Can't Get Network Proxy To Work

[TheAndyBob]

Hello,
So I'm trying to connect to a proxy server on Linux Mint Debian. Off the bat, I can type in the proxy information in Firefox and it works fine, I google "what's my ip", and it shows the correct IP for my proxy server. However, when I try to type it into Mint's Network Proxy setting, it does not show me correct proxy ip when I look it up in google. The command I'm typing in terminal to setup the proxy is:

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ssh -D 8080 -Nf andrew@XX.XXX.XX.XX

Where the X's represent the IP address I'm trying to connect to.
In firefox, I tell it to use a SOCKS proxy with the server being local host and port 8080. And that seems to work within firefox just fine. But when I type the same information within the system settings for proxy information, it doesn't seem to use the proxy server...
Is there something I'm missing here? How can I get the system to use the proxy settings system wide? Thanks for the help.

[remoulder]

What version of mint, what desktop?

[TheAndyBob]

Debian, with I believe cinnamon.

[trueknight]

I have just the same issue. Proxy configuration in firefox and in skype works perfect but not in system configuration.
Version of my mint is 13, desktop is maya.

[Garvan]

I cannot answer the question completely, but I think I can provide extra information which may help. I do not run the Debian version of mint.

I can set up a proxy in Firefox by editing the Manual proxy Configuration settings. These work only in Firefox.

To use a proxy from a terminal I need to use this style command.

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export http_proxy='http://81.27.79.181:8080/'

I sometimes use this to pretend I am in the UK so I can download BBC TV shows using get-iplayer. This also supports the user-name and password syntax you are using.

This will show your IP address in the terminal. It is important to note that the terminal ignores the network manager settings.

ip addr show

Finally I have set up proxies using the GUI interface Network Settings in Cinnamon. I do not know if you have this utility in your version of mint.

Garvan