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Title: System proxy settings doesn't work in Firefox when URL is a numeric IP address Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Unknown Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS Release: 12.04 Firefox 12.0 I use a proxy to Internet navigation. Step to reproduce bug: 1. Configure proxy values in Ubuntu (Network sytem settings). Manual method 2. Configure proxy in Firefox > Use system proxy settings 3. Type URL > www.google.es > Web page works 4. Type numeric URL > 173.194.41.223 (www.google.es) > loading........ Connection timeout! Notes. Reading similiar bug #1194841 > Idea!! remove /usr/lib/firefox/components/libmozgnome.so Then all is OK and numeric URL works Conclusion In my view, a problem exist between Firefox and Gnome. Firefox doesn't obtain correctly proxy values from gnome when a numeric URL is typed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1226537/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
