[Bug 1071033] [NEW] magnet links don't work

[Manuel López-Ibáñez]

Public bug reported:

Simple. Magnet links don't work. This is a well-known problem. Fixes are
available:

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Kubuntu_Quantal_Internet#Set_Firefox_to_use_KTorrent_for_magnet_links

Why not make it work out of the box?

Example:

magnet:?xt=urn:ed2k:31D6CFE0D16AE931B73C59D7E0C089C0&xl=0&dn=zero_len.fil&xt=urn:bitprint:3I42H3S6NNFQ2MSVX7XZKYAYSCX5QBYJ.LWPNACQDBZRYXW3VHJVCJ64QBZNGHOHHHZWCLNQ&xt=urn:md5:D41D8CD98F00B204E9800998ECF8427E

It works out of the box with Chromium.

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS"

** Affects: firefox
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #528148
   https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=528148

** Also affects: firefox via
   https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=528148
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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  magnet links don't work

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