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ImNeat

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Registered: 2006-06-02

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Daemons (tor/privoxy) won't start

I am messing around with tor & privoxy - but they both keep failing to start:

[root@vaio ~]# /etc/rc.d/tor start
:: Starting Tor Daemon                         [FAIL] 
[root@vaio ~]# /etc/rc.d/privoxy start
:: Starting Privoxy                         [FAIL] 
[root@vaio ~]# 

Anyone know why they are failing? Do I have something configured incorrectly?
(Arch/Flux). Thanks in advance.

neotuli

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Registered: 2004-07-06

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Re: Daemons (tor/privoxy) won't start

you should be able to just install tor and start it up, it's preconfigured to work as a client.

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ImNeat

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Registered: 2006-06-02

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Re: Daemons (tor/privoxy) won't start

Any ideas as to why it's not starting then?  These are the only two daemons I've ever had an issue with, so I'm not sure how to troubleshoot the problem.

sh__

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Registered: 2005-07-19

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Re: Daemons (tor/privoxy) won't start

What is the output if you run tor from the command line (not via /etc/rc.d)?

ImNeat

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Re: Daemons (tor/privoxy) won't start

tor:

[root@vaio ~]# tor
Nov 12 22:32:09.924 [notice] Tor v0.1.1.25. This is experimental software. Do no                                                                 t rely on it for strong anonymity.
Nov 12 22:32:09.948 [notice] Initialized libevent version 1.1a using method epol                                                                 l. Good.
Nov 12 22:32:09.971 [notice] connection_create_listener(): Opening Socks listene                                                                 r on 127.0.0.1:9050
Nov 12 22:32:09.972 [warn] connection_create_listener(): Could not bind to 127.0                                                                 .0.1:9050: Cannot assign requested address
Nov 12 22:32:09.972 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to bind one o                                                                 f the listener ports.
Nov 12 22:32:09.972 [err] tor_init(): Reading config failed--see warnings above.                                                                  For usage, try -h.
[root@vaio ~]# 

privoxy:

[root@vaio ~]# privoxy
Nov 12 22:33:48 Privoxy(-1210136912) Fatal error: can't check configuration file '/root/config':  No such file or directory
Nov 12 22:33:48 Privoxy(-1210136912) Fatal error: can't check configuration file '/root/config':  No such file or directory
[root@vaio ~]# 

I followed these wiki instructions:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pro … nd_Privoxy
when I installed them.