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"Vidalia was unable to authenticate to the Tor software. (Control socket is not connected.)"

    • Closed Issue created by Trac @tracbot

    When I try to start Tor Browser (newest version), it returns "Vidalia was unable to authenticate to the Tor software. (Control socket is not connected.)" when trying to connect.

    I made no new changes on my system prior to it, it just started happening.

    Tor process is NOT running in the background. I have tried setting the authentication method to "cookie" or even "none." I have also tried setting a custom password.

    I have tried disabling firewall/anti-virus/etc nothing seems to work.

    Trac:
    Username: bd59903

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    • Trac added component::archived/vidalia owner::chiiph priority::high reporter::bd59903 resolution::not a bug status::closed type::defect labels

      added component::archived/vidalia owner::chiiph priority::high reporter::bd59903 resolution::not a bug status::closed type::defect labels

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
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      Trac:
      Username: KIlledkennyagain

      Tor_Control_Port_issue

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      Trac:
      Username: KIlledkennyagain

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      Having the same issue with my Tor Browser bundle on OS X 10.6.8 was working fine then started having the authentication issue. I attached a screenshot of the error message.

      Trac:
      Username: KIlledkennyagain
      Priority: normal to major

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      Are you still having the problem? I've had it since yesterday. Annoying stuff...

      Trac:
      Username: kalender

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      Did a system recovery without any luck. Updated Windows. The official TOR guys gotta know what the problem is? Wtf

      Trac:
      Username: kalender

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      Replying to kalender:

      Did a system recovery without any luck. Updated Windows. The official TOR guys gotta know what the problem is? Wtf

      I reinstalled windows and it worked, but after i installed openvpn, it stopped working, not sure if was the cause though. Uninstalled it, still didnt work. so frustrating!

      Trac:
      Username: bd59903

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      Replying to kalender:

      Did a system recovery without any luck. Updated Windows. The official TOR guys gotta know what the problem is? Wtf

      I uninstalled the program, downloaded it again, and it is working fine now. Perhaps the new download was an updated version (But I'm not sure).

      Trac:
      Username: KIlledkennyagain

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      Runa Sandvik @runa ·

      Replying to kalender:

      Did a system recovery without any luck. Updated Windows.

      Is this Windows XP?

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      So reinstalled my OS again. It worked for about a day then stopped again. I did nothing around the time it stopped to my system. So for some reason something or someone is blocking it after several hours.

      Trac:
      Username: bd59903

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      if I had to edit my windows host file with something like: 127.0.0.1 *********.com would that affect tor browser? I notice that is the same ip as is in vidalia settings, though as it is just the local i dont know why.

      Trac:
      Username: bd59903

    • Mike Perry
      Mike Perry @mikeperry ·

      Chiiph: For what it's worth, I also occasionally have issues like this with the Linux TBB, especially after a reboot if my laptop crashed/ran out of battery while Vidalia was open.

      Trac:
      Owner: mikeperry to chiiph
      Keywords: connection, control socket deleted, N/A added
      Component: Tor Browser to Vidalia
      Version: Tor: unspecified to N/A

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      Tomas Touceda @chiiph ·

      Could it be that the socket file is left in a certain state and if the tor process exits without cleaning, the next time tor tries to use it, the socket seems like is already in use?

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      but it still happens even if use completely fresh tor browser package

      Trac:
      Username: bd59903

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      Runa Sandvik @runa ·

      Replying to bd59903:

      but it still happens even if use completely fresh tor browser package

      Do you still have OpenVPN installed on your system?

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
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      Replying to runa:

      Replying to bd59903:

      but it still happens even if use completely fresh tor browser package

      Do you still have OpenVPN installed on your system?

      no, the only i found to fix it was to do a fresh OS install. when i did that it worked for about a day, then just started giving the same message. When it did this, I had left it on over night and when i woke up it wasnt working. did not even have openvpn installed on computer after fresh OS install. could there have been a connection problem overnight and something on my system or provider somehow blocked it to prevent errors or something?

      Trac:
      Username: bd59903

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
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      well since no one seems to know what the problem is much less how to fix it, does anyone know of another way to connect to tor?

      Trac:
      Username: bd59903

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
      Author

      Replying to bd59903:

      well since no one seems to know what the problem is much less how to fix it, does anyone know of another way to connect to tor?

      and yes there is, AdvOR, has folder in download with instructions and config file to connect to TOR using part of the tor browser bundle.

      Trac:
      Username: bd59903

    • Trac
      Trac @tracbot ·
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      Could you try to run next command in administrative cmd: netsh winsock reset reboot computer and test if problem persists.

      Trac:
      Username: VenZe

    • Roger Dingledine
      Roger Dingledine @arma ·

      I'm going to close this ticket, since it is a generic "my Tor failed to start for some reason" ticket. I suggest looking at Vidalia's message log window in this case, or otherwise trying to get rid of services that might be conflicting with Tor's choice of ports.

      Trac:
      Resolution: N/A to not a bug
      Status: new to closed

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