Not Connected. Ever. v2.7.9 on Tails v2.10

[radbradsdad]

Electrum 2.7.9 doesn't seem to want to connect despite various config changes. I've tried auto-select server as well as:

Server: 56ckl5obj37gypcu.onion:50002
SSL Enabled
Socks 5, localhost:9050

OS: Tails v2.10

Regardless, the message in the bottom just says "Not connected"

Any help would be appreciated. I sent some btc into the wallet, and there are currently 10 confirmations via blockchain. But nothing in my Electrum wallet.

[ecdsa]

maybe the server is not online anymore?
either disable TOR, or find another .onion server
https://1209k.com/bitcoin-eye/ele.php

[JazzTp]

@radbradsdad, seen your message, I have checked out Electrum 2.7.9 with Tails 2.10, and it connects and syncs fine here (2.7.9 is the version coming with Tails 2.10). I'm using it through Tor, the network configuration is the default one for Electrum in Tails: Select server automatically: check (= activated, do it automatically) Use SSL: check (activated) Proxy: SOCKS5 localhost 9050 Be sure to wait a few seconds after booting and logging in, until Tails tells you that Tor is ready to use. If that does not happen, the problem is elsewhere. You might have to look into Tails docs and troubleshoot your connection and/or Tor setup. It always ran straightforward here, so I have no idea what you might need to change. At present, I'm actually using Electrum 2.7.18 (*) on Tails 2.10 and it works fine too (just a few messages on the terminal window from which I launch, but it connects and syncs very fast and I can receive and send coins). I had tried previous Electrum versions (2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.7.12, 2.7.17) on previous Tails versions, always through Tor, I haven't made many transactions yet but I can tell you that so far I never had one single connection/sync problem (just one day a momentary "server did not answer" thing while broadcasting a transaction, apparently independent of the Electrum version, but that happened after a straightforward connection and sync, anyway). (*) The online part: I boot Tails from DVD, then launch a script I prepared, which eliminates the .electrum folder and replaces it from a backed up one (**), it extracs Electrum from a password protected archive, enters its folder and launches it from within (otherwise the Electrum version coming with Tails would be launched) with the appropiate wallet. When Electrum exits, the script offers to backup the .electrum folder. I can launch again and then launch another script which only does that backup (or I can trivially launch tar myself, but the scripts renames previous backups to always keep a few of them). The offline part: I boot from pendrive, Persistence is active but just to avoid a second pendrive. I launch a script similar to the other one, the only thing which changes is that the wallet is the cold storage one. So, not modifying anything in Tails nor relying on Persistence more than that, I can switch rather quickly to a new Tails/Electrum version. Actually, .electrum here is a sym link to something like .electrum_2.7.18, so I can keep different backups and try a previous Electrum version any time. (**) Upon first launch of a new Electrum version, I only leave the blockchain_headers file in the .electrum folder (or nothing at all), and let Electrum create the rest, and configure again Network and other Preferences.