Synaptec connection problem

[Florian Diesch]

Sauli <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:

> I have the same problem of getting the 'Could not connect to
> localhost:80 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)' error
> messages. 
>
> I have checked from the Settings -> Preferences, Network Tab that
> Direct connection to Internet is selected instead of using a Proxy.

Open a new terminal window and type
  env | grep proxy
It should not give you something like
  http_proxy=http://localhost:8080
otherwise the proxy settings don't work for some reasons.

If it doesn't show a proxy try to start synaptic from this terminal
window. Does it work now?




   Florian
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