Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon 64-Bit
Tixati v2.53

I have been running Tixati for some some period of time. Recently, when I clicked on a magnet link, Tixati opened as though it were newly installed. Downloads location, etc. and other setup information was requested. None of my existing torrents appeared (dozens).

I can still open my "original" Tixati from the desktop icon and both the old and new "versions" will run simultaneously. (Both show as v2.53).

How do I reset Tixati so that my original application opens all magnet links and this second version does not open and is made to disappear? I have had to resort to copying magnetic links and manually adding them to avoid this second version popping up by clicking on the magnetic link.

Also, if I start a magnetic link on the "new" Tixati pop-up, I cannot reopen the application if the torrent doesn't finish and I shut down my PC.  I also want to reintegrate these new torrents with my "original" Tixati.

Thanks

You might wanna reinstall, because any other tweak is just an temporary tweak.

You are Operating in Different User Contexts. It is likely the problem you have multiple user accounts. With Linux there is the Super User as a 'sudo apt-get update' for example which will operate as a superuser, and the 'apt-get update' which will operate as current user and obviously cannot do this 'example' command.

I do not know in which its user context you are calling a magnet link or torrent file. It usually is the same context as the mother process of the browser if you open a Magnet. However if you open a .torrent it will always operate in your current user account.

Personally my thoughts are you have only 1 Tixati but multiple User Contexts.

So I know what is happening, but I do not know to help you otherwise than to manually in a browser COPY HYPERLINK TEXT (Which happens to be a Magnet Link) and then next add it manually to your running Tixati in your own current User space.

This is a workaround. You copy the Magnet to the Clipboard, and no matter which user it created on the clipboard, you paste it in your user Tixati instance by hand.

Sure this takes extra work. But on Linux like systems it is unlikely you have multiple installations. It is more likely you are running your browser in a different User Context.

Are you willing to copy hyperlink text to your current user running Tixati ? Then if so, this takes perhaps 1 minute extra per download as workaround. If not, why don't you run all in the other User Context?

I prefer the workaround, I copy hyperlink text magnet link and manually pass it to my 'web user interface' Tixati browser with ADD. Then pasting the copied URL which is a magnet link in this case.

What I do not understand is why your browser seems to run under a different user context than Tixati itself. However you have a workaround, copy and paste.

Thanks BRMateus2, your reply triggered my thoughts. I recently started running my browser though Firejail Sandbox. The problem is resolved when I run the browser outside of the Firejail Sandbox.

Problem Solved!!! Thanks for all replies.

My deepest apologies to Guest on Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:06:06 GMT, it was your analysis of the Different User Contexts which led me to look at the browser being sandboxed. Sorry for the mix-up in giving you the credit. Thank You!!!

Well, learning everyday; thanks for the info Guest!