Yes, it is consistently reproducible. To do this:
1. have a machine that will be used as the SSH host in which you will tunnel
into
2. SSH into it, by running this in a terminal: ssh -v -N -D 8000
the-remote-host, keep the terminal open
3. go in gnome's proxy settings (gnome-network-properties)
4. set the mode to "manual proxy configuration"
5. set the "socks host" to localhost, port 8000 (leave the other proxy types
blank)
6. make the terminal (the one with the ssh tunnel running in it) show "always
on top" so you can see its activity at all times
7. use epiphany, evolution, empathy, to visit websites or connect to accounts.
Notice that nothing happens in the terminal.
8. use chromium-browser, firefox, pidgin to do the same: notice that activity
shows up in the terminal where SSH is running (new "channels" are opened,
etc.), indicating that those apps indeed use the socks proxy
So actually it's not that the gnome proxy is broken, but that evolution,
empathy and epiphany (which used to work) don't support it.
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => New
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cannot use a SOCKS proxy in karmic with most applications
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/479630
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