Tdesktop: Telegram for linux is not able to open tg links

[sprnza]

Hi there! My problem is the Telegram desktop client for linux is not opening tg links from Firefox. The Telegram client is being opened but there is no an appropriate chat/bot opened. My telegramdesktop.desktop file has this line

Exec=telegram-desktop -- %u

if I run

telegram-desktop -- tg:link

the link is being opened fine. Is it just my installation problem or what?

[stek29]

What do you see when you run the command below?
xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/tg

[sprnza]

speranza@~$ xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/tg
telegramdesktop.desktop

[sprnza]

The app is being launched but it doesn't open up the link.

[john-preston]

@sprnza Can you launch it by a link and then look at ~/.TelegramDesktop/log.txt (or ~/.local/TelegramDesktop/log.txt), the arguments should be listed there.

[sprnza]

[2016.11.12 16:00:17] Launched version: 10011, alpha: [FALSE], beta: 0, debug mode: [FALSE], test dc: [FALSE]
[2016.11.12 16:00:17] Executable dir: /usr/bin/, name: telegram-desktop
[2016.11.12 16:00:17] Initial working dir: /home/speranza/
[2016.11.12 16:00:17] Working dir: /home/speranza/.TelegramDesktop/
[2016.11.12 16:00:17] Arguments: "/usr/bin/telegram-desktop" "tg://resolve?domain=mpscmaterial"

[john-preston]

@sprnza Where did the "--" argument go? :/

[sprnza]

@john-preston Good question.

[sprnza]

speranza@~$ locate telegramdesktop.desktop
/usr/share/applications/telegramdesktop.desktop
speranza@~$ cat /usr/share/applications/telegramdesktop.desktop |grep Exec
Exec=telegram-desktop -- %u

[AndydeCleyre]

@sprnza double check that you don't have a broken telegram launcher hiding in ~/.local/share/applications.

[sprnza]

@AndydeCleyre, yep "locate telegramdesktop.desktop" in the previous post searches through the whole system

[AndydeCleyre]

@sprnza Yes, I'm familiar with locate. It's not a "live" search, but rather depends on a periodically updated index, which can be invoked with updatedb. This means that recent filesystem changes will not always be reflected by a locate search.

[sprnza]

The DB is updated, I've double checked it.
On another PC (ArchLinux; telegram-desktop-bin from AUR):

speranza@~$ sudo updatedb
[sudo] password for speranza: 
speranza@~$ locate telegramdesktop
/home/speranza/.config/plank/dock1/launchers/telegramdesktop.dockitem
/home/speranza/.config/plank/dock1_1/dock1/launchers/telegramdesktop.dockitem
/home/speranza/.config/plank/dock1_1/launchers/telegramdesktop.dockitem
/home/speranza/.config/plank/dock1_2/launchers/telegramdesktop.dockitem
/usr/share/applications/telegramdesktop.desktop
speranza@~$ cat /usr/share/applications/telegramdesktop.desktop 
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Name=Telegram Desktop
Comment=Official desktop version of Telegram messaging app
Exec=telegram-desktop -- %u
StartupWMClass=telegram-desktop
Icon=telegram
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Network;
MimeType=application/x-xdg-protocol-tg;x-scheme-handler/tg;
X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.22

speranza@~$ cat .TelegramDesktop/log.txt 
[2016.11.23 19:35:47] Launched version: 10019, alpha: [FALSE], beta: 0, debug mode: [FALSE], test dc: [FALSE]
[2016.11.23 19:35:47] Executable dir: /usr/bin/, name: telegram-desktop
[2016.11.23 19:35:47] Initial working dir: /home/speranza/
[2016.11.23 19:35:47] Working dir: /home/speranza/.TelegramDesktop/
[2016.11.23 19:35:47] Arguments: "/usr/bin/telegram-desktop" "tg://resolve?domain=MovieHDChannel"
[2016.11.23 19:35:47] Logs started
[2016.11.23 19:35:47] Connecting local socket to /tmp/85d4e40145b999bca6b3cbee79d88cb0-{87A94AB0-E370-4cde-98D3-ACC110C5967D}...
[2016.11.23 19:35:47] This is the only instance of Telegram, starting server and app...
[2016.11.23 19:35:47] Moved logging from '/home/speranza/.TelegramDesktop/log_start0.txt' to '/home/speranza/.TelegramDesktop/log.txt'!
[2016.11.23 19:35:47] Could not load 'appindicator3' with version 1 :(
[2016.11.23 19:35:47] App Info: reading settings...
[2016.11.23 19:35:47] App Info: reading encrypted settings...
[2016.11.23 19:35:47] LibNotify capabilities: actions, body, body-hyperlinks, body-markup, icon-static, x-canonical-private-icon-only
[2016.11.23 19:35:47] Notifications Server: Xfce Notify Daemon
[2016.11.23 19:35:48] App Info: reading map...
[2016.11.23 19:35:48] App Info: reading encrypted map...
[2016.11.23 19:35:48] App Info: reading encrypted user settings...
[2016.11.23 19:35:48] App Error: attempt to write settings while reading them!
[2016.11.23 19:35:48] App Info: encrypted user settings read.
[2016.11.23 19:35:48] App Info: reading encrypted mtp data...
[2016.11.23 19:35:48] Map read time: 5
[2016.11.23 19:35:48] TCP Error: network - Network unreachable
[2016.11.23 19:35:48] HTTP Error: network error 99 - Network unreachable
[2016.11.23 19:35:48] Using appindicator tray icon.
[2016.11.23 19:35:48] Not using Unity Launcher count.
[2016.11.23 19:35:48] Getting difference! no updates timer: 0, remains: -1

[AndydeCleyre]

@sprnza Do you want to confirm what shows up under Firefox prefs > Applications > tg > Application Details?

[sprnza]

@AndydeCleyre I've got two entries there. http://itmag.es/2PW8k I had Use telegram-desktop selected. When I select "Use Telegram Desktop (default)" (but it wasn't default) I have the links opened as they supposed to be. I'm quite sure I haven't been changing this setting. Weird. So the issue is solved then.

[AndydeCleyre]

@sprnza Great! Please go ahead and close the issue when you get a chance.

[romchik1617]

Мдас... Только понял что телеграм мозили;)). А линкедин это чисто "наше" изобритение?