<!entity history SYSTEM "history.sgml">
<!entity copyright SYSTEM "copyright.sgml">
<!entity license SYSTEM "license.sgml">
-<!entity p-version "3.0.21">
-<!entity p-status "stable">
-<!entity % p-not-stable "IGNORE">
-<!entity % p-stable "INCLUDE">
+<!entity p-version "3.0.22">
+<!entity p-status "UNRELEASED">
+<!entity % p-not-stable "INCLUDE">
+<!entity % p-stable "IGNORE">
<!entity % p-text "IGNORE"> <!-- define we are not a text only doc -->
<!entity % p-doc "INCLUDE"> <!-- and we are a formal doc -->
<!entity % p-supp-userman "INCLUDE"> <!-- Include all from supported.sgml -->
This file belongs into
ijbswa.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/i/ij/ijbswa/htdocs/
- $Id: faq.sgml,v 2.91 2013/02/26 15:09:35 fabiankeil Exp $
+ $Id: faq.sgml,v 2.100 2014/05/05 09:59:30 fabiankeil Exp $
Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
See LICENSE.
</subscript>
</pubdate>
-<pubdate>$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.91 2013/02/26 15:09:35 fabiankeil Exp $</pubdate>
+<pubdate>$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.100 2014/05/05 09:59:30 fabiankeil Exp $</pubdate>
<!--
and <application>Privoxy's</application> privacy enhancing features
at the same time. While your browser probably lacks some features
&my-app; offers, it should also be able to do some things more
- reliable, for example restricting and suppressing JavaScript.
+ reliably, for example restricting and suppressing JavaScript.
</para>
</sect2>
</para>
<para>
If you intend to help out with the trackers, you also might want to <ulink
- url="https://sourceforge.net/account/register.php">get an account on SourceForge.net</ulink>
+ url="https://sourceforge.net/user/registration">get an account on SourceForge.net</ulink>
so we don't confuse you with the other name-less users.
</para>
<para>
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application> has therefore become an associated
- project of <ulink url="http://www.spi-inc.org/about-spi/about-spi">Software
+ project of <ulink url="http://www.spi-inc.org/">Software
in the Public Interest (SPI)</ulink>, which allows us to receive donations.
In the United States they are tax-deductible, in a few other western countries
they might be tax-deductible in the future.
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="difficult">
<title>Why is the configuration so complicated?</title>
<para>
- <quote>Complicated</quote> is in the eye of the beholder. Those that are
- familiar with some of the underlying concepts, such as regular expression
- syntax, take to it like a fish takes to water. Also, software that tries
- hard to be <quote>user friendly</quote>, often lacks sophistication and
- flexibility. There is always that trade-off there between power vs.
- easy-of-use. Furthermore, anyone is welcome to contribute ideas and
- implementations to enhance &my-app;.
+ <quote>Complicated</quote> is in the eye of the beholder.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Privoxy is currently mainly written by and for people who are already
+ familiar with the underlying concepts like regular expressions, HTTP and HTML,
+ or are willing to become familiar with them to be able to get the most
+ out of a powerful and flexible tool such as Privoxy.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ While everybody is expected to be able to get a Privoxy default installation
+ up and running, fine-tuning requires a certain amount of background
+ information and Privoxy's documentation mainly concentrates on the
+ Privoxy-specific parts while only providing references to the rest.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you or anyone you know has the skills, time and energy to
+ reduce the barrier of entry, please <link linkend="participate">get involved</link>.
</para>
</sect2>
</para>
<para>
- Since <application>Privoxy</application> 3.0.5, its
+ <application>Privoxy's</application>
<ulink url="../user-manual/config.html">main configuration file</ulink>
is already prepared for <application>Tor</application>, if you are using a
default <application>Tor</application> configuration and run it on the same
</para>
<para>
<screen>
-# forward-socks5 / 127.0.0.1:9050 .
+# forward-socks5t / 127.0.0.1:9050 .
</screen>
</para>
<para>
</para>
</sect2>
-
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="macosximages">
<title>In Mac OS X Panther (10.3), images often fail to load and/or I
</para>
</sect2>
+<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="macosxaccountdeletion">
+<title>I just upgraded to Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) and now &my-app; has stopped
+ working.</title>
+ <para>
+ The upgrade process to Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) from an earlier version of OS
+ X deletes all user accounts that are either not part of OS X itself or are
+ not interactive user accounts (ones you log in with). Since, for the sake of
+ security, &my-app; runs as a non-privileged user that is created by its
+ installer (_privoxy), it can no longer start up once that account gets deleted.
+ The solution is to perform a complete uninstall using the supplied
+ <application>uninstall.command</application> script (either back up your
+ configuration files or select to not have the uninstaller remove them when it
+ prompts you) and then reinstall &my-app; using the installer package and merge
+ in your configuration.
+ </para>
+</sect2>
+
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<!-- XXX: Is this still relevant now that we have gzip support? -->
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="blankpage">
Pages with UTF-8 fonts are garbled.
</title>
<para>
- This is caused by the <quote>demoronizer</quote> filter. You should either
- upgrade <application>Privoxy</application>, or at least upgrade to the most
- recent <filename>default.action</filename> file available from <ulink
- url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118">SourceForge</ulink>.
- Or you can simply disable the demoronizer filter.
+ This may be the result of an overly aggressive filter. The filters that
+ are enabled in the default configuration aren't expected to cause problems
+ like this. If you enabled the <quote>demoronizer</quote> filter, please
+ try temporarily disabling it.
+</para>
+<para>
+ If that doesn't help, temporarily disable all filters to see if another
+ filter could be the culprit. If the problem disappears, enable the filters
+ one by one, until the problem reappears and the offending filter is found.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Once the problem-causing filter is known, it can be fixed or disabled.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Upgrading <application>Privoxy</application>, or going to the most recent
+ <filename>default.action</filename> file available from <ulink
+ url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118">SourceForge</ulink>
+ might be worth a try, too.
</para>
</sect2>
is used?
</title>
<para>
- This may also be caused by the <quote>demoronizer</quote> filter,
- in conjunction with a web server that is misreporting the content type. Binary
- files are exempted from <application>Privoxy's</application> filtering
- (unless the web server by mistake says the file is something else). Either
- upgrade <application>Privoxy</application>, or go to the most recent
- <filename>default.action</filename> file available from <ulink
- url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118">SourceForge</ulink>.
+ This may also be caused by an (<link linkend="DEMORONIZER">overly aggressive
+ filter</link> in conjunction with a web server that is misreporting the content
+ type. By default binary files are exempted from
+ <application>Privoxy's</application> filtering
+ (unless the web server by mistake says the file is something else).
</para>
</sect2>
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$Log: faq.sgml,v $
+Revision 2.100 2014/05/05 09:59:30 fabiankeil
+Recommend forward-socks5t when using Tor
+
+It seems to work fine and modifying the Tor configuration
+to profit from it hasn't been necessary for a while now.
+
+Revision 2.99 2014/02/10 14:43:46 fabiankeil
+Make 'demoronizer' FAQ entries more generic
+
+Revision 2.98 2013/12/16 11:20:14 fabiankeil
+Spell 'more reliably' more correctly
+
+Reported by Reuben Thomas in #3615276.
+
+Revision 2.97 2013/11/07 14:42:02 fabiankeil
+White-space adjustments for the previous commit
+
+Revision 2.96 2013/11/06 19:24:18 diem
+Added an entry for the _privoxy user account deletion issue when upgrading to OS X 10.9
+
+Revision 2.95 2013/11/06 16:28:58 fabiankeil
+Rephrase the 'Why is the configuration so complicated?' answer
+
+.. to be slightly less condescending.
+
+Anonymously suggested in #3615122.
+
+Revision 2.94 2013/06/21 14:46:46 fabiankeil
+Link to the SPI homepage instead of the "About SPI" page which no longer exists
+
+Reported by Mark Nelson in #3614557.
+
+Revision 2.93 2013/06/21 14:46:09 fabiankeil
+Update link to the SF registration form
+
+Reported by Mark Nelson in #3614557.
+
+Revision 2.92 2013/03/01 17:44:24 fabiankeil
+Bump entities for 3.0.21 stable
+
Revision 2.91 2013/02/26 15:09:35 fabiankeil
Bump entities for 3.0.21 UNRELEASED
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