Hi there, I’m on Whonix 14.
Yes, it’s a fresh installation.
Yes, but every when I shutdown Whonix and later start it again, I always get the error message, when I try to start TBB.
Technically, I don’t know, it was downloaded, then once started and then I got the error.
Sure, here it goes:
user@host:~$ bash -x torbrowser
+ set -o pipefail
+ set -o errtrace
++ basename /usr/bin/torbrowser
+ SCRIPTNAME=torbrowser
+ IDENTIFIER=torbrowser
+ ICON=/usr/share/icons/anon-icon-pack/tbupdate.ico
+ trap tb_error_handler ERR
+ main_function
+ root_check
++ id -u
+ '[' 1000 '!=' 0 ']'
+ true
+ tb_preparation
++ whoami
+ who_ami=user
+ command -v qubesdb-read
+ '[' -n '' ']'
+ is_qubes=false
+ '[' '' = TemplateVM ']'
+ '[' -n '' ']'
+ tb_user_home=/home/user
+ echo /home/user
+ grep -q tor-browser
+ '[' -n '' ']'
+ tb_home_folder=/home/user/.tb
+ '[' -n '' ']'
+ tb_browser_folder=/home/user/.tb/tor-browser
+ shopt -s nullglob
+ local i
+ for i in /etc/torbrowser.d/*.conf /rw/config/torbrowser.d/*.conf
+ bash -n /etc/torbrowser.d/30_default.conf
+ source /etc/torbrowser.d/30_default.conf
+ '[' '' = '' ']'
+ '[' :0 = '' ']'
+ display=:0
+ output=/usr/lib/msgcollector/msgcollector
+ local my_tty
+ local my_tty_exit_code
+ my_tty_exit_code=0
++ tty
+ my_tty=/dev/pts/0
+ '[' '!' 0 = 0 ']'
+ '[' /dev/pts/0 = '' ']'
+ output_opt_1='--icon /usr/share/icons/anon-icon-pack/tbupdate.ico'
+ output_opt_2='--parentpid 2550'
+ output_opt_3='--identifier torbrowser'
+ output_opt_4='--parenttty /dev/pts/0'
+ output_opt_5='--whoami user'
+ output_opts=("$output_opt_1" "$output_opt_2" "$output_opt_3" "$output_opt_4" "$output_opt_5")
+ TITLE='Tor Browser Starter (by Whonix developers)'
+ tb_set_links
+ DOC_LINK=https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Documentation
+ CONTRIBUTE_LINK=https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Contribute
+ DONATE_LINK=https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Donate
+ FORUM_LINK=https://forums.whonix.org
+ MAILINGLIST_LINK=https://www.whonix.org/pipermail/whonix-devel/
+ IMPORTANTBLOG_LINK=https://www.whonix.org/blog/category/important
+ FEATUREBLOG_LINK=https://www.whonix.org/blog/
+ '[' '!' '' = '' ']'
+ '[' -f /usr/share/anon-ws-base-files/workstation ']'
+ local whonix_homepage
+ whonix_homepage=/usr/share/homepage/whonix-welcome-page/whonix.html
+ '[' -f /usr/share/homepage/whonix-welcome-page/whonix.html ']'
+ DEFAULT_LINK=file:///usr/share/homepage/whonix-welcome-page/whonix.html
+ open_link_confirmation_maybe_skip=true
+ parse_cmd_options
+ :
+ case $1 in
+ break
+ local other_args
+ other_args=
+ '[' '' = '' ']'
+ have_other_args=false
+ '[' '' = '' ']'
+ LINK=file:///usr/share/homepage/whonix-welcome-page/whonix.html
+ '[' true = true ']'
+ open_link_confirmation_skip=true
+ tb_templatevm_check
+ '[' false = false ']'
+ true 'Not running in Qubes.'
+ return 0
+ tb_qubes_dvm_template
+ echo ''
+ grep -q --invert-match '\-dvm'
+ true 'INFO: not running inside Qubes DVM Template, ok.'
+ return 0
+ maybe_install_tor_browser
+ '[' -d /home/user/.tb/tor-browser ']'
+ return 0
+ tb_folder_change_directory
+ local change_directory_exit_code=0
+ cd /home/user/.tb/tor-browser
+ '[' '!' 0 = 0 ']'
+ tb_detect_starter_bin
+ '[' '!' '' = '' ']'
+ '[' -x /home/user/.tb/tor-browser/Browser/start-tor-browser ']'
+ tb_starter_bin=/home/user/.tb/tor-browser/Browser/start-tor-browser
+ maybe_use_open_link_confirmation
+ '[' '' = true ']'
+ tool=tb_start_tor_browser
+ '[' -x /usr/lib/open_link_confirmation ']'
+ '[' '!' true = true ']'
+ local temp
+ local tool_exit_code=0
+ '[' file:///usr/share/homepage/whonix-welcome-page/whonix.html = '' ']'
+ temp='tb_start_tor_browser '
+ tb_start_tor_browser file:///usr/share/homepage/whonix-welcome-page/whonix.html
+ local tb_exit_code=0
+ /home/user/.tb/tor-browser/Browser/start-tor-browser --allow-remote file:///usr/share/homepage/whonix-welcome-page/whonix.html
+ tb_exit_code=255
+ true
+ '[' '!' 255 = 0 ']'
+ local 'MSG=<p>Failed to start Tor Browser!<br></br>
<br></br>
Failed to run:<br></br>
<br></br><code>/home/user/.tb/tor-browser/Browser/start-tor-browser --allow-remote "file:///usr/share/homepage/whonix-welcome-page/whonix.html"</code>.
<br></br>
<br></br>Exited with code: <code>255</code>
<br></br>
<br></br>To see this for yourself, you could try: <blockquote>Start Menu -> Applications -> System -> Terminal
<br></br>Then run:
<br></br><code>torbrowser</code></blockquote></p>'
+ /usr/lib/msgcollector/msgcollector --icon /usr/share/icons/anon-icon-pack/tbupdate.ico --parentpid 2550 --identifier torbrowser --parenttty /dev/pts/0 --whoami user --messagex --typex error --titlex 'Tor Browser Starter (by Whonix developers)' --message '<p>Failed to start Tor Browser!<br></br>
<br></br>
Failed to run:<br></br>
<br></br><code>/home/user/.tb/tor-browser/Browser/start-tor-browser --allow-remote "file:///usr/share/homepage/whonix-welcome-page/whonix.html"</code>.
<br></br>
<br></br>Exited with code: <code>255</code>
<br></br>
<br></br>To see this for yourself, you could try: <blockquote>Start Menu -> Applications -> System -> Terminal
<br></br>Then run:
<br></br><code>torbrowser</code></blockquote></p>' --done
+ /usr/lib/msgcollector/msgcollector --icon /usr/share/icons/anon-icon-pack/tbupdate.ico --parentpid 2550 --identifier torbrowser --parenttty /dev/pts/0 --whoami user --messagecli --typecli error --titlecli 'Tor Browser Starter (by Whonix developers)' --message '<p>Failed to start Tor Browser!<br></br>
<br></br>
Failed to run:<br></br>
<br></br><code>/home/user/.tb/tor-browser/Browser/start-tor-browser --allow-remote "file:///usr/share/homepage/whonix-welcome-page/whonix.html"</code>.
<br></br>
<br></br>Exited with code: <code>255</code>
<br></br>
<br></br>To see this for yourself, you could try: <blockquote>Start Menu -> Applications -> System -> Terminal
<br></br>Then run:
<br></br><code>torbrowser</code></blockquote></p>' --done
[ERROR] [torbrowser] Failed to start Tor Browser!
Failed to run:
/home/user/.tb/tor-browser/Browser/start-tor-browser --allow-remote "file:///usr/share/homepage/whonix-welcome-page/whonix.html".
Exited with code: 255
To see this for yourself, you could try: Start Menu -> Applications -> System -> Terminal
Then run:
torbrowser
+ exit 255