tor.service fails

[evanescente-ondine]

Running sudo torctl start fails on me, can you tell if it's your software or tor itself or anything else ?

drm@dr-80qr ~ (main) [1]> sudo torctl start
[sudo] password for drm: 
--==[ torctl.sh by blackarch.org ]==--

[!] WARNING: backing up tor config
[+] backed up tor config
[*] backing up nameservers
[+] backed up nameservers
[*] backing up iptables rules
[+] backed up iptables rules
[*] backing up sysctl rules
[+] backed up sysctl rules
[!] WARNING: configuring tor
[+] configured tor
[!] WARNING: configuring nameservers
[+] configured nameservers
[!] WARNING: tor is running
[*] reloading tor service
Job for tor.service failed.
See "systemctl status tor.service" and "journalctl -xeu tor.service" for details.
[-] ERROR: unable to reload tor service

and the content of journalctl:

rm@dr-80qr ~/travail (main) [1]> journalctl -xeu tor.service
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░ 
░░ A reload job for unit tor.service has finished.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 22189 and the job result is failed.
mars 19 12:49:45 dr-80qr systemd[1]: Reloading Anonymizing overlay network for TCP...
░░ Subject: A reload job for unit tor.service has begun execution
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░ 
░░ A reload job for unit tor.service has begun execution.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 22454.
mars 19 12:49:45 dr-80qr kill[471107]: kill: sending signal to 468977 failed: Operation not permitted
mars 19 12:49:45 dr-80qr systemd[1]: tor.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
░░ Subject: Unit process exited
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░ 
░░ An ExecReload= process belonging to unit tor.service has exited.
░░ 
░░ The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1.
mars 19 12:49:45 dr-80qr systemd[1]: Reload failed for Anonymizing overlay network for TCP.
░░ Subject: A reload job for unit tor.service has finished
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░ 
░░ A reload job for unit tor.service has finished.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 22454 and the job result is failed.

thanks ! it's pretty important as I'll be going to a repressive country

[chrispoop123456]

1. systemctl stop tor.service
2. systemctl disable tor.service
3. sudo torctl start

this should work

[evanescente-ondine]

nope

drm@dr-80qr ~ (main)> sudo systemctl stop tor.service
drm@dr-80qr ~ (main)> sudo systemctl disable tor.service
Removed "/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/tor.service".
drm@dr-80qr ~ (main)> sudo torctl start
[sudo] password for drm: 
--==[ torctl.sh by blackarch.org ]==--

[!] WARNING: backing up tor config
[+] backed up tor config
[*] backing up nameservers
[+] backed up nameservers
[*] backing up iptables rules
[+] backed up iptables rules
[*] backing up sysctl rules
[+] backed up sysctl rules
[!] WARNING: configuring tor
[+] configured tor
[!] WARNING: configuring nameservers
[+] configured nameservers
[!] WARNING: tor is not started
[*] starting tor service
Job for tor.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status tor.service" and "journalctl -xeu tor.service" for details.
[-] ERROR: unable to start tor service

[noraj]

Did you try to launch it after a pacman -Syu without restarting? If yes did you try systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl restart tor