Bug 700370

Summary:	Firefox ignores Gnome 3 proxy settings if set to "use system proxy settings"
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	linux
Component:	firefox	Assignee:	Gecko Maintainer <gecko-bugs-nobody>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	15	CC:	danw, gecko-bugs-nobody, ricardo.arguello
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Description linux 2011-04-28 08:58:13 UTC

Description of problem:

Firefox ignores Gnome 3 proxy settings if set to "use system proxy settings"

Proxy settings are working using system-update, yum, google chrome etc.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Name        : firefox
Arch        : x86_64
Version     : 4.0
Release     : 4.fc15

Name        : gnome-desktop3
Arch        : x86_64
Version     : 3.0.0
Release     : 2.fc15

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. set proxy using gsettings or System Settings->Network->Network Proxy
2. open firefox, set to use "use system proxy settings" (Edit->Preferences->Advanced->Network->Settings...)
3. visit some site and verify if it was using the proxy or not 
  
Actual results:
Connection fails if direct connection is impossible or just bypasses the proxy

Expected results:
use the proxy

Additional info:
none

Comment 1 Dan Winship 2011-04-28 16:09:04 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 691627 ***