Transmission for awhile. Before that I was using Deluge, but when Deluge released 1.3.2 I had some problems with it not downloading anything at all and so I switched to Transmission. I've decided I might start using Deluge again but now I see a new problem. Deluge won't automatically open a torrent file when it's downloaded from my browser (Firefox). Firefox gives the option to open the file with Deluge, but then nothing happens when I click OK. This is when Deluge is already open, but I also notice that when Deluge is closed and I try to open a torrent file with it from the browser, Deluge will open but it will not add the torrent file to the download list.

How do I get Deluge to auto-open torrent files?

Thanks.

[Cas]

What version of Deluge and what OS are you using?

[Brushstroke]

What version of Deluge and what OS are you using?

Deluge 1.3.3 from the Deluge Team PPA and Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx.

[Mincemeat]

I have the same problem using the same Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Deluge hasn't worked properly for me since version 1.3.1 because of this issue. Manually adding each torrent is a pain. It's easier to just use another torrent client, which is ashame. Version 1.3.2 gave me an error message rather than auto-adding torrents. Version 1.3.3 just fails to auto-add torrents.

[Cas]

Please can you go through the following steps to see what works or doesn't work:

• Dragging this torrent file link onto the Deluge window from your browser.
  http://www.clearbits.net/get/53-star-wr ... ng.torrent
• Use the url of the torrent to add it to Deluge as an argument:

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  deluge-gtk http://www.clearbits.net/get/53-star-wreck---in-the-pirkinning.torrent

• Save the torrent file from Clearbits to your hard drive then open Deluge with the torrent:

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  deluge-gtk /home/user/53-star-wreck---in-the-pirkinning.torrent

Also can you paste the contents of this file:

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cat /usr/share/applications/deluge.desktop

Deluge hasn't worked properly for me since version 1.3.1 because of this issue. Manually adding each torrent is a pain. It's easier to just use another torrent client, which is ashame.

This is first I've heard that it does not work. We were aware of the bug in 1.3.2 however previous to that unless you inform us we cannot know.

[braikar]

I had the same problem, I don't know what command firefox uses to open the torrent, but it has to do with this.
I tried all the tests proposed by 'Cas' and all worked, so I went and changed the opening association in firefox and it auto opens the torrents fine again now.

Go to firefox, edit->preferences->applications
Find the 'bitTorrent seed file' and select 'use other' for the application and use /usr/bin/deluge-gtk

Hope this helps, the problem comes definetly from firefox not deluge, the normal option for opening in firefox is 'Use Deluge (default)', I don't know what program it is using...

could torrents be opened by using: deluge http://path_to_torrent in the past? maybe thats the problem

btw. I'm on Ubuntu 10.04 also