Thanks for the reply! ha ha - is TOR like shouting Tor? :P sudo netstat -tlpn returned the following:
Active Internet connections (only servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:5939 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1342/teamviewerd tcp 0 0 127.0.0.53:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 747/systemd-resolve tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:631 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 984/cupsd tcp6 0 0 ::1:631 :::* LISTEN 984/cupsd On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 10:14 PM dawuud <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi. > > (Tor not TOR) > > The log line: > > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [warn] Could not bind to 0.0.0.0:9050: Address > already in use. Is Tor already running? > > This means that tor cannot start because some other process is already > bound to port 9050. > Why not see which other process is bound to port 9050? > > sudo netstat -tlpn > or > lsof -iTCP | grep 9050 > > btw typing "tor" into a server isn't the correct way to start tor. > Usually on linux people use systemd to start tor: > > systemctl start tor > > I think the nyx error is pretty clear. Perhaps your tor isn't configured > with > a control port. > > I hope this helps but if it doesn't then I hope someone else will be more > helpful than I. > > > Cheers, > David > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 09:56:52PM +1000, Ben Riley wrote: > > First off, will outline that I am very much a newbie, but was able to > get a > > relay up and running on a Ubuntu machine. It was running fine for maybe > 12 > > months (MelbTorBox), with a few resets and software updates along the > way. > > > > Just doing my bit to help the network. > > > > Anyway, after the Ubuntu upgrade, I had to re-install TOR and I believed > I > > did it basically the same way. > > > > Unfortunately, that appears not to be the case. > > I've posted the error messages on the Ubuntu forum hoping to get > > assistance, but no joy: > > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/1070469/18-04-tor-relay-error-could-not-bind-to-0-0-0-09050-address-already-in-use-i > > > > I'm now coming to the experts to see if I can resurrect relay before I > pull > > the pin on the idea. > > > > I have BASIC Unix knowledge (I can type commands and that's about it). I > > think I might have a couple of copies installed in different places and I > > know I have the TOR browser installed (it works fine). > > > > When I type 'nyx' it replies with: > > Unable to connect to tor. Maybe it's running without a ControlPort? > > > > So I type 'tor' and get > > Sep 19 21:34:24.819 [notice] Tor 0.3.4.8 (git-5da0e95e4871a0a1) running > on > > Linux with Libevent 2.1.8-stable, OpenSSL 1.1.0g, Zlib 1.2.11, Liblzma > > 5.2.2, and Libzstd 1.3.3. > > Sep 19 21:34:24.819 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! > Learn > > how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning > > Sep 19 21:34:24.819 [notice] Read configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc". > > Sep 19 21:34:24.823 [notice] Based on detected system memory, > > MaxMemInQueues is set to 2862 MB. You can override this by setting > > MaxMemInQueues by hand. > > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [notice] Scheduler type KIST has been enabled. > > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050 > > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [notice] Opening Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9051 > > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [notice] Opening OR listener on 0.0.0.0:9001 > > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [notice] Opening Directory listener on 0.0.0.0:9050 > > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [warn] Could not bind to 0.0.0.0:9050: Address > already > > in use. Is Tor already running? > > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [notice] Closing partially-constructed Socks listener > > on 127.0.0.1:9050 > > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [notice] Closing partially-constructed Control > listener > > on 127.0.0.1:9051 > > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [notice] Closing partially-constructed OR listener on > > 0.0.0.0:9001 > > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to > bind > > one of the listener ports. > > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above. > > > > I 'think' my original torrc file may have somehow survived the Ubuntu > > upgrade, but I don't know how as I did a wipe and re-install of Ubuntu. > > But when I edited it, there were my contact details sitting there. > > > > Very appreciative of any help! > > > > Thanks > > Ben. > > > _______________________________________________ > > tor-relays mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays >
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