[tor-bugs] #18069 [Tor Launcher]: "General SOCKS server failure" prevents TBB launch

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#18069: "General SOCKS server failure" prevents TBB launch
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 Reporter:  johndoegreeneville  |          Owner:  brade
     Type:  defect              |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium              |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Launcher        |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal              |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                      |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                      |         Points:
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Comment (by yawning):

 Replying to [comment:2 brade]:
 > Does the problem occur when the torrc from Tor Browser is used with your
 system tor?
 > What version are you using for the system tor?
 >
 > nickm -- can you look at the debug log from comment:1 to see if you have
 any insight?

 It's not a core tor issue.  The pluggable transport is failing to reach
 the Bridge, and the error is not one of `EADDRNOTAVAIL`, `ETIMEDOUT`,
 `ENETUNREACH`, `EHOSTUNREACH`, `ECONNREFUSED` or ECONNRESET`.  obfs4proxy
 has the `-enableLogging` and `-logLevel` flags that do exactly what one
 would expect (see usage or the man page).

 As far as the original submitter's log goes, looks like the bridges
 they're trying to use are all blocked.  Not my circus, not my monkeys.

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