On Sat, January 27, 2018 11:46 am, code9n wrote: > Running the WhonixCheck from the default anon-whonix app vm in the Qubes > manager list; the fail warning basically says: > > SocksPort test [fails]. ... (curl exit code: [7] - [failed to connect to > host]) > > The browser - anon-whonix app vm (default)/Tor browser - opens like > normal to the Whonix page but checking the 'check IP' link from there > won't connect and if I search for https://check.torproject.org the top > result says I'm not using tor. I can't connect to .onion sites but > surface browsing's fine. > > Checking the IP address keeps coming back to the same one in Germany even > if I reload / change Identity / reboot. (I'm not in Germany). > > It persists over cold re-boots. > I've tried making a new anon-whonix app vm with the same results. > Everything has been fine since install - maybe 6 months ago. > All updates are up to date including the recent tor browser update to 7.5 > (64 bit).
In Qubes Manager/System/Global settings, make sure your Default netVM is set to sys-whonix. I can't explain the Germany IP though. Do you have a VPN or ProxyVM set up somewhere in the mix? > > yzxd on the sub reddit (Thanks, yzxd) had a similar problem on non-Qubes > Whonix and solved it by "going into the Gateway VM, stopping Tor, opening > the folder named "Tor Data" and deleting all the files inside, and > finally restarting Tor". > > But I see from issue #1137 the Qubes team deliberately made that > persistent: > > > https://github.com/Whonix/qubes-whonix/commit/a9f24f5d0b700a0cd710e52eb17 > 0875d635c22a9 > > > so I'm wary to mess with that. > > Would that be likely to work in this instance? Or Does anyone have any > ideas for a fix or would just re-installing the entire Whonix system > following: > > > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/whonix/install/ > > > be better...? Re-installing the whole Whonix system or even Qubes might be the best approach if you can't figure out where that Germany IP is coming from. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/9f301641083c9bfac14af969c329487f.squirrel%40tt3j2x4k5ycaa5zt.onion. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
