Hi, On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Bob Williams<[email protected]> wrote: > 12:53 barrowhillfarm:~> killall tor > 12:53 barrowhillfarm:~> tor -f /etc/tor/torrc > Jul 24 12:54:15.469 [notice] Tor v0.2.0.35. This is experimental software. Do > not rely on it for strong anonymity. (Running on Linux x86_64) > Jul 24 12:54:15.470 [notice] Initialized libevent version 1.4.5-stable using > method epoll. Good. > Jul 24 12:54:15.470 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050 > Jul 24 12:54:15.470 [warn] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9050: Address already > in use. Is Tor already running? > Jul 24 12:54:15.470 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to bind one > of the listener ports. > Jul 24 12:54:15.470 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above. > 12:54 barrowhillfarm:~> > > I know there is nothing else trying to use port 9050 as /etc/services says so: > > # 9027-9079 Unassigned > > What next?
I guess your Tor is ok. Please follow the instructions provided by others. Next time you want to kill Tor, check out its process id (`pidof tor` or `ps ax | grep tor | grep -v grep`) and kill that explicitly via `kill <pid>`. Make sure you're the same user that started Tor when you kill it. Check if its still running afterwards (`ps ax | grep tor | grep -v grep`). Thanks, Christian (kaner)
