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Subject: Unable to create io-slave. klauncher said: Unknown protocol 'mailto'.
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by: Grimble - Thu, 16 Feb 2023 12:17 UTC

I get this error when clicking on e.g. a "contact us" button in Google
Chrome, expecting an email screen. Google shows it's a persistent
problem, and a solution seems to involve adding a Mimetype statement
such as
MimeType=application/x-xdg-protocol-mailto;x-scheme-handler/mailto
to ~/.local/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop
However, this doesn't work for me. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
--
Grimble
Machine 'Haydn' running Plasma 5.20.4 on 5.15.88-desktop-1.mga8 kernel.
Mageia release 8 (Official) for x86_64

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by: David W. Hodgins - Thu, 16 Feb 2023 17:11 UTC

On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 07:17:27 -0500, Grimble <grimble@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

> I get this error when clicking on e.g. a "contact us" button in Google
> Chrome, expecting an email screen. Google shows it's a persistent
> problem, and a solution seems to involve adding a Mimetype statement
> such as
> MimeType=application/x-xdg-protocol-mailto;x-scheme-handler/mailto
> to ~/.local/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop
> However, this doesn't work for me. Any suggestions?
> Thanks,

See "man xdg-settings" which shows how to set the mailto value as one of the
examples.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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Subject: Re: Unable to create io-slave. klauncher said: Unknown protocol
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by: Grimble - Sat, 18 Feb 2023 15:39 UTC

On 16/02/2023 17:11, David W. Hodgins wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 07:17:27 -0500, Grimble <grimble@nomail.afraid.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I get this error when clicking on e.g. a "contact us" button in Google
>> Chrome, expecting an email screen. Google shows it's a persistent
>> problem, and a solution seems to involve adding a Mimetype statement
>> such as
>> MimeType=application/x-xdg-protocol-mailto;x-scheme-handler/mailto
>> to ~/.local/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop
>> However, this doesn't work for me. Any suggestions?
>> Thanks,
>
> See "man xdg-settings" which shows how to set the mailto value as one of
> the
> examples.
>
> Regards, Dave Hodgins
Thanks for the pointer Dave, but further help needed.
$xdg-settings --list
Known properties:
default-url-scheme-handler Default handler for URL scheme
default-web-browser Default web browser
So, nothing for mail.

$ xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler mailto Thunderbird.desktop
[graeme@haydn Scripts]$ echo $?
4 Action failed, but why?

Thunderbird.desktop exists in ~/.local/share/applications/
Thunderbird is the default Email Client in System Settings/Applications/
Also ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list contains
[Default Applications]
x-scheme-handler/mailto=Thunderbird.desktop
which I created after searching around.
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by: David W. Hodgins - Sat, 18 Feb 2023 22:45 UTC

On Sat, 18 Feb 2023 10:39:59 -0500, Grimble <grimble@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
> Thanks for the pointer Dave, but further help needed.
> $xdg-settings --list
> Known properties:
> default-url-scheme-handler Default handler for URL scheme
> default-web-browser Default web browser
> So, nothing for mail.
>
> $ xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler mailto Thunderbird.desktop
> [graeme@haydn Scripts]$ echo $?
> 4
> Action failed, but why?

Not sure why it's failing.

> Thunderbird.desktop exists in ~/.local/share/applications/
> Thunderbird is the default Email Client in System Settings/Applications/
> Also ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list contains
> [Default Applications]
> x-scheme-handler/mailto=Thunderbird.desktop
> which I created after searching around.

Might be easier to just edit ~/.config/mimeapps.list directly.

[dave@x3 ~]$ grep -e '^\[' -e mailto ~/.config/mimeapps.list
[Added Associations]
x-scheme-handler/mailto=kde4-kmailservice.desktop;exo-mail-reader.desktop;thunderbird.desktop;
[Default Applications]
x-scheme-handler/mailto=thunderbird.desktop
[dave@x3 ~]$ xdg-settings check default-url-scheme-handler mailto thunderbird.desktop
yes

Note the x-scheme-handler line is all one line, not two if the mail reader
wraps it.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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Unable to create io-slave. klauncher said: Unknown protocol 'mailto'.	Grimble
Re: Unable to create io-slave. klauncher said: Unknown protocol	David W. Hodgins
Re: Unable to create io-slave. klauncher said: Unknown protocol	Grimble
Re: Unable to create io-slave. klauncher said: Unknown protocol	David W. Hodgins