[tbb-bugs] #21306 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Be more helpful in the "cannot connect to tor control" error case

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#21306: Be more helpful in the "cannot connect to tor control" error case
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 Reporter:  arma                      |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:1 teor]:
 > Similarly, the "tor exited on startup" case could do with some work.
 > It happened to me (my fault for editing the torrc), but there were no
 log messages and no helpful options except "restart". Which didn't work,
 of course.

 That's #12501, yes. All in all what this ticket needs is a fix for #10059
 first. That is we need a tor patch to get the relevant information to be
 able to be more helpful.

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