Same problem here with
!!! 10.04.1 Lucid amd64 !!!
Patch from Brett Delle Grazie (see above) works!
Thank you very much for you work!
@Ubuntu
Please add the patch to the actual Distribution!
Thank you!
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does not handle VPN connections in dispatcher
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/330056
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@Michael Vogt
I apply the system wide proxy configuration (setting it to direct connection)
and after closing the dialog I open a new terminal.
echo $http_proxy still saying me the old proxy entry for example
http_proxy="192.168.0.1"
As a little "workaround": in terminal you can type --> export