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Windows 10.
Tor version 15.0.17.
Security level Standard.
I can only bootstrap to 5%‚ 10%with the built-in meek bridge,day 6 now. Had the same problem a few weeks ago topic# 21647.
Log states , connections died in state connecting with SSL state (no SSL object)
Closing no-longer-configured Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9150
DisableNetwork is set.
Also the date timestamp in log is 4 hours past the correct actual time of my computer.
I believe I found my answer. In my torrc file I had ( ExitNodes {us} StrictNodes 1 ) because I use commerce sites like Ebay and wanted a USA ip address.
I changed torrc to ( ExitNodes {us},{ca},{gb} StrictNodes 1 )
and added EntryNodes {us},{ca},{gb}
Tor is now connected, yeah!
BTW Spoke to IT at Ebay and they accept Tor they even changed their captcha from Google’s to another because Google’s captcha won’t solve for Tor network. Google just wants your ip/personal data and denies Tor completely with reoccurring captcha’s that never solve.
This edit is to explain what led to my conclusion. Inside the Tor browser folder is
C:\Tor Browser\Browser\TorBrowser\Tor\tor.exe I clicked on it which brought up the command prompt that bootstrapped to 100% and connected to Tor.
Particularly the line that stated torrc is not present and will use defaults led me to inspect the torrc file in my Tor browser folder.
( Jul 26 12:18:35.538 [notice] Configuration file “C:\Users\owner\AppData\Roaming\tor\torrc” not present, using reasonable defaults.)
Here is the complete text in the command prompt–>
Jul 26 12:18:35.502 \[notice\] Tor 0.4.9.11 (git-f3d28b2e0978ca07) running on Windows 8 \[or later\] with Libevent 2.1.12-stable, OpenSSL 3.5.7, Zlib 1.3.2, Liblzma N/A, Libzstd N/A and Unknown N/A as libc.
Jul 26 12:18:35.502 \[notice\] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at https://support.torproject.org/faq/staying-anonymous/
Jul 26 12:18:35.538 \[notice\] Configuration file "C:\\Users\\owner\\AppData\\Roaming\\tor\\torrc" not present, using reasonable defaults.
Jul 26 12:18:35.540 \[warn\] Path for GeoIPFile () is relative and will resolve to C:\\Tor Browser\\Browser\\TorBrowser\\Tor. Is this what you wanted?
Jul 26 12:18:35.540 \[warn\] Path for GeoIPv6File () is relative and will resolve to C:\\Tor Browser\\Browser\\TorBrowser\\Tor. Is this what you wanted?
Jul 26 12:18:35.544 \[notice\] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050
Jul 26 12:18:35.544 \[notice\] Opened Socks listener connection (ready) on 127.0.0.1:9050
Jul 26 12:18:35.000 \[notice\] Set list of supported TLS groups to: ?\*X25519MLKEM768 / ?SecP256r1MLKEM768 / \*P-256:?X25519:P-224
Jul 26 12:18:35.000 \[notice\] Bootstrapped 0% (starting): Starting
Jul 26 12:18:40.000 \[notice\] Starting with guard context "default"
Jul 26 12:18:43.000 \[notice\] Bootstrapped 5% (conn): Connecting to a relay
Jul 26 12:18:43.000 \[notice\] Bootstrapped 10% (conn_done): Connected to a relay
Jul 26 12:18:43.000 \[notice\] Bootstrapped 14% (handshake): Handshaking with a relay
Jul 26 12:18:44.000 \[notice\] Bootstrapped 15% (handshake_done): Handshake with a relay done
Jul 26 12:18:44.000 \[notice\] Bootstrapped 75% (enough_dirinfo): Loaded enough directory info to build circuits
Jul 26 12:18:44.000 \[notice\] Bootstrapped 90% (ap_handshake_done): Handshake finished with a relay to build circuits
Jul 26 12:18:44.000 \[notice\] Bootstrapped 95% (circuit_create): Establishing a Tor circuit
Jul 26 12:18:44.000 \[notice\] Bootstrapped 100% (done): Done