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I'm trying to run Tor in virtual machine. It used to work, but now when I try to access sites I get "502 bad gateway" error from Privoxy instead of requested site. I tried fixing time to correct one with date command but I still get 502 error. I use Virtualbox, Linux guest, and Tor+Privoxy setup.

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What's in tor's log file? – Bender Dec 11 '09 at 17:13
"Application request when we're believed to be offline. Optimistically trying directory fetches again." and then, 2 minutes later: "Tried for 120 seconds to get a connection to scrubbed:80. Giving up. (waiting for circuit)" – Kon Dec 11 '09 at 19:43
It seems your Privoxy configuration isn´t properly configured – Denja Jan 17 '11 at 14:13
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Try going to Google normally without Tor.

If you can do this, it is possible that your ISP is blocking TOR or the page you are visiting is just filtered at the other end.

Also, if you can visit Google normally, it means that this problem is related to Tor itself and nothing to do with being inside a virtual machine.

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I used to have this problem when I had old date and time in my virtual machine, but I always fixed it by setting actual time with date command. Now it doesn't work. – Kon Dec 11 '09 at 16:25
Yes, I can visit Google normally. – Kon Dec 11 '09 at 19:49
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Check the virtual machine can access the internet by pinging then using wget/curl to get a webpage, since the log suggests that is where the error is. If you can't then it's a networking problem with the virtual machine and you'll need to make sure the Virtualbox network is correctly configured and that the virtual machine is getting an ip address correctly.

If the virtual machine can connect then it's likely a config issue with Tor or Privoxy. Try bypassing Privoxy by using Tor directly on the virtual machine - torify wget http://www.google.com should do that.

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