This problem still occurs with the current gwibber PPA. The patch seems reasonable, even if I don't see why the check wouldn't match the full scheme syntax (i.e. "socks://") just in case someone has a non-socks proxy called socks.domain.tld.
$ apt-cache policy gwibber gwibber: Installé : 2.32.2-maverick~ppa2 Candidat : 2.32.2-maverick~ppa2 Table de version : *** 2.32.2-maverick~ppa2 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gwibber-team/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.32.2-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main i386 Packages 2.32.0.1-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages ** Changed in: gwibber (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658554 Title: Socks 4/5 proxies not working with Gwibber -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs