Hi Empathy seems to be a bandwidth hog. Does anyone know of minimizing the bandwidth usage of empathy?
Thanks in advance On 4/17/09, Visakh <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
