As with the banshee bug (which I just uploaded a fix for), this needs changes in the applications, not gnome-control-center. We have stopped using some of the keys, so their values are not changed in GSettings and hence not propagated to GConf. Those apps should really check the host for socks, and if it's not empty, use it. So I guess there's nothing in g-c-c / g-s-d that can be done to fix this.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/876839 Title: Proxy GUI in 11.10 does not configure socks proxy for HTTP traffic Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Running Ubuntu 11.10. gnome-control-center: Installed: 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu6 Candidate: 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu6 Version table: *** 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu6 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status The new GUI doesn't correctly toggle gconf/system/http_proxy/use_http_proxy to true when only a socks server is specified. Without this, neither Chrome nor Firefox will attempt to tunnel through socks. As a workaround, set this value manually using gconf-editor. Reproduce by setting up a socks server using the standard ssh -D <port> <user>@<remote_machine>. Attempt to configure the system-wide proxy by entering localhost and <port> into the new 11.10 proxy configuration utility's socks server fields. Open Chrome or Firefox and change the app's proxy settings to "use system". Notice that no HTTP traffic tunnels through the system socks proxy. Somewhat related: the ignored hosts list is very useful for users on corporate networks where they do need some internal resources. It should be included. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/876839/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
