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mikeage · 10-24-2009, 01:29 PM

Hi,

I'm running Calibre 0.6.19 on Windows, and I have a problem with the proxy detection.

Calibre thinks that I have a proxy defined:

Code:

C:\Program Files\Calibre - E-book Management>calibre-debug -c "from calibre import get_proxies; print get_proxies()"
Unable to detect proxy settings: need more than 1 value to unpack
Using proxies: {'http': 'proxy:8080', 'https': 'proxy:8080'}
{'http': 'proxy:8080', 'https': 'proxy:8080'}

This is technically true, except that I have proxies disabled [these are the proxies I use when enabling a proxy server].

To be precise, Calibre is reading from HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet Settings\ProxyServer [or perhaps HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Internet Settings], but is ignoring HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Internet Settings\ProxyEnable.

For some reason, the proxy server is defined in both HKCU and HKLM, but ProxyEnable only exists in HKLM.

Note that with 0.6.18, I didn't have this problem (since it read from the environment variable http_proxy), but it did have a problem parsing the format I gave (http://proxy:8080/). I think that for Windows, following the IE proxy settings is probably more correct, even though personally I prefer environment variables.

10-24-2009, 01:29 PM	#1
mikeage Member Posts: 21 Karma: 14 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Kindle 2	Incorrect proxy detection on Windows [0.6.19] Hi, I'm running Calibre 0.6.19 on Windows, and I have a problem with the proxy detection. Calibre thinks that I have a proxy defined: Code: C:\Program Files\Calibre - E-book Management>calibre-debug -c "from calibre import get_proxies; print get_proxies()" Unable to detect proxy settings: need more than 1 value to unpack Using proxies: {'http': 'proxy:8080', 'https': 'proxy:8080'} {'http': 'proxy:8080', 'https': 'proxy:8080'} This is technically true, except that I have proxies disabled [these are the proxies I use when enabling a proxy server]. To be precise, Calibre is reading from HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet Settings\ProxyServer [or perhaps HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Internet Settings], but is ignoring HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Internet Settings\ProxyEnable. For some reason, the proxy server is defined in both HKCU and HKLM, but ProxyEnable only exists in HKLM. Note that with 0.6.18, I didn't have this problem (since it read from the environment variable http_proxy), but it did have a problem parsing the format I gave (http://proxy:8080/). I think that for Windows, following the IE proxy settings is probably more correct, even though personally I prefer environment variables.