After installing 13.2, privoxy cannot connect.

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I’ve just installed OpenSuSE 13.2 on my x86_64 system, and now privoxy fails to start. It worked fine in 13.1.
I’m using NetworkManager to handle my network configuration. When I use “test proxy settings” in YaST’s Proxy tool, I see this:


* Rebuilt URL to: http://www.novell.com/
* Hostname was NOT found in DNS cache
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed

  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0*   Trying 127.0.0.1...
* connect to 127.0.0.1 port 8118 failed: Connection refused
* Failed to connect to localhost port 8118: Connection refused
* Closing connection 0
curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 8118: Connection refused

I have tried logging out/in and rebooting.
What should I look for to further diagnose this problem?

2

Maybe SUSE FW rule allowing localhost:8118 doesn’t exist?

Your error describes the connection being actively denied, not simply a “no response.”

TSU

3

You’re right, there was no entry for privoxy in the firewall. It’s there now, but I get the same error.

4

Well I don’t know if you still have the problem but I just found the solution, after searching in quite a few other locations…
I did an upgrade from 13.1 to 13.2 yesterday and the privoxy service stopped working.
I am guessing that in 13.2 the starting parameters are different or the ownership of the files is different. I changed the ownership of everything in /etc/privoxy from root to privoxy:privoxy and did a stop/start for the privoxy service.
Worked like a charm and I am back in business.
Now going to upgrade another 13.1 system.
Good luck if you are still in trouble.
Yannis.