DeMoN LaG <n@a> wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]:">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Holden Caulfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], on 31 Jan 2002: > >> I *am* set up with Proxomitron on 8080 for HTTP (for IE and >> Opera), and when I activate that, in Prefs/Advanced/Proxies, >> the rest of the options light up (i.e., are no longer greyed) >> and one of the two SOCKS choices must be checked - 4 or 5. It >> defaults to v5. I don't see any way to run Proxo and *not* >> have one of the SOCKS proxies ticked. Is this a problem? (I >> get the stated error message whether I turn on proxies for the >> sake of Proxo or not.) Or, maybe I should ask, what the heck >> *is* that error referring, to, then? > > You should leave all other proxy fields blank. Put "localhost" > into the http one and port it on port 8080. I have the same > setup as you and I have no problems Yes, that's how I set it up. Just like IE and Opera are set up. I've never seen a "Unknown socket" error from those browsers. Now, about those SOCKSv4/SOCKSv5 radio buttons. One *has* to be ticked; I'm not running any SOCKS proxies. I ask, again -- is this a problem? -- Holden
