Bug 99912 - proxy settings don't work
Summary: proxy settings don't work
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebKitGTK (show other bugs)
Version: 420+
Hardware: Unspecified Unspecified
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
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Reported: 2012-10-20 03:22 PDT by Mihai Dontu
Modified: 2017-03-11 10:58 PST (History)
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Description Mihai Dontu 2012-10-20 03:22:37 PDT
I've been trying to find an explanation for this bug for months now. Finally I got it: when I configure a proxy in Google's Chromium (without authentication) and restart all webkit-gtk using applications (Liferea and Claws Mail::Fancy), then those applications will be unable to load external resources such as images. The text content is loaded though (CSS included it seems).

In Liferea I can select an image an try to open it in a separate tab. That's when I see the message: "Cannot resolve proxy hostname (myproxy.example.org 3128)". The proxy is working perfectly (I can use it with Chromium with no problem).

The following environment might be needed to trigger this bug: KDE 4.x (4.9.2), Chromium built with KDE support (kde proxy, kwallet etc.), WebKit-Gtk 1.8.3, Liferea or Claws Mail with the Fancy plugin.