how to set a global proxy

lokuarachi · n00b Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 33 Location: Jamaica

hi all, am at work where they have proxy server. using wicd to connect. i can set the proxy info in kde system settings->network settings->proxy. And i can browse quite fine using konqueror. using chromium doesnt work, even though the proxy button in chromium takes me back to the same network settings->proxy in system settings. And i tried exporting http_proxy in bash but when i try ping anything i get unknown host. similarly, if i try and sync in layman i get name resolution errors. otherwise i emerge pulls in files through the proxy ok.
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codestation · Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:45 pm Post subject:

In chromium i have modified the menu item to append the proxy option like this:

alatar · n00b Joined: 12 Feb 2009 Posts: 61

You can also try to use proxychains

Voyageur · Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:34 am Post subject:

For chromium (source only, not -bin which cannot be fixed), there was a bug until a few days ago, where it would indeed open KDE4 proxy settings in options, but use the settings defined in ~/.kde (i.e kde3).

proxychains is a nice tool also!
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