The "use the same proxy for all protocols" functionality under the gnome network preferences doesn't work under certain conditions.

Bug #226748 reported by Amit Tendulkar
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gnome-control-center
Fix Released
Medium
gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

The "use the same proxy for all protocols" functionality under the gnome network preferences doesn't work under certain conditions.

Requirements
- You need to be inside a netowrk that requires two proxy servers. The proxy servers should use (preferably NTLM) authentication.

Steps to reproduce
- System->Preferences->Network proxy
- Select "manual proxy configuration"
- Enter a proxy name inside the HTTP proxy edit box (say proxy A) and click "use the same proxy for all protocols"
- notice that the remaining edit boxes get disabled and also get populated with the proxy name entered for HTTP
- Now change the proxy name inside the HTTP proxy (say to proxy B).
- Notice that the old proxy name remains inside the other edit boxes (this is bug 1). The only way to repopulate the new proxy name in the disabled edit boxes is to uncheck and check the "use the same proxy for all protocols" box again.
- Click close
- Open Galeon browser and access a HTTPS location (say https://bugs.launchpad.net)
- Notice that the browser shows a pop up dialog box asking for authentication. However the proxy name mentioned on the top of the dialog box is the old proxy name (proxy A) instead of the new one (proxy B) (this is bug 2).

$ uname -a
Linux lap432 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:23:42 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

Changed in gnome-control-center:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
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Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

 Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

Changed in gnome-control-center:
status: New → Incomplete
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Amit Tendulkar (amit-tendulkar-gmail) wrote :

Sure, I am upgrading today from 8.04 to 8.10. I will put my findings in a couple of days.

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Amit Tendulkar (amit-tendulkar-gmail) wrote :

The bug is still there. Even after changing the proxy name for HTTP, the old proxy name is used for HTTPS if the "use same proxy..." check box is checked. I used Galeon 2.0.6 to verify it (on Ubuntu 8.10 - upgraded today).

$ uname -a
Linux lap432 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

Thanks,
Amit

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Amit Tendulkar (amit-tendulkar-gmail) wrote :

Changing the status to new after providing the necessary info.

Changed in gnome-control-center:
status: Incomplete → New
Changed in gnome-control-center:
assignee: desktop-bugs → mvo
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

could you try if that's still an issue in jaunty?

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Amit Tendulkar (amit-tendulkar-gmail) wrote :

I guess jaunty is releasing on 24th. I will upgrade my system after a week and then comment.

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Amit Tendulkar (amit-tendulkar-gmail) wrote :

This is still not working for me on Jaunty (visually I could see old proxy name to stay in the read only edit boxes for https, ftp etc. even after changing the http proxy name).

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Henrique Rocha (hmrocha-fc) wrote :

I've fixed the bug.
I'll attach the debdiff because I don't know how to create a package.

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
assignee: Michael Vogt (mvo) → nobody
status: New → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your work, you might want to subscribe ubuntu-main-sponsors for review and send the change upstream too

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The issue seems similar to https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589952 which is fixed in git now

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package gnome-control-center - 1:2.29.4-0ubuntu1

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gnome-control-center (1:2.29.4-0ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * New upstream version
  * General:
    - Drop obsolete check for HAL (#595832) (Jens Granseuer)
    - Use external libslab when available (Vincent Untz)
    - Add gthread-2.0 to common modules for linking (#600589) (Jens
      Granseuer)
    - Enable silent build rules (Thomas Wood)
  * Common:
    - Fix all the keybindings showing up when using compiz (#600021)
      (Bastien Nocera)
    - Fix leak (Jens Granseuer)
    - Fix warning (Jens Granseuer)
  * About-me:
    - Fix crash when closing the window using the window button (#592348,
      LP: #414538) (Jens Granseuer)
    - Add missing PNG files (Bastien Nocera)
  * Appearance:
    - Remove interface tab (#592756) (William Jon McCann)
    - Add OnlyShowIn=GNOME to the .desktop file (#594709) (Thomas Wood)
    - Update the background style option labels (#411048, LP: #416605)
      (Thomas Wood)
    - Fix tooltip in the background chooser (#596369) (Matthias Clasen)
    - Add support for per-monitor backgrounds (#147808, LP: #153793)
      (William Jon McCann)
  * Default applications:
    - Update the exec arg when changing terminal (#597185) (Vincent Untz)
    - Be sure to add the gconf directories for monitoring (#597186)
      (Thomas Wood)
    - Return an empty string for the custom web item (Thomas Wood)
  * Display:
    - Don't assert when the current output doesn't have a resolution set yet
      (#593866) (Federico Mena Quintero)
    - Automatically turn on outputs which support Mirror Screens (#590823)
      (Federico Mena Quintero)
    - Sensitize 'Mirror Screens' depending on whether mirror mode is actually
      supported (Federico Mena Quintero)
    - Desensitize the on/off radio buttons if we are in Mirror Screens mode
      (Federico Mena Quintero)
    - Show 'Mirror Screens' in the monitor label, not a random monitor's name
      (Federico Mena Quintero)
  * Font Viewer:
    - Use pango_language_get_sample_string for sample text (#595107) (Jens
      Granseuer)
    - Expand the Copyright display to get rid of unnecessary scrollbar (Jens
      Granseuer)
    - Don't use URI notation when installing fonts (#603732) (Jens Granseuer)
  * Keybindings:
    - Fix broken logic in keybinding tree model (Robert Ancell)
    - Fix zombie bindings appearing after deleting custom shortcuts (#596351)
      (Jens Granseuer)
    - Show shortcuts for the active window manager (#600531, LP: #500672)
      (Wang Xin)
    - Remove sleep key entry (#170175) (Bastien Nocera)
  * Keyboard:
    - Major UI reorganization (Sergey V. Udaltsov)
    - Fix mnemonic conflict in mousekeys tab (#586433) (Jens Granseuer)
  * Mouse:
    - Disable two-finger scrolling/tapping based on touchpad capabilities.
      (Peter Hutterer)
  * Network:
    - Keep proxies in sync when "use same proxy" is selected (#589952,
      LP: #226748) (Cyril Roelandt)
  * Typing break:
    - Increase delay for activating the postpone button to 5s (#597086)
      (Tim Waugh)
    - Reset timer after suspend (#430797) (Jens Granseuer)
  * Windows:
    - Don't allow Ctrl+Click as ...

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Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in gnome-control-center:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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