[Bug 986137] [NEW] use system proxy does'nt work for https

[Saddy]

Public bug reported:

If a specific proxy server is defined (with special port number) in the
Ubuntu system settings, firefox does'nt recognize it if "Use system
proxy settings" is set in the Firefox options.

-> "Proxy is refusing connections"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: firefox 11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-14.58-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: True
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC662 rev1 Analog [ALC662 rev1 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  saddy      1966 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20120310011224
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfae78000 irq 23'
   Mixer name	: 'Nvidia MCP79/7A HDMI'
   Components	: 'HDA:10ec0662,14621012,00100101 HDA:10de0007,10de0101,00100100'
   Controls      : 20
   Simple ctrls  : 11
Channel: release
Date: Fri Apr 20 12:36:46 2012
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IncompatibleExtensions:
 Ubuntu Firefox Modifications - ID=ubufox at ubuntu.com, Version=0.9.4, minVersion=4.0b6, maxVersion=10.*, Location=app-system-share, Type=extension, Active=Yes
 checkCompatibility - ID=check-compatibility at dactyl.googlecode.com, Version=1.3, minVersion=4.0, maxVersion=10.0a1, Location=app-profile, Type=extension, Active=Yes
 NoScript - ID={73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}, Version=2.3.7, minVersion=1.9a2, maxVersion=1.9.6, Location=app-profile, Type=extension, Active=Yes
IpRoute:
 172.16.128.0/20 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 172.16.129.221  metric 1 
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link  metric 1000 
 default via 172.16.128.1 dev eth0  proto static
Plugins:
 VLC Multimedia Plugin (compatible Totem 2.32.0) - Lib=libtotem-cone-plugin.so, Location=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
 QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6 - Lib=libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so, Location=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
 Windows Media Player Plug-in 10 (compatible; Totem) - Lib=libtotem-gmp-plugin.so, Location=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
 DivX® Web Player - Lib=libtotem-mully-plugin.so, Location=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
 Shockwave Flash - Lib=libflashplayer2.so, Location=/home/saddy/.mozilla/plugins
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=11.0/20120310011224 (Running)
RfKill:
 
RunningIncompatibleAddons: True
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2012-02-27 (52 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/03/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A1683NMS V1.0G
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: MS-1683
dmi.board.vendor: Micro-Star International
dmi.board.version: Ver 1.000
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrA1683NMSV1.0G:bd07/03/2009:svnMicro-StarInternational:pnCR600:pvrVer1.000:rvnMicro-StarInternational:rnMS-1683:rvrVer1.000:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct10:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: CR600
dmi.product.version: Ver 1.000
dmi.sys.vendor: Micro-Star International
ftp_proxy: https://141.48.223.62:3128
http_proxy: http://www-cache.uni-halle.de:3128

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty release-channel

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