omega-gg/MotionBox

Connection behind proxy try to exec /usr/bin/proxy

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Glandos commented

I'm using 1.6.0 on Debian/testing behind an HTTP proxy.
Trying to play a Youtube video fails: I can search, show information, but clicking on the play button just load, and then go back to stop mode.
By using strace -f -eexecve, I'm seeing those strange fork:

[pid 209928] execve("/usr/local/bin/proxy", ["proxy", "https://r1---sn-4g5e6nze.googlev"...], 0x7ffc431daaf8 /* 39 vars */) = -1 ENOENT (Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type)
[pid 209928] execve("/usr/bin/proxy", ["proxy", "https://r1---sn-4g5e6nze.googlev"...], 0x7ffc431daaf8 /* 39 vars */) = -1 ENOENT (Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type)
[pid 209928] execve("/bin/proxy", ["proxy", "https://r1---sn-4g5e6nze.googlev"...], 0x7ffc431daaf8 /* 39 vars */) = -1 ENOENT (Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type)
[pid 209928] execve("/usr/local/games/proxy", ["proxy", "https://r1---sn-4g5e6nze.googlev"...], 0x7ffc431daaf8 /* 39 vars */) = -1 ENOENT (Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type)
[pid 209928] execve("/usr/games/proxy", ["proxy", "https://r1---sn-4g5e6nze.googlev"...], 0x7ffc431daaf8 /* 39 vars */) = -1 ENOENT (Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type)

I guess that it tries to download the video, but of course proxy isn't a valid binary :)

Is there any solution to this?

3unjee commented

Greetings @Glandos,

Have you tried to configure your proxy from the Application panel (upper left corner).

Glandos commented

I don't uunderstand what I did, but now, even after deleting .local/share/MotionBox, and without environment variables, I'm getting the same behavior... Maybe I'm missing something?

3unjee commented

@Glandos, In MotionBox the procedure would be the following

  1. Click on the "application button" (the M blue icon on the upper left corner)
  2. Locate the "Proxy" section and click on "configure"
  3. Configure the Host, Port, Password, Global / Stream (Global applies the proxy to everything, Stream is just for the video player)
  4. Click "Active"
  5. Click "OK"
Glandos commented

After more test, I think that this behavior is linked to some embedded components, but has nothing to do with my proxy. It's still happening within my home-without-proxy network, and a lot of video (from YouTube) aren't playing.

But clearly, proxy processing isn't involved.