Links won't open when using the linux AppImage in "portable mode"

(#4556) Bug Needs info desktop

6h agoby Jinx

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Jinx OP1 vote 2h ago

What browser do you have set as your default?

I've set Brave as my default browser, installed via dnf. I've also set Flatpak Firefox as default and tried opening a link via Fluxer AppImage in portable mode and it didn't open a link. only when using it without portable mode it works, and opens in my default browser.

Do you see files related to that browser in your AppImages portable .home/.config folder?

No, the only folders in the .home folder are:

== ~/Personal/AppImages/Fluxer.AppImage.home  ==
··•> tree -ad -L 2 ./Fluxer.AppImage.home/
./Fluxer.AppImage.home/
├── .cache
│   ├── flatpak
│   ├── fontconfig
│   └── nvidia
├── .config
│   ├── autostart
│   ├── fluxer
│   └── pulse
├── .local
│   └── share
└── .nv
    └── ComputeCache

And there are no files or folders that have a partial match for firefox or brave as name

== ~/Personal/AppImages ==
··•> tree -a ./Fluxer.AppImage.home/ | grep -i "brave"

== ~/Personal/AppImages ==
··•> tree -a ./Fluxer.AppImage.home/ | grep -i "firefox"

== ~/Personal/AppImages ==
··•>

Do you expect links to open in your default browser session or is the portable and separate browser profile opening links what you are expecting?

I expect it to open in my default browser as it does with other AppImages where I click a link which then opens my default browser, just like it does when the Fluxer AppImage is not running in Portable mode. Using the AppImage in "portable" mode is just to keep the Apps Data in one place, like running it off on a USB stick which you then could use on different machines and keep all your data. If I can provide more information I'm happy to help. I'll also try more scenarioes and if I find something I'll report it. Might try a different distro and another device as well, but can't do that right now.

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