[tor-bugs] #24171 [Applications/Tor Browser Sandbox]: sandboxed tor browser debian oldstable fails to start with "Can't mkdir /home/amnesia/sandboxed-tor-browser/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Browser/Caches"

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Wed Nov 8 04:24:04 UTC 2017


#24171: sandboxed tor browser debian oldstable fails to start with "Can't mkdir
/home/amnesia/sandboxed-tor-browser/tor-
browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Browser/Caches"
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     Reporter:  arma                              |      Owner:  yawning
         Type:  defect                            |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                            |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor Browser Sandbox  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                            |   Keywords:
Actual Points:                                    |  Parent ID:
       Points:                                    |   Reviewer:
      Sponsor:                                    |
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 Another release, another fun buglet. :) I was on 7.0.8, it updated to
 7.0.9, now when it tries to start, it says
 {{{
 [...]
 2017/11/07 23:23:30 tor: Nov 08 04:23:30.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 85%:
 Finishing handshake with first hop
 2017/11/07 23:23:30 tor: Nov 08 04:23:30.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 90%:
 Establishing a Tor circuit
 2017/11/07 23:23:31 tor: Nov 08 04:23:31.000 [notice] Tor has successfully
 opened a circuit. Looks like client functionality is working.
 2017/11/07 23:23:31 tor: Nov 08 04:23:31.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 100%:
 Done
 2017/11/07 23:23:31 tor: Opened SOCKS passthrough listener: 127.0.0.1:9150
 2017/11/07 23:23:31 launch: Starting Tor Browser.
 2017/11/07 23:23:31 firefox: Can't mkdir /home/amnesia/sandboxed-tor-
 browser/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Browser/Caches
 2017/11/07 23:23:31 firefox: : Read-only file system
 2017/11/07 23:23:31 launch: Complete.
 2017/11/07 23:23:31 tor: Nov 08 04:23:31.000 [notice] Catching signal
 TERM, exiting cleanly.
 2017/11/07 23:23:31 failed to accept control conn: accept unix
 /run/user/1000/sandboxed-tor-browser/control: use of closed network
 connection
 2017/11/07 23:23:31 failed to accept SOCKS conn: accept unix
 /run/user/1000/sandboxed-tor-browser/socks: use of closed network
 connection
 }}}
 and then it exits.

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