On 03/10/2017 03:45 AM, Georg Koppen wrote: > Charles T. Bell: >> I am using Kubuntu 14.04 LTS on my desktop and on a laptop. >> I was using tor-browser_en-US on both when suddenly both >> have stopped working for an unknown reason. There is no >> log to report and no indication of what the cause is. I >> have repeatedly tried to delete the directory with the >> program in it and re-install the directory and run the program >> from there. After multiple attempts on both computers I >> have to admit defeat and ask for some suggestions. >> Thank you! > > What output do you get if you open a terminal, change into the > tor-browser_en-US directory and start Tor Browser with > > ./start-tor-browser.desktop --debug > > Georg > > > > See the following output:
Launching './Browser/start-tor-browser --detach --debug'... (firefox:3949): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::sm-connect after class was initialised (firefox:3949): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::show-crash-dialog after class was initialised (firefox:3949): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::display after class was initialised (firefox:3949): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::default-icon after class was initialised 1489138571200 addons.xpi-utils ERROR Unable to read anything useful from the database Mar 10 04:36:12.022 [notice] Tor 0.2.9.9 (git-56788a2489127072) running on Linux with Libevent 2.0.22-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.2j and Zlib 1.2.8. Mar 10 04:36:12.022 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning Mar 10 04:36:12.022 [notice] Read configuration file "/home/tommy/Downloads/tor-browser_en-US/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Tor/torrc-defaults". Mar 10 04:36:12.022 [notice] Read configuration file "/home/tommy/Downloads/tor-browser_en-US/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Tor/torrc". Mar 10 04:36:12.025 [notice] Opening Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9151 Mar 10 04:36:12.025 [warn] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9151: Address already in use. Is Tor already running? Mar 10 04:36:12.025 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to bind one of the listener ports. Mar 10 04:36:12.025 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above. Then, "ps -A | egrep tor showed that tor-browser was indeed already running and I killed it. Then tor-browser started normally. Thank you! Charles Bell -- The thing about quotes on the internet is you cannot confirm their validity. ~Abraham Lincoln -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk