Thanks for your bugreport. The system wide proxy configuration is not very dynanmic. When you reset your proxy (set it to direct connection) and open a new terminal window, does that still show a proxy when you "echo $http_proxy" ?
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- proxy settings are not applied properly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296373 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs