Tor doens't start anymore

mickey0 · 01-03-2022, 06:25 AM

Hello,

Tor was working fine until I dragged it on my panel, on the bottom, next to the firefox icon.
Before I used to launch it by ~/tor-browser_en-US] # ./start-tor-browser.desktop without any problems
Launching ./start-tor-browser.desktop --log output.txt, I have this output:

Code:

cat output 
./firefox.real: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.18' not found (required by ./TorBrowser/Tor/libstdc++/libstdc++.so.6)

Can anyone explain why it was working the night before (I didn't update anything) and also how I can fix it?

Thanks a million.

shruggy · 01-03-2022, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by mickey0

Before I used to launch it by ~/tor-browser_en-US] # ./start-tor-browser.desktop without any problems

The # in the prompt suggests you were launching it as root. Is it so? Why?

A comment inside ./start-tor-browser.desktop says (emphasis mine):

Quote:

This file is a self-modifying .desktop file that can be run from the shell.

Run './start-tor-browser.desktop --help' to display the full set of options.

When invoked from the shell, this file must always be in a Tor Browser root directory. When run from the file manager or desktop GUI, it is relocatable.

After first invocation, it will update itself with the absolute path to the current TBB location, to support relocation of this .desktop file for GUI invocation. You can also add Tor Browser to your desktop's application menu by running './start-tor-browser.desktop --register-app'

If you use --register-app, and then relocate your TBB directory, Tor Browser will no longer launch from your desktop's app launcher/dock. However, if you re-run --register-app from inside that new directory, the script will correct the absolute paths and re-register itself.

This file will also still function if the path changes when TBB is used as a portable app, so long as it is run directly from that new directory, either via the shell or via the file manager.

mickey0 · 01-03-2022, 07:04 AM

Hello,
no I didn't launch it as root but as user.
Are you suggesting .desktop file has been modified. Could I do it dragging the icon? I don't understand libc message by the way.
I don't have idea how to fix it.
This is the content of the file, if it is necessary:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Tor Browser
GenericName=Web Browser
Comment=Tor Browser is +1 for privacy and −1 for mass surveillance
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;Security;
Exec=sh -c '"/home/michele/tor-browser_en-US/Browser/start-tor-browser" --detach || ([ !  -x "/home/michele/tor-browser_en-US/Browser/start-tor-browser" ] && "$(dirname "$*")"/Browser/start-tor-browser --detach)' dummy %k
X-TorBrowser-ExecShell=./Browser/start-tor-browser --detach
Icon=/home/michele/tor-browser_en-US/Browser/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png
StartupWMClass=Tor Browser

As I said, I've been launching it in that way for months with no problems at all....

------------EDIT----------------------
Here the output but Tor isn't still working:

Quote:

./start-tor-browser.desktop --register-app
Launching './Browser/start-tor-browser --detach --register-app'...
Could not parse file "/home/michele/.local/share/applications/TeXworks.desktop": Invalid key name: Path[$e]
Tor Browser has been registered as a desktop app for this user in ~/.local/share/applications/

shruggy · 01-03-2022, 07:17 AM

Could it be that Tor got automatically updated, and the new release now requires at least glibc 2.18? What is your distro? RHEL/CentOS 7 released in 2014 has glibc 2.17, anything newer should have a glibc compatible with the latest Tor.

Update. Cross-posted from f.c.o. So, it's CentOS 7 after all. Then no wonder it doesn't work. Don't mess around with the tarball from https://www.torproject.org. Use the package from EPEL instead.

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Invalid key name: Path[$e]

Fix the invalid key. It should be Path=/home/michele/tor-browser_en-US, not Path[$e]