[tor-bugs] #28997 [Applications/Tor Browser]: TB 8.0.4 startup problem with tor

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#28997: TB 8.0.4 startup problem with tor
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 Reporter:  jb.1234abcd               |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                            |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by jb.1234abcd):

 It looks like I fixed the GUI error messages as in the attached tor-
 error.log
 It must have had to do with a mixup of data in ~Desktop/*.desktop files of
 my prod and test versions.

 After that I ran it again to show you some font config, addons, and
 JavaScript error messages that you might want to fix:
 [jb at r61i ~]$ cd Downloads/tor-browser_en-US/
 [jb at r61i tor-browser_en-US]$ ./start-tor-browser.desktop --verbose
 Fontconfig warning: "/home/jb/Downloads/tor-browser_en-
 US/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/fontconfig/fonts.conf", line 37: Use of
 ambiguous <dir> element. please add prefix="cwd" if current behavior is
 desired.
 Fontconfig warning: "/home/jb/Downloads/tor-browser_en-
 US/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/fontconfig/fonts.conf", line 85: unknown
 element "blank"
 Jan 05 13:47:28.595 [notice] Tor 0.3.4.9 (git-4ac3ccf2863b86e7) running on
 Linux with Libevent 2.1.8-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.2q, Zlib 1.2.11, Liblzma
 N/A, and Libzstd N/A.
 Jan 05 13:47:28.595 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn
 how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
 Jan 05 13:47:28.595 [notice] Read configuration file "/home/jb/Downloads
 /tor-browser_en-US/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Tor/torrc-defaults".
 Jan 05 13:47:28.595 [notice] Read configuration file "/home/jb/Downloads
 /tor-browser_en-US/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Tor/torrc".
 Jan 05 13:47:28.603 [notice] Scheduler type KIST has been enabled.
 Jan 05 13:47:28.603 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9150
 Jan 05 13:47:28.603 [notice] Opening Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9151
 Jan 05 13:47:28.000 [notice] Parsing GEOIP IPv4 file /home/jb/Downloads
 /tor-browser_en-US/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Tor/geoip.
 Jan 05 13:47:28.000 [notice] Parsing GEOIP IPv6 file /home/jb/Downloads
 /tor-browser_en-US/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Tor/geoip6.
 Jan 05 13:47:29.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 0%: Starting
 Jan 05 13:47:30.000 [notice] Starting with guard context "default"
 Jan 05 13:47:30.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 80%: Connecting to the Tor
 network
 Jan 05 13:47:30.000 [notice] New control connection opened from 127.0.0.1.
 Jan 05 13:47:30.000 [notice] New control connection opened from 127.0.0.1.
 Jan 05 13:47:30.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 85%: Finishing handshake with
 first hop
 Jan 05 13:47:30.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 90%: Establishing a Tor circuit
 1546696050532   addons.webextension.https-everywhere-eff at eff.org
 WARN    Please specify whether you want browser_style or not in your
 browser_action options.
 1546696050534   addons.webextension.{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}
 WARN    Please specify whether you want browser_style or not in your
 browser_action options.
 Jan 05 13:47:30.000 [notice] Tor has successfully opened a circuit. Looks
 like client functionality is working.
 Jan 05 13:47:30.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 100%: Done
 Jan 05 13:47:32.000 [notice] New control connection opened from 127.0.0.1.
 Fontconfig warning: "/home/jb/Downloads/tor-browser_en-
 US/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/fontconfig/fonts.conf", line 37: Use of
 ambiguous <dir> element. please add prefix="cwd" if current behavior is
 desired.
 Fontconfig warning: "/home/jb/Downloads/tor-browser_en-
 US/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/fontconfig/fonts.conf", line 85: unknown
 element "blank"
 Jan 05 13:47:32.000 [notice] New control connection opened from 127.0.0.1.
 Fontconfig warning: "/home/jb/Downloads/tor-browser_en-
 US/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/fontconfig/fonts.conf", line 37: Use of
 ambiguous <dir> element. please add prefix="cwd" if current behavior is
 desired.
 Fontconfig warning: "/home/jb/Downloads/tor-browser_en-
 US/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/fontconfig/fonts.conf", line 85: unknown
 element "blank"
 Jan 05 13:47:57.000 [notice] Owning controller connection has closed --
 exiting now.
 Jan 05 13:47:57.000 [notice] Catching signal TERM, exiting cleanly.
 JavaScript error: chrome://torbutton/content/tor-circuit-display.js, line
 436: TypeError: myController is null

 OK. That's it.

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