I can confirm that apparmor is the cause. A safer alternative to Sam Edwards' suggestion is to allow Vidalia access to the tor binary, by adding the following line to /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.vidalia:
/usr/sbin/tor Ux, also ensure that the tor service isn't running (by running service tor stop, and removing it from rc.d scripts if needed) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/680192 Title: Vidalia was unable to start Tor. Check your settings to ensure the correct name and location of your Tor executable is specified. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vidalia/+bug/680192/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
