Trosnoth 1.6 behind proxy

[John Board]

Hi,

I have been playing around lately with Ubuntu 11.10. Ubuntu currently
doesn't support using my 3G stick, so I have to run a proxy to it. I
just installed trosnoth 1.6 (source) and I tried joining to
play.trosnoth.org, and it seems that it wasn't able to due to the
proxy.

Here is the stack trace: http://pastebin.com/mPqwQq5m

I got this error but just hitting "Play" in the main menu. So, the
question is, how can I fix this issue - or isn't there a solution.
Ubuntu's proxy settings have been set, and are working as I'm
currently writing this from it.

Any ideas welcome!

-John

[James Redmond]

Looks like the DNS request isn't being sent through the proxy. It's quite a common problem with proxies, unfortunately it's difficult to explain a fix without knowing what proxy software and network configuration you have. Essentially, you need to ensure you a proxying your DNS requests too. Alternatively, the easiest fix is probably to set the entry in your hosts file to prevent the lookup:

118.208.119.189 play.trosnoth.org

At least, that is what the A record currently points to, I am not sure if it's a dynamic IP. You'd have to ask Josh.

Cheers,

James

[Joshua Bartlett]

Yes, it's a dynamic IP, so that number's not guaranteed to stay the same.