Proxy settings not respected when image is dragged to desktop

[Rupert]

Binary package hint: mozilla-firefox

To access parts of the internet external to my workplace, I must use a proxy server. I have firefox set up with suitable settings.

I get different results when I drag an image from firefox to my desktop.

1. If the image is hosted by my workplace (which is accessed directly, without using the proxy) then it works as expected: the image is saved to my desktop.

2. If the image is hosted externally then firefox uses the proxy server to access it, and I get an error message and the image is not saved. For example, if I browse to the url http://www.google.ie/intl/en_com/images/logo_plain.png and drag this to my desktop, I get the following error message in a dialogue box:

Error while copying.
There was an error getting information about "logo_plain.png".
Show more details
HTTP Error: Cannot connect to destination

This is wrong. I expect my proxy settings to be respected, and this drag and drop operation to work as in 1.

Version information:

$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: 3.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
  Candidate: 3.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 3.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 0
        500 http://ftp.heanet.ie hardy-updates/main Packages
        500 http://ftp.heanet.ie hardy-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://ftp.heanet.ie hardy/main Packages

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Thank you for taking the time to file this bug report with us. Closing due to age. If this is still a problem in 3.0.7 please reopen this bug.
Also please reopen with all new information on how to reproduce this bug by giving us step by step instructions.
We also need what happens what is expected to happen.
To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

[Rupert (rupert-levene+ubuntu)]

This is still a problem with the firefox package version 3.0.8+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.2

The instructions for reproducing the bug are identical.

What I expect to happen is that if I drag an image displayed in firefox to my desktop, then it is always saved to my desktop. This does not happen if firefox can only access the image through a proxy server.

[turk45529a (turk45529a)]

Still an issue for me as well - identical behaviour with 9.04 and Firefox 3.0.12 (though my dialogues are a bit different).

Dragging links and images from inside the proxy works perfectly. I can drag them to the desktop with no problem. Outside the proxy, If I drag an image, I get:

Error while copying.
There was an error getting information about "example.gif".
HTTP Error: Cannot resolve hostname

However I notice that if I drag a URL into the terminal, I do indeed get the proper URL on the command line. So is this a Firefox issue or an Ubuntu issue? When I watch traffic to my proxy, I see my system trying to get something when I drag a URL or image, though I can not tell what.

[dino99 (9d9)]

This is no more a supported version