Linux .deb version can't use proxy

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Google Earth doesn't has means to configure a proxy server through its GUI.

So, I use an environment variable to set the proxy server.

With version 6.0.3.2197 this methos worked OK, but after installing version 
7.1.2.2041-r0 this no longer works.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Download .deb package from Google Earth web site
2. Install in Debian based system (tried with Debian Wheezy i386 and amd64)
3. Set environment variable http_proxy=http://proxy.server:port AND 
HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.server:port  
4. Run google-earth

Expected behavior (observed in version 6.0.3.2197): Connect to Google Earth 
servers and "just work normally"

Observed behavior: After a little time with a black screen (where I should see 
the Earth Globe), a notification appears statiung that "Google Earth can't 
connect the login server to activate your account... (error code c000000c)", 
and then another: "Google Earth failed connect to database. The URL 
http://kh.google.com:80/ does not appear to be valid, or the server may be 
temporarily down."

Original issue reported on code.google.com by nigles...@gmail.com on 21 Feb 2014 at 2:41

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rpm version is same.  Using basic auth proxy here with 
http_proxy="http://username:password@proxy.host.com:8000" style settings that 
work for everything else like wget etc.

Original comment by donhoo...@gmail.com on 30 Apr 2014 at 2:53

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same here. 7.0 works fine with ubuntu, but 7.1 doesn't

Original comment by mathieu....@gmail.com on 5 May 2014 at 1:48