#899 Privoxy-3.0.24 on Android unable to resolve hostname

[Strykar]

Privoxy 3.0.24 fails on ARM Android fails to resolve hostnames in spite of uncommented nameservers present in /sdcard/etc/resolv.conf as per instructions at https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/files/Android/3.0.24%20%28stable%29/
Browsing by IP works fine via privoxy.

I've also tried 3.0.25_beta with the same issue both with and without unscd.
There's no strace on the phone (Moto G 1st gen) and I'm not sure how to troubleshoot the issue further.

[Ian Silvester]

Hi,

Given that Privoxy's Android support is very new, we're keen to gather information about any failures. As a first approximation, please let us know what version of Android the phone runs, and whether it is rooted or not, and please share your resolv.conf file.

Thanks,

Ian

[Strykar]

Hi Ian,

Happy to help in any way I can, let me know what else info you may need.
The phone is rooted, running just a few nightlies behind the latest Cyanogenmod (CM13).

Please see attached screenshots.
Managed to get strace, I should have an update with strace output later today.

[Strykar]

Ok, I ran strace and I don't see it even trying to open resolv.conf - log attached
However I ran strace+privoxy with the standard user account (u0_a160), and I assume it usually runs with Connectbot's privileges? Let me know if you need another strace.

sdcard/$ id
uid=10160(u0_a160) gid=10160(u0_a160) groups=10160(u0_a160),3003(inet),9997(everybody),50160(all_a160) context=u:r:untrusted_app:s0:c512,c768

Command run - "strace -o /sdcard/privoxxy.log /data/data/org.connectbot/privoxy --no-daemon /sdcard/privoxy/etc/privoxy/config"

[Ian Silvester]

Hi Strykar,

Took me a while to spot the obvious - you need to expand the zip file to the root of your sdcard rather than within a folder named privoxy, such that resolv.conf can be found at /sdcard/etc/resolv.conf.

Please try that and let me know how you get on,

Ian

[Strykar]

Thanks Ian, I'm pretty sure I had a copy of resolv.conf in /sdcard/etc too.
Sadly I lost the phone while out on vacation last week and will update this once I get a new phone.

I'm curious, what lines did you find the issue in the strace log?

[fangerenn]

I had the same problem initially, extracting the zip file to the root of sdcard instead of a folder does fix it.