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[Shouri Chatterjee <876839@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Proxy settings on oneiric just don't work. I just don't understand how
functionality and value was reduced from natty and all its ancestors,
and the people are only finger pointing - this bug is similar to that
and that bug was addressed by so and so...

There is a button for applying proxies system wide. The button does not
work most of the time. It doesn't ask for a sudo password most of the
time. It does not modify /etc/environment. It does not create any proxy
settings in /etc/apt/conf.d/

It looks like this will *never* be fixed.
Whatever bug you file - it will be similar to some other bug.

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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.

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