suddenly: "the proxy server is refusing connections"
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Distribution: Mint 16 RC, Elementary OS Luna, Crunchbang
Posts: 166
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Im not sure why, but the problem *seems* to be fixed by simply replacing 127.0.0.1 with "localhost" in the firefox>preferences>advanced>connections. Oddly, several days ago, it was working fine with 127.0.0.1. Any ideas why this might be?
I will leave the thread not-solved, till I am sure that with reboot etc that this stays working.
Last edited by Ubunoob001; 10-08-2010 at 01:55 PM.
Im not sure why, but the problem *seems* to be fixed by simply replacing 127.0.0.1 with "localhost" in the firefox>preferences>advanced>connections. Oddly, several days ago, it was working fine with 127.0.0.1. Any ideas why this might be?
I will leave the thread not-solved, till I am sure that with reboot etc that this stays working.
I'm confused.
The original problem was privoxy that wasn't started after reboot.
How can replacing 127.0.0.1 with localhost solve the problem?
Distribution: Mint 16 RC, Elementary OS Luna, Crunchbang
Posts: 166
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Originally Posted by repo
I'm confused.
The original problem was privoxy that wasn't started after reboot.
How can replacing 127.0.0.1 with localhost solve the problem?
Kind regards
Yes I'm confused too, hence all the questions. Let me recap things from my beginners understanding of the timeline...1. I suddenly got the orig. error without (seemingly) changing settings. 2. Restarting/starting Privoxy, for some reason, allowed me to use privoxy. However, shortly it would then be unavailable (same error as orig. post). 3. The |start command also and script change "worked", but only till a restart. 4. I decided just to fiddle with it, and switched 127.0.0.1 to Localhost in both fields. Which seemingly made the fix permanent.
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