Linux 64-bit Tor Browser Bundle fails every time on Knoppix 64
The latest Linux 64-bit Tor Browser Bundle fails every time on Knoppix 64:
Here's how to reproduce:
- Download the latest 64-bit TOR Browser Bundle for Linux.
- Boot to a Knoppix 64 bit disk (I tested this on a Lenovo W510 laptop).
- Try to start the TBB and you will fail every single time.
Here's how I booted to a Knoppix DVD on my 64-bit Lenovo W510 laptop (with Nvidia graphics):
knoppix64 xmodule=nv acpi=off
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ uname -a Linux Microknoppix 3.6.11-64 #10 (closed) SMP PREEMPT Wed Dec 19 23:51:48 CET 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Here's a log of the bug in the latest build of TOR such that it fails every single time on Knoppix.
The question is why doesn't the TBB work on 64-bit Knoppix?
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ script /tmp/foo.log Script started on Tue 15 Oct 2013 04:25:31 PM UTC ... knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ cd /media/sdb1/portable ... knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdb1/portable$ ls archive readthis.txt tor-browser-2.3.25-13_en-US_windows.exe tor-browser_en-US tor-browser-gnu-linux-i686-2.3.25-13-dev-en-US.tar.gz tor-browser-gnu-linux-x86_64-2.3.25-13-dev-en-US.tar ... knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdb1/portable$ file tor-browser_en-US tor-browser_en-US: directory ... knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdb1/portable$ tor-browser_en-US knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdb1/portable/tor-browser_en-US$ ls App Data Docs Lib start-tor-browser tmp ... knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdb1/portable/tor-browser_en-US$ file start-tor- brow ser start-tor-browser: POSIX shell script, ASCII text executable ... knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdb1/portable/tor-browser_en-US$ ./start-tor- browser Launching Tor Browser Bundle for Linux in /media/sdb1/portable/tor- browser_en-US ./start-tor-browser: line 228: ./App/vidalia: No such file or directory Vidalia exited abnormally. Exit code: 127 ... knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdb1/portable/tor-browser_en-US$ whoami knoppix ... knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdb1/portable/tor-browser_en-US$ file ./App/vidalia ./App/vidalia: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, BuildID[sha1]=0x98bf0995b1cabbe1f955a8064421e400906e50e5, stripped ... knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdb1/portable/tor-browser_en-US$ ls -l ./App/vidalia -rwxrwxrwx 1 knoppix knoppix 6234920 Sep 19 19:05 ./App/vidalia ... knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdb1/portable/tor-browser_en-US$ uname -m x86_64 ... knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdb1/portable/tor-browser_en-US$ pwd /media/sdb1/portable/tor-browser_en-US ... knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdb1/portable/tor-browser_en-US$ ./App/vidalia bash: ./App/vidalia: No such file or directory ... knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdb1/portable/tor-browser_en-US$ touch !$ touch ./App/vidalia ... $ objdump -s -j .interp ./App/vidalia
App/vidalia: file format elf64-x86-64
Contents of section .interp:
400200 2f6c6962 36342f6c 642d6c69 6e75782d /lib64/ld-linux-
400210 7838362d 36342e73 6f2e3200 x86-64.so.2.
...
knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdb1/portable/tor-browser_en-US$ exit
exit
...
Script done on Tue 15 Oct 2013 04:27:33 PM UTC
Bug: TBB does not work on 64-bit Knoppix.
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