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Bug 1280502 - Unable to launch torbrowser-launcher
Summary: Unable to launch torbrowser-launcher
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: torbrowser-launcher
Version: 23
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Robert Mayr
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-11-11 22:39 UTC by fedorix
Modified: 2016-08-27 10:38 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: torbrowser-launcher-0.2.6-1.fc24 torbrowser-launcher-0.2.6-1.fc23 torbrowser-launcher-0.2.6-1.fc25
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2016-08-21 23:22:59 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description fedorix 2015-11-11 22:39:37 UTC 
Description of problem:
Unable to launch torbrowser-launcher

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
[root@fedora23 fedokix]# uname -ar
Linux fedora23 4.2.5-300.fc23.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Oct 27 04:29:56 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.install tor and torbrowser-launcher and  privoxy
2.activate tor service service  : tor start and service privoxy start
3.type on  cli torbrowser-launcher

Actual results:
[root@fedora23 fedokix]#  torbrowser-launcher                   
Tor Browser Launcher
By Micah Lee, licensed under MIT
version 0.2.1
https://github.com/micahflee/torbrowser-launcher
Updating over Tor
Checked for update within 24 hours, skipping
TBB is not installed, attempting to install 5.5a4-hardened
Downloading https://dist.torproject.org/torbrowser/5.5a4-hardened/tor-browser-linux64-5.5a4-hardened_fr.tar.xz.asc
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/torbrowser-launcher", line 30, in <module>
    torbrowser_launcher.main()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher/__init__.py", line 69, in main
    app = Launcher(common, url_list)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher/launcher.py", line 146, in __init__
    self.build_ui()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher/launcher.py", line 304, in build_ui
    self.start(None)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher/launcher.py", line 313, in start
    self.run_task()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher/launcher.py", line 338, in run_task
    self.download('signature', self.common.paths['sig_url'], self.common.paths['sig_file'])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher/launcher.py", line 485, in download
    None)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/twisted/web/client.py", line 1926, in request
    deferred = self._agent.request(method, uri, headers, bodyProducer)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/txsocksx/http.py", line 43, in request
    return self._wrappedAgent.request(*a, **kw)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/twisted/web/client.py", line 1557, in request
    parsedURI = URI.fromBytes(uri)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/twisted/web/client.py", line 606, in fromBytes
    scheme, netloc, path, params, query, fragment = http.urlparse(uri)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/twisted/web/http.py", line 163, in urlparse
    raise TypeError("url must be bytes, not unicode")
TypeError: url must be bytes, not unicode


Expected results:
https://check.torproject.org

Additional info:
installed tbb ; activate service privoxy start
Comment 1 fedorix 2015-11-11 22:40:51 UTC 
root@fedora23 fedokix]# service tor status
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status  tor.service
● tor.service - Anonymizing overlay network for TCP
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/tor.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since mer. 2015-11-11 23:34:05 CET; 6min ago
  Process: 12191 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/tor --runasdaemon 0 --defaults-torrc /usr/share/tor/defaults-torrc -f /etc/tor/torrc --verify-config (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 12193 (tor)
   CGroup: /system.slice/tor.service
           └─12193 /usr/bin/tor --runasdaemon 0 --defaults-torrc /usr/share/tor/defaults-torrc -f /etc/tor/torrc

nov. 11 23:34:04 fedora23 tor[12193]: Nov 11 23:34:04.668 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050
nov. 11 23:34:04 fedora23 Tor[12193]: Parsing GEOIP IPv6 file /usr/share/tor/geoip6.
nov. 11 23:34:04 fedora23 Tor[12193]: Bootstrapped 0%: Starting
nov. 11 23:34:05 fedora23 Tor[12193]: Bootstrapped 80%: Connecting to the Tor network
nov. 11 23:34:05 fedora23 Tor[12193]: Signaled readiness to systemd
nov. 11 23:34:05 fedora23 systemd[1]: Started Anonymizing overlay network for TCP.
nov. 11 23:34:06 fedora23 Tor[12193]: Bootstrapped 85%: Finishing handshake with first hop
nov. 11 23:34:06 fedora23 Tor[12193]: Bootstrapped 90%: Establishing a Tor circuit
nov. 11 23:34:06 fedora23 Tor[12193]: Tor has successfully opened a circuit. Looks like client functionality is working.
nov. 11 23:34:06 fedora23 Tor[12193]: Bootstrapped 100%: Done
Comment 2 Jamie Nguyen 2015-11-12 07:32:04 UTC 
This doesn't appear to be any problem for the Tor package. The problem is with "torbrowser-launcher". Reassigning.
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2016-08-11 21:30:56 UTC 
torbrowser-launcher-0.2.6-1.fc23 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 23. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-196bdd506a
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2016-08-11 21:31:32 UTC 
torbrowser-launcher-0.2.6-1.fc24 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 24. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-dc2a70c58a
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2016-08-11 21:32:59 UTC 
torbrowser-launcher-0.2.6-1.fc25 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 25. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-5f19d0e541
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2016-08-12 14:27:50 UTC 
torbrowser-launcher-0.2.6-1.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-5f19d0e541
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2016-08-12 20:52:38 UTC 
torbrowser-launcher-0.2.6-1.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-196bdd506a
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2016-08-12 20:52:41 UTC 
torbrowser-launcher-0.2.6-1.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-dc2a70c58a
Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2016-08-21 23:22:53 UTC 
torbrowser-launcher-0.2.6-1.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2016-08-22 01:20:34 UTC 
torbrowser-launcher-0.2.6-1.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2016-08-27 10:38:43 UTC 
torbrowser-launcher-0.2.6-1.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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