[tor-bugs] #11751 [TorBrowserButton]: Tor is not working in this browser

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#11751: Tor is not working in this browser
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     Reporter:  cypherpunks       |      Owner:  mikeperry
         Type:  defect            |     Status:  reopened
     Priority:  normal            |  Milestone:
    Component:  TorBrowserButton  |    Version:
   Resolution:                    |   Keywords:
Actual Points:                    |  Parent ID:
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Changes (by isis):

 * cc: isis (added)
 * status:  closed => reopened
 * resolution:  worksforme =>


Comment:

 I have a [https://github.com/isislovecruft/tor-browser-
 bundle/compare/31d35db...bug10178_bug11751 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 [https://github.com/isislovecruft/tor-browser-
 bundle/compare/bug10178_bug11751...bug10178_bug11751-log-to-file-and-
 disown one more commit] which makes makes Tor Browser log to a file, and
 then it `disown`s 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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