I also can't see country flags with Vidalia 0.2.12 in linux. The logs don't say anything about it. I use TorStatus if I need the flags for something. http://torstatus.blutmagie.de
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Joe Btfsplk <joebtfs...@gmx.com> wrote: > Never really payed much attention to country flags in Tor Network map - in > Vidalia 2.10 or earlier versions. But, they don't show up when running Tor > under my limited (Vista) acct. > > I figured out by looking at the error / message log, that Tor / Vidalia * > "couldn't find the "geoip" file" * in the path C:\users\<limited user acct > name>\app data\roaming\tor > because it didn't CREATE the geoip file in the limited user's > ...\roaming\tor folder. It DID create the geoip file in the admin acct, in > the path mentioned, but that doesn't help unless you run Tor from the admin > acct (generally not a good idea to user admin accts for internet). > > Is this a bug in Tor installer? If I copy the geoip file from admin acct to > user acct path, the country flags show just fine, running Tor in a user > acct. But, it shouldn't have to be done manually. > I'm using bundle 2.1.29 / 2.10 - don't know if this issue is fixed in latest > Vidalia bundle. > > When installing Tor (any prgm) from a limited user acct, Vista of course > asks for an admin PW. But, most prgms install the necessary files to > function in the user's acct, so the prgm can access them when later running > the prgm from that user acct. Windows / the prgm installer recognizes which > limited user acct is being used when prgm is installed. Many ask is you > want to install the prgm for this (limited) user, or all users. Tor doesn't > ask, AFAIK. > > > > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk