Public bug reported: 12.04, Unity, on a x220.
Go into system settings => network => Network Proxy => Method => Manual Set a proxy (I chose 'goats' for the http bit, and 8080 as the port. Click on 'apply system wide'. Note that /etc/environment contains 'http_proxy="http://goats:8080";' Then go into system settings => network => Network Proxy => Method => Automatic Set my automatic proxy config URL to my companies wpad.dat. Click on 'apply system wide' Note that /etc/environment still contains 'http_proxy="http://goats:8080";. This ends up hosing specific applications that read the proxy from the environment, instead of from wherever GNOME stores this data. Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Precise gnome-control-center-1:3.4.2-0ubuntu0.8 (from precise-updates) ** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1100587 Title: gnome-control-center does not remove system-wide proxy settings from /etc/environment when switch from manual to automatic mode. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1100587/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
