Have you tried this? Switch to "manual proxy", change the "8080" entry in the port entry to 0, then switch back to "direct connection"? This works for me.
AND FOR THE DEVS: I'M A SOFTWARE ENGINEER MYSELF AND HAVE WRITTEN SEVERAL TIMES WHERE THE PROBLEM LIES!!! IF YOU WANT TO FIX THIS BUG AND ARE NOT SURE HOW PLEASE CONTACT ME! -- Cannot download fonts, "Error parsing proxy URL http://:8080/"; https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274421 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
