end of story as an in-line comment below On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 7:26 PM Karl <[email protected]> wrote: > > dutiful log: > > - i got to torproject.org and downloaded the browser bundle there. i > haven't been able to complete bootstrapping; i've tried only a couple > of the firewall busting plugins. (@19:23) > - i can resolve hostnames, so i'm presently trying different > irc.oftc.net mirrors to see if i can get into the tor chat and ask for > advice. now i'm googling for more oftc mirrors (19:25). > i got diagnostic material ... I can reach the oftc.net website but get > 'no route to host' when i try to connect to port 6667.
i can get to the real internet on wifi using my phone in airplane mode, so obviously my linux system has a virus that blocks the internet. sorry for the big alarm. need to archive this thing and eventually figure out how to do incremental backups of a new system. adios until next time ! > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 7:14 PM Karl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Note to other laypeople: if this happens to you, the thing to do is to > > call your ISP and complain, and to not take no for an answer. Keep > > finding new ways of engaging them, until the situation is resolved, or > > you are truly satisfied with it being unresolved. > > > > Atm, I'm a guest at my parents' house, they're not here, and I don't > > know their account number or anything, so I'm prioritising that lower. > > > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 7:10 PM Karl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Today, all of google's services went down this morning, for me. I > > > visited their status page, and they were all down, with a noticed > > > about it. About half an hour later, they were back up. > > > > > > Right now, it's 19:08-0500, and I can suddenly only reach a handful of > > > servers. All of google's servers work. Most others don't. I can't > > > reach github, I can't reach the tor directory servers, I can't reach > > > most mirrors to perform system updates, but I can reach a handful of > > > system update mirrors. > > > > > > I'm getting "no route to host" for most ip addresses. > > > > > > A decade ago I would have been excited to diagnose this in detail, but > > > nowadays with severe schizophrenia it is just making me way more > > > confused.
