[tor-bugs] #6207 [Vidalia]: apt-get install tor vidalia results in defunct Vidalia

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#6207: apt-get install tor vidalia results in defunct Vidalia
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 Reporter:  proper   |          Owner:  chiiph
     Type:  defect   |         Status:  new   
 Priority:  normal   |      Milestone:        
Component:  Vidalia  |        Version:        
 Keywords:           |         Parent:        
   Points:           |   Actualpoints:        
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 1. Add Tor (stable) repository. According to
 https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian-vidalia.html.en.

 2. sudo apt-get install tor vidalia deb.torproject.org-keyring

 Tor will be automatically started. Then start Vidalia manually. Will fail.

 {{{
 Jun 19 18:59:07.986 [Warning] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9050: Address
 already in use. Is Tor already running?
 Jun 19 18:59:07.988 [Warning] /var/run/tor is not owned by this user
 (user, 1000) but by debian-tor (110). Perhaps you are running Tor as the
 wrong user?
 [Warning] Before Tor can create a control socket in
 "/var/run/tor/control", the directory "/var/run/tor" needs to exist, and
 to be accessible only by the user account that is running Tor.  (On some
 Unix systems, anybody who can list a socket can connect to it, so Tor is
 being careful.)
 [Warning] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to bind one of the
 listener ports.
 [Error] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
 }}}

 {{{
 Tor v0.2.3.17-beta (git-8b7adb27cb77d600) running on Linux
 (Ubuntu Precise)
 }}}

 Imho it's really tricky to make it work and I haven't found documentation
 regarding that use case. There are only related posts
 http://www.noobrescue.com/blog/vidalia-detected-that-the-tor-software-
 exited-unexpectedly.

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