The very first thing I would try is simply getting rid of the files
and allowing Tor to recreate them. Personally I'd shut down Tor and
delete the 'lock' and 'state' files, along with any file or folder
starting with 'cached', and then restart Tor. Make sure not to touch
the 'keys' folder or the 'fingerprint' file.
If the issue shows up again, the next thing I'd try is
double-checking the permissions on the Tor appdata folder, along with
*every folder above it down to the root*. I had a similar issue
trying to run Tor as a system service where I needed to grant the
system service user explicit permissions to every folder leading up
to the Tor appdata folder. I haven't played with Vista permissions,
though, so YMMV.
Let us know how it turns out, and what fixes it.
~Justin Aplin
On Oct 15, 2010, at 3:03 PM, Joe Btfsplk wrote:
since upgrading to Vidalia 0.2.2.17a couple days ago, Tor has
crashed 2x now after running for quite a while each time. Crashes
were an hr? or more apart. Seemed to be running fine during those
times, up to the crashes. Rarely did I ever have Tor stable
versions crash in past (over many vers).
If I report this as bug, what else should I include in report?
Vidala log errors:
Oct 15 12:59:21.741 [Warning] Error replacing "C:\Users\<user
name>\AppData\Roaming\tor\state": File exists
Oct 15 12:59:21.743 [Warning] Unable to write state to file
"C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\tor\state"
Note: the user\AppData path is not protected - the acct I was
running in Vista at time of Tor crash has full access to the paths \
files mentioned above.
The file: state.tmp DOES exist in the location mentioned.
I can open / read - state.tmp - (after Tor crash & Tor is shut
down). Has no obvious errors msgs in the file.
Is another file: "lock" (w/ 0 bytes) in same folder as state.tmp
(after crash & Tor / Vidalia are shut down).
Properties of the "lock" file show was created yesterday 10/14, &
last mod 10/15. Its file attribs are "AN" - archived, not indexed?
Other than that, no real info on it.
Err Rpt from Windows Vista x64 prepared to send to MS:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: tor.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4ca65e57
Fault Module Name: tor.exe
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4ca65e57
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000c3bf9
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: fd00
Additional Information 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Additional Information 3: fd00
Additional Information 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Any suggestions?
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