On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:31:29PM +1100, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > On 20 January 2011 09:44, Jerry Vonau <jvo...@shaw.ca> wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 08:51 +1100, James Cameron wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:53:15AM +1100, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > > Ok, you can define the proxy in .gconf/system/http_proxy with gnome or > > gconftool-2 but the variables don't enter sugar's environment. > > Thinking aloud: maybe we could have a script that reads the gconf > value and duplicates it as an environment variable?
As Jerry says, yes. > >> In environments with the XS School Server, a transparent proxy can be > >> configured. ?That's one of the main benefits, in my opinion. > > That is true. However, most schools don't have an XS. We want this to > change, but it'll take time. My response was background information for why Sugar doesn't bother with proxies. The other OLPC deployments either have unfettered internet or transparent proxies. Opaque proxies are kinda rare, and a sign of late adoption of recent technology by the school systems you serve. NSW TAFE suffers the same, FWIW. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel