Settings are lost when opening/saving torrc in TBB 2.2.35-13 on windows XP SP3
A user reports a bug when opening/saving settings in torrc in TBB 2.2.35-13 on windows XP SP3:
There is a certain bug in vidalia control panel takes place when saving/opening torrc file were all settings are not saved and sometime the windows shows blank (although torrc file is not empty)
- Start with new copy of TBB
- Open vidalia control panel click [settings]
- Select advanced tab
- Click [edit current torrc] button
By default it will shows the following:
# This file was generated by Tor; if you edit it, comments will not be preserved
# The old torrc file was renamed to torrc.orig.1 or similar, and Tor will ignore it
AvoidDiskWrites 1
ControlPort 9051
DataDirectory .\Data\Tor
DirReqStatistics 0
GeoIPFile .\Data\Tor\geoip
Log notice stdout
SocksListenAddress 127.0.0.1
- Click OK
- Select Network tab from top
- Check-on option (My firewall only lets me connect to certain ports) and enter 80, 443
- Check-on option (my ISP blocks connection to the tor network)
- Add 3 or 4 bridge values, for example 1.1.1.1:1, 2.2.2.2:2, 3.3.3.3:3, 4.4.4.4:4 and click OK
- Again on Vidalia control panel click [settings]
- Select advanced tab
- Click [edit current torrc] button
It will show the following (as expected)
# This file was generated by Tor; if you edit it, comments will not be preserved
# The old torrc file was renamed to torrc.orig.1 or similar, and Tor will ignore it
AvoidDiskWrites 1
Bridge 1.1.1.1:1
Bridge 2.2.2.2:2
Bridge 3.3.3.3:3
Bridge 4.4.4.4:4
ControlPort 9051
DataDirectory .\Data\Tor
DirReqStatistics 0
GeoIPFile .\Data\Tor\geoip
Log notice stdout
ReachableAddresses *:80,*:443
ReachableAddresses reject *:*
SocksListenAddress 127.0.0.1
UpdateBridgesFromAuthority 1
UseBridges 1
Now the bug takes place when clicking [OK] to re-save
- Click click [edit current torrc] button
The result will now be:
# This file was generated by Tor; if you edit it, comments will not be preserved
# The old torrc file was renamed to torrc.orig.1 or similar, and Tor will ignore it
AvoidDiskWrites 1
Bridge 4.4.4.4:4
ControlPort 9051
DataDirectory .\Data\Tor
DirReqStatistics 0
GeoIPFile .\Data\Tor\geoip
Log notice stdout
ReachableAddresses reject *:*
SocksListenAddress 127.0.0.1
UpdateBridgesFromAuthority 1
UseBridges 1
So settings for selected ports and number of bridges are lost.