xwidgets cannot render local file on Linux
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J-ky · 2022-06-05 02:07

I compile Emacs with xwidgets, and it is working fine when I am
browsing the Internet. However, I am not able to use xwidget-webkit to
open any local file with the url as "file:///home/user/test.html".

Does anyone observes the same bug? On macOS, this is fine.

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lskph5vg · 2022-06-11 02:50

Try this, helped me: [https://stackoverflow.com/a/71740957](https://st
ackoverflow.com/a/71740957)

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J-ky · 2022-06-11 04:22

So is it an arch Linux specific bug?

Or do I need to modify the source code of emacs to make it works?

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lskph5vg · 2022-06-11 05:35

I encountered it on Fedora 36. Just running the commands described in
the post fixed the problem for me:
```
    rm ~/.local/share/mime/packages/user-extension-html.xml
    update-mime-database ~/.local/share/mime
```