Please describe the problem:
Initially reported on Mandriva: https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=50920

I am connected to a remote machine via 'ssh -D locport remote.machine.net' and
setting localhost:locport as a SOCKS proxy in firefox works. If I try to set
the same with gnome-network-properties, it is set in gconf, but epiphany cannot
connect. Using an http proxy works.


Steps to reproduce:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Connect to an external machine via:
$ ssh -D 4321 remote.machine.net

2. localhost:4321 should now be usable as a SOCKS5 proxy

3. Set this with gnome-network-properties

4. Trying to connect to an outside site with epiphany results in 'Cannot
connect to destination.'



Actual results:
4. Trying to connect to an outside site with epiphany results in 'Cannot
connect to destination.'


Expected results:
External access to the web.

Does this happen every time?
yes

Other information:
Maybe similar to http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=553269

 Comment #3 from Jens Granseuer    (developer, points: 23)
2008-09-23 16:15 UTC [reply]

Well, nobody would look at a "general" bug. You need to file separate bugs
against specific packages which fail to work so the people responsible for
those packages can look at it.