[tor-bugs] #10178 [TorBrowserButton]: about:tor fails with TBB using system-wide tor

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#10178: about:tor fails with TBB using system-wide tor
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     Reporter:  cypherpunks       |      Owner:  mikeperry
         Type:  defect            |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  normal            |  Milestone:
    Component:  TorBrowserButton  |    Version:
   Resolution:  duplicate         |   Keywords:  MikePerry201406R
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Changes (by mikeperry):

 * keywords:  MikePerry201405R => MikePerry201406R
 * status:  needs_review => closed
 * resolution:   => duplicate


Comment:

 isis: So I think this should be the ticket for your Linux start-tor-
 browser patch. #11751 was originally by a Windows user.

 Repasting https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/11751#comment:6
 here for the record.

 {{{
 I have a ​patch, based on brade's bug11641 branch (because they changed
 the paths around in the Tor
 Browser repo), which fixes this by adding documentation on all the
 TorButton and TorLauncher Firefox
 settings which should be changed, as well as a bash function to help users
 correctly set their
 TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD with the correct quoting syntax. The patch is a single
 commit in my
 bug10178_bug11751 branch and my repo is at
 ​https://github.com/isislovecruft/tor-browser-bundle . It
 also fixes #10178.

 Additionally, there is an extra bug10178_bug11751-log-to-file-and-disown
 branch based on that last
 branch (because I'm not sure if mikeperry would want this patch, but it's
 what I personally run in my
 start-tor-browser script). It has ​one more commit which makes makes Tor
 Browser log to a file, and
 then it disowns the Firefox process from the shell and exits the script.
 This prevents the output from
 ending up in unpredictable places (it often includes full URIs logged from
 HTTPSEverywhere), and it
 also prevents having a shell remain open during the browser session which
 is just spewing debugging
 crap all over the place.

 Both commits have rather verbose commit messages, explaining the bash
 syntax and reasoning behind it.

 }}}

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