Re: (FWD) Re: OS X Client and Privoxy 503 error

[Brian C <brianwc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jay (and Roger)

I've upgraded the OS X client to Tor 0.1.1.5-alpha and get the same 503
error on every page. I have found an interesting error in the system log
by using console.app, as Jay suggested. The log says:

Aug  9 15:37:43 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting Tor Service
Aug  9 15:37:43 localhost SystemStarter: Starting Tor Service
Aug  9 15:37:48 localhost crashdump: Unable to determine
CPSProcessSerNum pid: 323 name: tor
Aug  9 15:37:48 localhost crashdump: Couldn't find or create:
/Library/Tor/var/lib/tor/Library/Logs/CrashReporter (euid: 100)
Aug  9 15:37:48 localhost crashdump: Started writing crash report to:
/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/tor.crash.log
Aug  9 15:37:48 localhost crashdump: Finished writing crash report to:
/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/tor.crash.log

Is this significant?

Also ps ax |grep tor seems to suggest that tor isn't running as it yields:

pbookbrian:/Library/Tor brian$ ps ax|grep tor
  188  ??  Ss     0:00.40 /usr/sbin/DirectoryService
  562 std  R+     0:00.00 grep tor
pbookbrian:/Library/Tor brian$

Trying to restart Tor doesn't seem to have an effect. I get:

pbookbrian:/Library/Tor brian$ sudo /Library/StartupItems/Tor/Tor restart
Password:
Tor Service not responding.
Starting Tor Service
pbookbrian:/Library/Tor brian$ Aug 10 10:49:53.346 [notice] Tor
v0.1.1.5-alpha. This is experimental software. Do not rely on it for
strong anonymity.
pbookbrian:/Library/Tor brian$ ps ax|grep tor
  188  ??  Ss     0:00.45 /usr/sbin/DirectoryService
  585 std  S+     0:00.01 grep tor
pbookbrian:/Library/Tor brian$

Thanks for any advice.

Brian

Jay Goodman Tamboli wrote:
> On 8/9/05, Brian C <brianwc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>Every time I go into Firefox preferences and switch to 127.0.0.1:8118
>>any web site that I then attempt to visit yields the same 503 error:
>>
>>This is Privoxy 3.0.3 on localhost (127.0.0.1), port 8118, enabled
>>Connect failed
>>
>>Your request for http://www.yahoo.com/ could not be fulfilled, because
>>the connection to www.yahoo.com (127.0.0.1) could not be established.
> 
> 
> Are you sure that tor is running? In Terminal.app, type "ps ax|grep
> tor" and confirm that "//Library/Tor/tor -f //Library/Tor/torrc" is
> listed.
> 
> Check your system.log via Console.app to see if you see a message
> showing tor starting up.
> 
> Try running "Tryin in
> Terminal.app and watching the log for any error.
> 
> /jgt