> I'm sorry to hear that Tor is giving you such trouble. Maybe there is > some helpful information in one of the files in /var/log? Perhaps dmesg > has some useful output?
I will check the log and get back to you. How do I use dmesg? Should I install any package and use any specific command? > As a last resort, another way you might be able to debug the problem is > by attempting to manually launch Tor and watch what happens. For > example, something like this ought to mimic the way it starts: > > sudo -u tor /path/to/tor -f /path/to/torrc > > You'll need to replace /path/to/tor with the path to the Tor executable, > and you'll need to replace the /path/to/torrc with the path to a file > containing valid Tor configuration. I think if you make a torrc file > that contains the following, it should work (I have not tested this): > > User tor > DataDirectory /var/lib/tor > PidFile /var/run/tor/tor.pid > Log notice syslog > > For details on the config file syntax, see "man tor". Thanks! I will give it a try.
