synaptic and proxy

[Carlbc18]

I think this is a known issue, but i use this computer at work and at home. When I am home i don't want to connect via the proxy. I have removed it from "netwrok proxy" and from the browser settings which allows me to browse the web, but Synaptic errors out with the below error:

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/Release.gpg Could not connect to <proxy address: 80> (1xx.xx.xx.xx), connection timed out

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Unable to connect to <proxy address: 80> :

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Unable to connect to <proxy address: 80> :

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Unable to connect to <proxy address: 80> :

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Unable to connect to <proxy address: 80> :

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-updates/Release.gpg Unable to connect to <proxy address: 80> :

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Unable to connect to <proxy address: 80> 0:

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-updates/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Unable to connect to <proxy address: 80>
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-updates/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Unable to connect to <proxy address: 80> :

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-updates/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Unable to connect to <proxy address: 80> :

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/Release.gpg Could not connect to <proxy address: 80> (1xx.xx.xx.xx), connection timed out

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/partner/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Unable to connect to<proxy address: 80>

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-security/Release.gpg Could not connect to<proxy address: 80> (1xx.xx.xx.xx), connection timed out

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-security/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Unable to connect to <proxy address: 80> :

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-security/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Unable to connect to <proxy address: 80> :

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-security/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Unable to connect to <proxy address: 80> :

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-security/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Unable to connect to <proxy address: 80> :

W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.


Thanks for any help!

[zvacet]

This is just a guess but in synaptic>settings tab<settings>network>direct connection

[Carlbc18]

Zvacet - I thought that too, but i checked that and its blank. I did check the apt config and there is an entry in there but the file is read only - could it be pulling it from there?

[Carlbc18]

I figured it out, i had to edit the /etc/apt/apt.conf file and remove the proxy entry. Then i did sudo get-apt update from the terminal, and everything started working including synaptic.