As I already said, gnome control center does not use GConf anymore for this, since a year already, so what we need is a list of apps that still use GConf, and we need to migrate them to use GSettings or, as a fallback, make them use the correct GConf keys. This specific GConf keys are not used anymore on the GSettings version, so even though we have the GConf keys synced up with their corresponding GSettings keys (via a plugin in gnome-settings-daemon), of course only the keys that are changed in GSettings are synced. This means that the keys we don't use will always have the same value in GConf.
So could people list the applications affected, or even better, add a task to this bug for that specific app, so that the responsible for each of those apps can have a look at patching it. But again, there's nothing that can be done in gnome-control-center/gnome-settings-daemon -- 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
