[wplug] A question about proxy servers

[Andrew Fisk]

if you are trying a "normal" web page you would need to configure http_proxy not https.  I think that the fact that you can connect from an xterm session tells you that the proxy server is doing it's thing.

try http://blog.vinodsingh.com/2008/09/proxy-setting-on-linux.html.  

Andy
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On Sep 6, 2010, at Monday, September 6, 20101:53 PM, Terence J. Golightly wrote:

> Hey gang,
> 
> I recently tried to get online using my new gsky wifi adapter at school 
> over at PTI.  I got down to the IT department to register the device 
> (they need the MAC).  After getting that settled the it personnel and I 
> attempt to get online.  Well, we got an ip address easily enough, but 
> cannot configure for the proxy server to where I can run apt-get or get 
> a web page.
> 
> We tried configuring http_proxy, but were not able to get through.  The 
> Sys Admin was there (He also teaches my night class) and he was not 
> aware of anything that would not permit access.
> 
> I'm using Lubuntu (light)Ubuntu it uses the LXDE and it works great on 
> my gateway Solo 3500 with a 500Mhz PIII  512MB or Ram and 8MB of share 
> video.
> 
> I initially had only Chrome and was trying to configure the proxy 
> variables for that and had no success.  How can I check to see what a 
> proxy server is or is not proxying?  What other variables besides maybe 
> https_proxy that can be configured?  I tried have Wicd run a small 
> script setting up the proxy variables before connection and unsetting 
> them aftwards, but wicd would appear to just lockup.
> 
> 
> Lastly, I know that google is my friend but I wanted to shake the tree 
> here and see if anybody had any suggestions regarding the variables and 
> running scripts in Wicd.  I seem to remember something to do with shell 
> environment variables running only in the environment in which they were 
> set.  I tried setting variables in an xterm box and they were accessible 
> using the $set | grep <variable>, but when I tried to run them as a 
> script, I run the same command in a different or the same terminal they 
> are not set.  If you got this far thanks.  Look forward to your responses.
> 
> Terry
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