[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1889477] [NEW] xdg-open on Kubuntu 20.04 reports 'Could not connect to localhost: Connection refused' if localhost service not already up

Public bug reported: 1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS Release:20.04 (Kubuntu 20.04 Fresh Install) 2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Sof

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1889477] Re: xdg-open on Kubuntu 20.04 reports 'Could not connect to localhost: Connection refused' if localhost service not already up

Hi Alex, My scripts run xdg-open http://localhost:something before starting the service as a time saver to setup my workspace. Did you already have the service running when you started it up? It works fine when the service is already up, but it throws this new error when it is not. In the past i