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Bug 122080 - gdict doesn't fetch words
gdict doesn't fetch words
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 77734
Product: gnome-utils
Classification: Deprecated
Component: gdict
2.3.x
Other Solaris
: Normal major
: ---
Assigned To: gnome-utils Maintainers
John Fleck
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-09-12 04:21 UTC by devsk
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.3/2.4


Description devsk 2003-09-12 04:21:15 UTC 
I am behind a proxy server and the proxies are set properly in gnome but
gdict and "stock ticker" applets don't find the servers.

I can't confirm whether the configuration that "applications->desktop
prefs->network proxies" shows me, are the actual settings its using because
both the applets don't seem to work which means that proxy settings are not
working. I couldn't find more information on this issue other than the fact
that everybody says set the proxies, which I have. Same proxies work from
mozilla.

I would appreciate if somebody could help me gdict to work on solaris.
Comment 1 Glynn Foster 2003-09-12 09:18:45 UTC 
You'll have to go through a socks server - probably best to use the
runsocks LD_PRELOAD hack [google search it]. Unfortunately this is one
limitation of the current dictionary.
Comment 2 devsk 2003-09-12 18:21:54 UTC 
Thanks for your response.

The SOCKS proxy is set to same as mozilla SOCKS proxy and port 1080.

What about the "stock ticker"? why is it not able to talk to yahoo
finance? That's plain HTTP, right? I doubt whether the gnome network
proxies are even being used. Is there a way to test that?
Comment 3 John Fleck 2003-09-12 19:30:07 UTC 
The stock ticker is likely a separate problem.

Yahoo changed its format recently, breaking the stock ticker for all.
Comment 4 devsk 2003-09-12 21:33:30 UTC 
Would it talk to dictd server installed locally?
Comment 5 devsk 2003-09-13 00:36:19 UTC 
OK, it does!

"stock ticker" :-((
Comment 6 Glynn Foster 2003-11-10 02:14:27 UTC 
Hrm, setting the sock proxy probably won't work, since the application
hasn't be socksified. You can run using the LDPRELOAD 'runsocks' hack
or nothing at all. Definitely needs to be fixed at some stage in the
future I would guess.
Comment 7 Glynn Foster 2003-11-10 02:29:11 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 77734 ***