Chromium cannot connect to Internet when using custom useragent string

abrinister · 08-24-2012, 05:26 PM

When setting a custom useragent in chromium via the command-line, I cannot connect to the internet. Chromium tells me that it is unable to contact the proxy server. I am not using a proxy server of any kind, however. Here is the full message:

Quote:

Unable to connect to the proxy server
A proxy server is a server that acts as an intermediary between your computer and other servers. Right now, your system is configured to use a proxy, but Chromium can't connect to it.
Here are some suggestions:
If you use a proxy server, check your proxy settings or contact your network administrator to make sure the proxy server is working. If you don't believe you should be using a proxy server, adjust your proxy settings: Go to the wrench menu > Settings > Show advanced settings... > Change proxy settings... and make sure your configuration is set to "no proxy" or "direct."
Error 130 (net::ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED): Proxy server connection failed.

Here is how I launch Chromium:

Code:

chromium --user-agent="Arch/Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.81 Safari/537.1"

Furthermore, I get this error on the command-line every time I launch Chromium.

Code:

[16516:16527:22661126624:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(495)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get: object_path= /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1

Any help is appreciated.

Alex Brinister

byannoni · 08-24-2012, 05:52 PM

Have you tried while privoxy and Tor are stopped?

abrinister · 08-24-2012, 05:57 PM

As I mentioned in my post, I am not running any proxy (including Tor or Privoxy).

Alex Brinister

byannoni · 08-24-2012, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abrinister

As I mentioned in my post, I am not running any proxy (including Tor or Privoxy).

Just wanted to make sure that regardless of use, they weren't running. Do you have any extensions?

abrinister · 08-24-2012, 06:11 PM

No. I barely use Chromium, thus don't have any fancy stuff installed. Just straight up Chromium.

Alex Brinister

byannoni · 08-24-2012, 06:17 PM

Try installing Proxy SwitchySharp. It will let you view and configure proxy settings even if Chrome says that it doesn't support your system.

273 · 08-24-2012, 06:21 PM

Have you tried other user agent strings? Just wondering if it's something in the formatting giving an irrelevant error message for some reason.

abrinister · 08-24-2012, 06:31 PM

I've tried this one:

Code:

"Arch Linux/Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/14.0.1"

@byannoni No dice with Proxy SwitchySharp

Alex Brinister

byannoni · 08-26-2012, 01:50 PM

This issue only occurs when chromium is launched from a terminal. Creating a desktop shortcut to this command seems to fix it:

Code:

chromium %U --user-agent="Arch/Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.81 Safari/537.1"

abrinister · 08-26-2012, 06:28 PM

Thanks! This worked! However, I am still puzzled as to why it does not work on the command line... I'll look into this a bit more before marking it solved as it is not entirely solved.

Alex Brinister

byannoni · 08-26-2012, 06:30 PM

Try starting Tor and running with:

Code:

--proxy-server=127.0.0.1:8118

to see if you can replace the proxy that it's trying to use.

abrinister · 08-26-2012, 06:33 PM

That's weird. It worked. Thanks... But I wonder why Chromium thinks I have a proxy on when I don't...

Alex Brinister

byannoni · 08-26-2012, 06:41 PM

What if you launch a different browser from a terminal?

abrinister · 08-26-2012, 06:47 PM

Both Firefox and Opera work....

Alex Brinister