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Could someone please confirm if their Ktorrent is working with Magnet Links before I file a bug report?

I find with Ktorrent on both Mageia 1 and Cauldron that downloads do not start if I use a Magnet link. It finds the peers and everything, it just does not start downloading.

An example Magnet link is
[url]magnet:?xt=urn:btih:4393f6f6aeb3b773b0053a6db4ed7cd66ea7e301&dn=Fedora+16+x86+64+Full+DVD+&tr=udp%253A%252F%252Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%253A80&tr=udp%253A%252F%252Ftracker.publicbt.com%253A80&tr=udp%253A%252F%252Ftracker.ccc.de%253A80[/url]

Same here !

Also true here.
Anyone had any ideas yet? Tried in firefox 11 also with no joy.

Works here with cauldron...

There is about a 2 minute pause before it starts but it eventually works. Of course, that might just be my network.

When I first tried it I got a notification saying I should enable DHT. This is set in Ktorrent prefs on the "bittorrent" tab.

To get Firefox to recognize magnet links you need to open about:config and create a new "Boolean". The name is:

network.protocol-handler.expose.magnet

and the value is "false". Then when FF tries to open a magnet it will ask what program to use. Point it to /usr/bin/ktorrent and from then on all magnets will then go to ktorrent.