Hi, As I told you, many applications have their own proxy settings- same is the case with Synaptic. It can be changed at [Settings/Preferences > Network tab].
Regards, Gokul Das On Apr 17, 11:32 am, stranger in black <[email protected]> wrote: > i told them connect like this........... > > but even synaptic isnt working......... > > so edited d some file apt.conf.........(i dont remember the name correctly) > > > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Visakh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > The proxy sever settings for Ubuntu Gnome can be done at > > [System>Preferences>Network Proxy]. In that application, you will find > > a [proxy configuration] tab- which will give you 3 options. If you > > know the proxy settings, you can set it using manual settings option, > > or autoconfiguration (needs autoconf url). Also note that many > > applications like Firefox have their own proxy settings - which must > > be set to follow system settings, so that you don't need to configure > > each app separately. There is one drawback, that you will have to > > change your proxy settings each time you switch between networks (eg: > > college & home), or your internet may not work for apparently > > mysterious reasons. Its hard to track down proxy problems, unless you > > know forehand that it is the wrong setting. > > > There is one another issue that may depend on the network you are > > connected to. Many of them provide only HTTP proxy (usually Squid) and > > so, only web browsing may work. IMs and downloads may not work. If you > > don't know of separate proxies for different services, the best option > > available is to check the 'Use the same proxy for all proxy for all > > protocols' options- and pray that all web services work. > > > Regards, > > Gokul Das > > -- > junise safvan > project guidance on vhdl, image processing, embedded system designing etc --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
