boot-repair does not detect internet connection when proxy
Bug #1316424 reported by
Saurabh Rindani
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boot-Repair |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I tried running boot-repair on a system running Ubuntu 14.04. I get a message asking me to connect to the internet. All the while internet IS connected (for example, I can use Firefox etc.), but boot-repair does not seem to detect it.
I have to connect to the internet through a proxy-server, and I tried the two combinations 1. setting network proxy and asking Firefox to use system proxy, 2. setting no proxy for the network with Firefox connecting through manual proxy. Neither of them worked.
*************** Workaround: https:/
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| Saurabh Rindani (saurabh-prl) wrote | #1 |
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| YannUbuntu (yannubuntu) wrote | #2 |
| summary: |
- boot-repair does not detect existing internet connection + boot-repair does not detect internet connection when proxy |
| Changed in boot-repair: | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| description: | updated |
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| YannUbuntu (yannubuntu) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in boot-repair: | |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
| Changed in boot-repair: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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After reporting the bug, I found the reason why internet connection was not detected by boot-repair: The proxy had to be set differently. I had been using "Network" under "System settings" to set the proxy. However, I discovered Question #242493, whose answer said that one has to first login as root:
1. In a terminal, type “sudo su –“
2. Then type “export http_proxy=…”
3. Then type “/usr/bin/
In case of proxy requiring username:password authorization:
( export http_proxy=http://
For me (using bash shell), this did not work. On the other hand, the following worked:
sudo su -
HTTP_PROXY=http://
export http_proxy
That the proxy was set could be checked using the command:
env |grep http_proxy