Firefox and ktorrent

[Willy K. Hamra]

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Paul Lemmons wrote:
> I was trying to download a torrent today in hardy using firefox 3B5. In
> the past, before the upgrade, it would open ktorrent by default and life
> was good. Now I get the cryptic message:
> 
> aaa.bbb.ccc.torrent could not be opened, because the associated helper
> application does not exist. Change the association in your preferences.
> 
> I have looked at the KDE file associations and they seem to be correct.
> I am thinking that this is a firefox thing. Try as I might, though, I am
> not finding any way to perform the task it suggests. I have seen a
> number of others have asked the same question on the net but nobody,
> that I have found, has gotten an answer yet.
> 
> Ktorrent is installed and it works perfectly. I can cut and past the url
> into it by hand and the download starts without any problems.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
in firefox , edit --> preferences, applications tab, and edit the
.torrent preferences from there.

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Willy K. Hamra
Manager of Hamra Information Systems
Co. Manager of Zeina Computer & Billy Net
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