another process running in our data directory?
Tor suddenly gave error message it can be started. Norton Internet security, Windows XP is the background. Upgraded to the latest TOR from the official website, got the very same message.
The same error was reported earlier (eg. in ticket legacy/trac#1523 (moved)) but I do not see recommended action. I guess people de-installs TOR to get rid of the annoying message. Anyway, I installed the latest version as a reasonable measure.
tor-browser-1.3.24_en_US.exe downloaded as part of the recommended bundle, installed on the top of v 1.2
vidalia 0.2.10 Qt 4.6.2
message from the log maj 15 10:14:31.062 [Notice] Tor v0.2.1.29 (r8e9b25e6). This is experimental software. Do not rely on it for strong anonymity. (Running on Windows XP Service Pack 2 [workstation] {personal} {terminal services, single user}) maj 15 10:14:33.031 [Notice] Initialized libevent version 1.4.14-stable using method win32. Good. maj 15 10:14:33.140 [Notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050 maj 15 10:14:33.140 [Notice] Opening Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9051 maj 15 10:14:45.328 [Notice] OpenSSL OpenSSL 0.9.8p 16 Nov 2010 looks like version 0.9.8m or later; I will try SSL_OP to enable renegotiation maj 15 10:14:45.328 [Notice] Bootstrapped 45%: Asking for relay descriptors. maj 15 10:14:45.328 [Notice] I learned some more directory information, but not enough to build a circuit: We have only 359/2477 usable descriptors. maj 15 10:14:45.328 [Notice] Bootstrapped 66%: Loading relay descriptors. maj 15 10:14:45.765 [Notice] Bootstrapped 70%: Loading relay descriptors. maj 15 10:14:45.765 [Notice] I learned some more directory information, but not enough to build a circuit: We have only 448/2477 usable descriptors. maj 15 10:14:49.750 [Notice] Bootstrapped 75%: Loading relay descriptors. maj 15 10:14:49.750 [Notice] I learned some more directory information, but not enough to build a circuit: We have only 538/2477 usable descriptors. maj 15 10:14:49.750 [Notice] We now have enough directory information to build circuits. maj 15 10:14:49.750 [Notice] Bootstrapped 80%: Connecting to the Tor network. maj 15 10:14:49.750 [Warning] Error replacing old router store: Permission denied maj 15 10:14:49.750 [Notice] Bootstrapped 85%: Finishing handshake with first hop. maj 15 10:14:49.859 [Error] We couldn't read a descriptor that is supposedly mmaped in our cache. Is another process running in our data directory? Exiting.
The experimental version is resulting the same error as the earlier, well-working one. I guess somebody is intentionally blocking TOR and this hinder is distributed with automatic updates either in Windows or by Symantec Norton. Am I suspicious enough?
The process.exe lists the following processes
Process PID CPU Description Company Name alg.exe 2808 Application Layer Gateway Service Microsoft Corporation AluSchedulerSvc.exe 792 Automatic LiveUpdate Scheduler Service Symantec Corporation AppleMobileDeviceService.exe 700 Apple Mobile Device Service Apple Inc. ccsvchst.exe 2072 Symantec Service Framework Symantec Corporation ccsvchst.exe 1812 Symantec Service Framework Symantec Corporation CTDevSrv.exe 1276 CTDevSrv Window Service Application Creative Technology Ltd ctfmon.exe 3368 CTF Loader Microsoft Corporation CTSVCCDA.EXE 988 Creative Service for CDROM Access Creative Technology Ltd DPCs n/a Deferred Procedure Calls Dropbox.exe 3672 Dropbox Dropbox, Inc. DSentry.exe 2964 DVDSentry Dell - Advanced Desktop Engineering Eudora.exe 3664 EUDORA QUALCOMM Incorporated explorer.exe 2480 Windows Explorer Microsoft Corporation firefox.exe 316 Firefox Mozilla Corporation GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe 3456 GoogleToolbarNotifier Google Inc. hsssrv.exe 1528 AnchorFree Inc. hsswd.exe 1552 iPodService.exe 2804 iPodService Module (32-bit) Apple Inc. iTunesHelper.exe 2272 iTunesHelper Module Apple Inc. jqs.exe 1660 Java(TM) Quick Starter Service Sun Microsystems, Inc. jusched.exe 2672 Java(TM) Update Scheduler Sun Microsystems, Inc. lsass.exe 624 LSA Shell (Export Version) Microsoft Corporation M3SRCHMN.EXE 3268 MyWebSearch SearchScope Monitor MyWebSearch.com mDNSResponder.exe 944 Bonjour Service Apple Inc. MSOFFICE.EXE 1476 Komponenten Microsoft Office 2000 Microsoft Corporation MWSOEMON.EXE 2856 My Web Search Plugin Loader MyWebSearch.com nvsvc32.exe 1976 NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 44.03 NVIDIA Corporation openvpnas.exe 1344 openvpntray.exe 3660 PCMService.exe 2372 PowerCinema Resident Program for Dell CyberLink Corp. Personal.exe 3564 Nexus Personal Technology Nexus AB plugin-container.exe 3472 Plugin Container for Firefox Mozilla Corporation plugin-container.exe 3516 Plugin Container for Firefox Mozilla Corporation plugin-container.exe 2692 Plugin Container for Firefox Mozilla Corporation plugin-container.exe 2252 Plugin Container for Firefox Mozilla Corporation plugin-container.exe 2472 Plugin Container for Firefox Mozilla Corporation QTTask.exe 3048 QuickTime Task Apple Inc. scardsvr.exe 448 Smart Card Resource Management Server Microsoft Corporation services.exe 612 Services and Controller app Microsoft Corporation Skype.exe 3424 Skype Skype Technologies S.A. smss.exe 492 Windows NT Session Manager Microsoft Corporation spoolsv.exe 192 Spooler SubSystem App Microsoft Corporation svchost.exe 1512 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation svchost.exe 1656 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation svchost.exe 1408 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation svchost.exe 896 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation svchost.exe 800 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation svchost.exe 1180 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation svchost.exe 340 Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Microsoft Corporation SynoDrService.exe 1252 SynoDrService Application System 4 wdfmgr.exe 1460 Windows User Mode Driver Manager Microsoft Corporation vidalia.exe 3320 Vidalia vidalia-project.net winlogon.exe 568 Windows NT Logon Application Microsoft Corporation csrss.exe 540 1.54 Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation Interrupts n/a 1.54 Hardware Interrupts procexp.exe 2356 10.77 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com System Idle Process 0 86.15
I am ready to assist in further bug trace
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Username: Anka_tor