[tor-relays] Help! TOR Relat dead after upgrading Ubuntu to 18.04

[Ben Riley]

Thanks for the reply!
ha ha - is TOR like shouting Tor? :P

sudo netstat -tlpn
returned the following:

Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address
State       PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:5939          0.0.0.0:*
LISTEN      1342/teamviewerd
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.53:53           0.0.0.0:*
LISTEN      747/systemd-resolve
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:631           0.0.0.0:*
LISTEN      984/cupsd
tcp6       0      0 ::1:631                 :::*
LISTEN      984/cupsd



On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 10:14 PM dawuud <dawuud at riseup.net> wrote:

>
> Hi.
>
> (Tor not TOR)
>
> The log line:
>
> Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [warn] Could not bind to 0.0.0.0:9050: Address
> already in use. Is Tor already running?
>
> This means that tor cannot start because some other process is already
> bound to port 9050.
> Why not see which other process is bound to port 9050?
>
> sudo netstat -tlpn
> or
> lsof -iTCP | grep 9050
>
> btw typing "tor" into a server isn't the correct way to start tor.
> Usually on linux people use systemd to start tor:
>
> systemctl start tor
>
> I think the nyx error is pretty clear. Perhaps your tor isn't configured
> with
> a control port.
>
> I hope this helps but if it doesn't then I hope someone else will be more
> helpful than I.
>
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 09:56:52PM +1000, Ben Riley wrote:
> > First off, will outline that I am very much a newbie, but was able to
> get a
> > relay up and running on a Ubuntu machine.  It was running fine for maybe
> 12
> > months (MelbTorBox), with a few resets and software updates along the
> way.
> >
> > Just doing my bit to help the network.
> >
> > Anyway, after the Ubuntu upgrade, I had to re-install TOR and I believed
> I
> > did it basically the same way.
> >
> > Unfortunately, that appears not to be the case.
> > I've posted the error messages on the Ubuntu forum hoping to get
> > assistance, but no joy:
> >
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/1070469/18-04-tor-relay-error-could-not-bind-to-0-0-0-09050-address-already-in-use-i
> >
> > I'm now coming to the experts to see if I can resurrect relay before I
> pull
> > the pin on the idea.
> >
> > I have BASIC Unix knowledge (I can type commands and that's about it). I
> > think I might have a couple of copies installed in different places and I
> > know I have the TOR browser installed (it works fine).
> >
> > When I type 'nyx' it replies with:
> > Unable to connect to tor. Maybe it's running without a ControlPort?
> >
> > So I type 'tor' and get
> > Sep 19 21:34:24.819 [notice] Tor 0.3.4.8 (git-5da0e95e4871a0a1) running
> on
> > Linux with Libevent 2.1.8-stable, OpenSSL 1.1.0g, Zlib 1.2.11, Liblzma
> > 5.2.2, and Libzstd 1.3.3.
> > Sep 19 21:34:24.819 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong!
> Learn
> > how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
> > Sep 19 21:34:24.819 [notice] Read configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc".
> > Sep 19 21:34:24.823 [notice] Based on detected system memory,
> > MaxMemInQueues is set to 2862 MB. You can override this by setting
> > MaxMemInQueues by hand.
> > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [notice] Scheduler type KIST has been enabled.
> > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050
> > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [notice] Opening Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9051
> > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [notice] Opening OR listener on 0.0.0.0:9001
> > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [notice] Opening Directory listener on 0.0.0.0:9050
> > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [warn] Could not bind to 0.0.0.0:9050: Address
> already
> > in use. Is Tor already running?
> > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [notice] Closing partially-constructed Socks listener
> > on 127.0.0.1:9050
> > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [notice] Closing partially-constructed Control
> listener
> > on 127.0.0.1:9051
> > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [notice] Closing partially-constructed OR listener on
> > 0.0.0.0:9001
> > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to
> bind
> > one of the listener ports.
> > Sep 19 21:34:24.824 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
> >
> > I 'think' my original torrc file may have somehow survived the Ubuntu
> > upgrade, but I don't know how as  I did a wipe and re-install of Ubuntu.
> > But when I edited it, there were my contact details sitting there.
> >
> > Very appreciative of any help!
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ben.
>
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