Network proxy settings don't work for terminal apps or "Weather Report"

Pat Taylor pdt77 at comcast.net
Mon May 9 21:08:59 UTC 2005


Has anyone had success getting the "Weather Report" applet (gnome panel 
applet, not gdesklets) to work with a network proxy?  It doesn't seem to 
use the proxy information, whether it's entered using
System > Preferences > Network Proxy
or with
gconf-editor (system > proxy)

I've also noticed that, on the same network, synaptic works when the 
proxy is specified in the preferences (as do browsers, etc), but 
terminal apps like apt-get and wget do not.  In short, it seems that
System > Preferences > Network Proxy
doesn't really do anything, and the only applications that can get a 
network connection are the ones with application specific proxy settings.

Suggestions are appreciated!




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