284726 - firefox google search using url bar does now work if proxy installed by hand?

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[Eero Volotinen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050225 Firefox/1.0.1 (MOOX M2)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050225 Firefox/1.0.1 (MOOX M2)

firefox google search using url bar does now work if proxy installed by hand?

I assume this effect full mozilla series too.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.use proxy by manual
2.type search keyword in urlbar
3.error/notfound/no google search

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Do you get an error page from the proxy ?
yes, this can't work because for the page (the adress yout typed) exist for
Firefox if the proxy sends a HTML page for that request.
Firefox can only starts a search if the DNS server responds with a not found error.


-> invalid (this is by design)

Comment 2

[Eero Volotinen]

It there way to get this stuff working? proxy is squid?

Since our uses use that feature? 

Comment 3

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

what happens without proxy:
Firefox asks the DNS server for the entered domain. The DNS server answers that
the domain doesn't exist. Firefox now opens the google search because the domain
doesn't exist.

with proxy:
Firefox asks the Proxy for the Domain. The Proxy now itselfs asks the DNS server
for the domain. The DNS servewr answers with "not found" to the proxy. Now the
proxy itself sends an error page to the Client (Firefox). The client now thinks
that he is at the requested Domain and displays the html page from the proxy
(the error page).

Do you see the difference and why this can't work ?
(Because Firefox never knows that the dDomain doesn't exist)

-> invalid

Comment 4

[Mikel Ward]

As I understand it, bug 2875 is the tracking bug for getting this to work with a
proxy.