Bug 237103

Summary:	gnome-dictionary cannot cope with proxy
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Nils Philippsen <nphilipp>
Component:	gnome-utils	Assignee:	Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode>
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Description Nils Philippsen 2007-04-19 13:31:27 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #191152 +++

Description of problem:
gnome-dictionary does not work when there is a network proxy.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.14.0-4.fc5.1

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Connect to the internet via a proxy
2. set environment variables (http_proxy) AND set proxy using
   "gnome-network-preferences"
3. Try a search using gnome-dictionary
  
Actual results:
Error dialog with the following:

 Error while retrieving the definition
 Lookup failed for host 'dict.org': Unknown error

Expected results:
Proxy settings are respected and results are returned.

Additional info:
It seems that the bug has been known upstream for quite a while (since 2002):

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77734

Comment 1 Nils Philippsen 2007-04-19 13:34:29 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 237104 ***