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Once vidalia is installed then edit the ~/.vidalia/torrc file.
Add the following to torrc or use a the torrc file from /etc/tor/torrc.
-# Set the Tor Circuit Build time to find faster tor servers, increments of seconds
+# Set the Tor Circuit Build time to find faster tor servers, increments
+# of seconds
CircuitBuildTimeout 2
# connections while Tor is not in use.
KeepalivePeriod 60
@@ -13,5 +14,14 @@ NewCircuitPeriod 15
NumEntryGuards 8
To use vidalia and tor with Firefox then add the FoxyProxy extension
-and use the FoxyProxy's Tor Wizard. For extra anonimity in Firefox then try
-Torbutton extension and Privoxy.
+and use the FoxyProxy's Tor Wizard. For extra anonimity in Firefox then
+try Torbutton extension and Privoxy.
+
+As of version 0.2.10 vidalia supports the local GeoIP database from
+MaxMind. If the package hasn't been built with GEOIP=no, edit your
+vidalia.conf to enable using the database via the
+"UseLocalGeoIpDatabase" and "LocalGeoIpDatabase" options. For example:
+
+[General]
+UseLocalGeoIpDatabase=true
+LocalGeoIpDatabase=/var/lib/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat