Privoxy problem

I have to restart privoxy after connecting to internet for privoxy to work.

Suse 10.2, dialup, Firefox, privoxy starts at boot
I have "modify dns when connected" and "automatically retrieve dns" selected.
I tried entering name servers in "connection parameters" and that did not help.

If your on dialup and you just wanna use privoxy to remain anonymous 2 things your just gonna slow your internet connection to a crawl and If I remember correctly with dialup you IP changes everytime you connect. If you really wanna remain anonymous I would suggest using tor. Firefox has a pluggin called foxyproxy which does the same as tor/privoxy did in the begining only without having to use privoxy. Hope this helps

Thanks for the reply Mojojo.

Ad blocking is my main concern. I am not interested in Tor.

(Mojojo) "your just gonna slow your internet connection to a crawl"

I do not notice a slowdown with privoxy.
I know "connection crawl". I live out of town where the phone lines are bad. If I could receive 2kB avg. downloads I would be thrilled. I have a friend in town with broadband where I download torrents, distros and other large downloads. I bring them home on an external HD or flash drive. I attached a handle to the top of my linux box to make it easier to carry it in for direct updates.

(Mojojo) "If I remember correctly with dialup your IP changes every time you connect."

Yes, my IP address is randomly assigned every time I log in to my IP provider, but I think the DNS that is assigned is the same. I was thinking DNS is the problem. I thought that configuring privoxy to look for a particular DNS would be the answer. I bogged down after several days trying to find out how to solve this problem. As I said, restarting privoxy after connecting works.

I considered a script to automate restarting privoxy with one click but learning how is taking too much time. I have learned some basics (very!) of python and bash scripting. I could not find a tutorial easy enough for me that would start a program as root or su and then put input into the program.
I fudged and used AutoIt with Windows to automate such things as connecting to Internet, defraging then shutting down, inputting "ping and lan addresses" at command prompt when troubleshooting, and other such tasks.

But, configuring privoxy to use a particular DNS (if that is the answer) when connecting to the Internet is, as is said, more "Elegant".
Sorry to run on with the drivel. I do not blog, I have sent few emails, and have made few posts over the years and may be it is all coming out at once!

I found privoxy and it seems to be a pleasant substitute for Proxomitron.

douart

I reinstalled 10.2 with the 64 bit version.

Privoxy starts at boot.
Gnome desktop
I use Kinternet to start my dialup connection.
Firefox is configured to use Privoxy.

After connecting I have to restart Privoxy as su to browse.

I guess the problem is with "resolver.conf / dns". I tried many things but have not found the solution.

Anyone using Privoxy with dialup and not having to restart Privoxy?

I don't understand the problem. You install privoxy via YAST. Then call the runlevel editor (expert modus preferably) and switch on privoxy in runlevel 5. Bingo. What is your problem, exactly? (No flame / slight intended...)

Thank you for your interest JZL24O1-U.
Privoxy starts at boot.
After connecting to Internet by dialup Firefox gives this message, "The proxy server is refusing connections".
I have to restart privoxy by running, "/etc/init.d/privoxy restart", before I can browse.

Hmmm. Please in console try a

ps ax | grep privoxy

before trying to browse. What does it say? Privoxy really and truly living?

Do you use other proxies simultaneously?

JZL24O1-U
I run (ps ax | grep privoxy) first thing after reboot.

I get: 3325 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/privoxy --user privoxy privoxy --pidfile /var/run/privoxy.pid --chroot /etc/config
4017 pts/0 R+ 0:00 grep privoxy

I then connect to dialup ip using kinternet.
Next I run (ps ax | grep privoxy) again.

I get: 3325 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/privoxy --user privoxy privoxy --pidfile /var/run/privoxy.pid --chroot /etc/config
4241 pts/0 R+ 0:00 grep privoxy

I then click on link to this LinuxQuestions.org thread.

I get 404 error page in Firefox that states:
"This is Privoxy 3.0.5 on unknown (127.0.0.1), port 8118, enabled
No such domain
Your request for http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=537724 could not be fulfilled, because the domain name www.linuxquestions.org could not be resolved."

I then restart privoxy by running (/etc/init.d/privoxy restart)
After restarting privoxy after makeing the dialup connection I can browse.

I am using no other proxy.
Is'nt the problem dns related?

Ouuuh. Could that be privoxy 3.0.3? That has a known issue in DNS resolution (perhaps exclusively under SuSE). Download and build privoxy 3.0.6 that should cure the malady (did it myself but haven't activated it yet).

<edit> I see it is privoxy 3.0.5. Dunno the health status of that one...

<edit2> It might be easier to write a little script like

#!bin sh
/etc/init.d/privoxy restart
Kinternet

make the script file executable and point your Kinternet-button at that, instead of Kinternet itself.

Problem solved.
Added " /etc/init.d/privoxy restart " to end of
script at " /etc/ppp/ip-up.local ".
That restarts privoxy after a dialup
connection is made.

Okay, if that works for you. I tried privoxy 3.0.6 and that cured my dns problem.

I still don't understand that behaviour and find it inacceptable in a piece of software ... .

Hello everyone.
I am fairly new to linux and I have Suse 10.2

When I try to install privoxy 3.0.3-1 rpm package, this error occurs:



Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: groupadd: GID 73 is not unique.
error: %pre(privoxy-suse-3.0.3-1.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 6
error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping privoxy-suse-3.0.3-1


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groupadd: GID 73 is not unique.
error: %pre(privoxy-suse-3.0.3-1.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 6
error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping privoxy-suse-3.0.3-1

2007-06-29 22:45:10 privoxy-suse.rpm install failed
rpm output:
groupadd: GID 73 is not unique.
error: %pre(privoxy-suse-3.0.3-1.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 6
error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping privoxy-suse-3.0.3-1


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Any ideas on how to fix this and successfully install privoxy? Thank you all in advance.

Wellcome to LQ, wolfbite.

I'd suggest you create your own thread with an appropriate title, so you'll get more and more to the point answers .

As to your problem, start YAST2 and open the module that lets you add groups (don't recall the exact name right now). It will list the groups already in existence. If there is a group "privoxy" you have it already installed.

Also check the documentation of privoxy...