I can't start tor

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I have manjaro rolling. When I execute sudo systemctl restart tor.service or sudo systemctl start tor.service, I get this error:
Job for tor.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status tor.service" and "journalctl -xeu tor.service" for details.
What is the problem? I could use tor for some days ago.

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The log file mentioned in the message yielded nothing?

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Hi @RezaHoss,

There is only one version of Manjaro.

No-one would know without looking somewhere, and

It actually tells you where to look.

Please do as the message said, and provide the output for:

systemctl status tor.service

and

journalctl -xeu tor.service

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This is last part of journalctl -xeu tor.service:

░░ Subject: A start job for unit tor.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit tor.service has finished with a failure.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 5545 and the job result is failed.

And systemctl status tor.service:

× tor.service - Anonymizing overlay network for TCP
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/tor.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2023-01-03 19:28:43 +0330; 59min ago
    Process: 10646 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/tor -f /etc/tor/torrc --verify-config (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
        CPU: 21ms

ژانویه 03 19:28:43 reza-manjaro systemd[1]: tor.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
ژانویه 03 19:28:43 reza-manjaro systemd[1]: Stopped Anonymizing overlay network for TCP.
ژانویه 03 19:28:43 reza-manjaro systemd[1]: tor.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
ژانویه 03 19:28:43 reza-manjaro systemd[1]: tor.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
ژانویه 03 19:28:43 reza-manjaro systemd[1]: Failed to start Anonymizing overlay network for TCP.

NOTE: ژانویه is january

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Why only the last part?
Where it says that it has failed - but not why.
That may be in there, but before what you shared.

anyway - if I read that correctly:

there seems to be something wrong with the configuration file

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I was using tor with this config with no problem.

░░ Subject: A start job for unit tor.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit tor.service has finished with a failure.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 5444 and the job result is failed.
ژانویه 03 19:28:43 reza-manjaro systemd[1]: tor.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
░░ Subject: Automatic restarting of a unit has been scheduled
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░ 
░░ Automatic restarting of the unit tor.service has been scheduled, as the result for
░░ the configured Restart= setting for the unit.
ژانویه 03 19:28:43 reza-manjaro systemd[1]: Stopped Anonymizing overlay network for TCP.
░░ Subject: A stop job for unit tor.service has finished
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░ 
░░ A stop job for unit tor.service has finished.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 5545 and the job result is done.
ژانویه 03 19:28:43 reza-manjaro systemd[1]: tor.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
ژانویه 03 19:28:43 reza-manjaro systemd[1]: tor.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░ 
░░ The unit tor.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
ژانویه 03 19:28:43 reza-manjaro systemd[1]: Failed to start Anonymizing overlay network for TCP.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit tor.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit tor.service has finished with a failure.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 5545 and the job result is failed.
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yet, this is the error message that I see :man_shrugging:

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Surprisengly when I removed a bridge from torrc, the problem solved!

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Hey man!
I have the exact same problem.
Could tell me exactly what you change to get past this error message?

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