I'm running Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS. As the title says, when prompt to "xdg open" on Zoom (chromium browser), nothing happens and I can't do a conference call. Does anyone know what might be the issue? I've came across this issue in another websites as well.
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Having the exact same problem as you. For me it's not maintained to Zoom though. Any prompt of `xdg-open` just doesn't work through Firefox, although it does through Chrome. – Steven Mar 30 '20 at 09:17
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Yes, I came to realize that's for every application as well.. – Dinis Rodrigues Mar 31 '20 at 22:37
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It did not work for us in chrome either. Downloading zoom worked. – Organic Marble Apr 01 '20 at 04:50
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I can indeed run directly through Zoom, that works fine. However, I'd prefer if it would work. By the way, @Dinis, did you by chance install Chrome through `snap`? – Steven Apr 01 '20 at 06:49
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1@Steven yes I did! I found out that by using Firefox, it all works as expected! – Dinis Rodrigues Apr 01 '20 at 23:43
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That's great new @DinisRodrigues! Can you tell me how you choose to install Firefox? DId you use the software center or `snap`? – Steven Apr 03 '20 at 10:13
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@Steven I'm not sure, it's the one that came pre-installed with ubuntu. – Dinis Rodrigues Apr 03 '20 at 19:28
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It could be the xdg-open is not configured to use the correct zoom.desktop
Here is what I did
Verify if you have a valid handler for the zoommtg
xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/zoommtg
for me that gave an output zoom.desktop
but I did not have a
/usr/share/applications/zoom.desktop
however I had a
/usr/share/applications/Zoom.desktop
notice Z not z
I changed the default by
xdg-mime default Zoom.desktop x-scheme-handler/zoommtg
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I just came across this, for some reason on another ubuntu install this works flawlessly and on this new ubuntu install it does not.
It seems it because of the way that snapd works: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1776873
There is a comment on the bug that mentions a possible fix: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1776873/comments/36
But the easier solution might be to install chromium from the repos and not from snap install (software centre). I uninstalled chromium snap and installed the chroumium found in the normal apt repo. The zoom install I used is first the one offered by zoom the company (a deb package) and the snap install found in the software centre. They both seem to work the issue being confirmed the chromium snap install being secure.
To remove the snap install:
$ snap remove chromium
To install the package manager version:
$ sudo apt install chromium-browser
This save the step of having to copy and past the meeting id and password into the meeting. The above works in a fresh install of ubuntu 18.04
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This doesn't work for me. On Linux Mint 20, but already using Chrome and nothing on snap. Zoom and other things using xdg-open don't work at all on Chrome or on Firefox, though all worked fine in Mint 19. – qwa Sep 15 '20 at 19:44