Tor wunt launch on fedora 21
i got tor file from tor.org and installed it using "yum install tor" and was successful Later i got vidalia 0.2.20-5.fc21.x86_64 now from my terminal i command "service tor start" but this is what it gives me:
Dec 24 18:03:57.708 [notice] Tor v0.2.5.10 (git-42b42605f8d8eac2) running on Linux with Libevent 2.0.21-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.1j-fips and Zlib 1.2.8. Dec 24 18:03:57.708 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning Dec 24 18:03:57.708 [notice] Read configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc". Dec 24 18:03:57.712 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050 Dec 24 18:03:57.713 [warn] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9050: Address already in use. Is Tor already running? Dec 24 18:03:57.713 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to bind one of the listener ports. Dec 24 18:03:57.713 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
I have tried everything i know from setting my mozilla settings to localhost, 127.0.0.1: 9150 vidalia on the other hand states that it cannot configure proxy settings:
Dec 24 18:11:07.518 [Notice] Tor v0.2.5.10 (git-42b42605f8d8eac2) running on Linux with Libevent 2.0.21-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.1j-fips and Zlib 1.2.8. Dec 24 18:11:07.518 [Notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning Dec 24 18:11:07.518 [Notice] Read configuration file "/home/jgodwin/.vidalia/torrc". Dec 24 18:11:07.525 [Notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050 Dec 24 18:11:07.525 [Warning] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9050: Address already in use. Is Tor already running? Dec 24 18:11:07.525 [Notice] Opening Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9051 Dec 24 18:11:07.525 [Notice] Closing partially-constructed Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9051 Dec 24 18:11:07.525 [Warning] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to bind one of the listener ports. Dec 24 18:11:07.525 [Error] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
I need someone to guide me through?
You must start Tor as an Administrator / Super user.
Try
service tor start