Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Poncho <poncho@××××××.ch>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] torbrowser : proxy server is refusing connections
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2023 18:51:16
Message-Id: 970f7f1b-194b-0235-7d1d-a3c1e090dd64@spahan.ch
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] torbrowser : proxy server is refusing connections by Helmut Jarausch
1 On 05.03.23 18:18, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > I am totally new to "tor"
5 > I have installed torbrowser from the torbrowser overlay.
6 >
7 > When I start torbrowser, I get  "Something Went Wrong"
8 >
9 > When I start
10 > torbrowser check.torproject.org
11 >
12 > I get The proxy server is refusing connections
13 >
14 > What am I missing?
15 >
16 > Many thanks for your help
17 > Helmut
18 >
19
20
21 Do you have tor running on port 9150? Did you follow the instructions at
22 https://github.com/MeisterP/torbrowser-overlay/blob/master/Readme.md?
23
24 If you are new to tor, it's probably easier to just use the the bundle
25 from https://www.torproject.org/download/
26
27 It should work out of the box.