Feature #9565

Manually restart Vidalia

Added by Entriel 2015-06-12 19:41:07 . Updated 2015-06-12 19:46:52 .

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Resolved
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Normal
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Category:
Tor configuration
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Start date:
2015-06-12
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Description

If I’m not mistaken, when a network connection is detected, Tails automatically starts Vidalia.

I have a little problem with this behavior. If Vidalia somehow cannot fetch Tor consensus, it forces me to restart Tails. After a restart it generally manages to connect to Tor network.

I am wondering if there is a way to manually restart Vidalia, so that I can use it when Tor consensus problem occurred.

As you can see, a restart and waiting another 5 to 10 minutes for the system to boot up solves my problem, but it started to wear on me.

Thank you for your time.

_PS: I would be happy to know if there is any other way to get rid of the consensus problem or not.
PPS: I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but anyway if I’m at the wrong place I would appreciate the directions for the right one._

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#1 Updated by intrigeri 2015-06-12 19:46:52

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> I am wondering if there is a way to manually restart Vidalia, so that I can use it when Tor consensus problem occurred.

Yes: disconnect and then reconnect from the network, using the NetworkManager applet on top-right of the screen.

> _PS: I would be happy to know if there is any other way to get rid of the consensus problem or not.

Please report a bug about it: https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/bug_reporting/

> PPS: I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but anyway if I’m at the wrong place I would appreciate the directions for the right one._

Reaching out to support channels is indeed better. No big deal, though, and thanks for asking!