I should not be trying to use tor, but...

[Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com>]

   I am trying to install tor without knowing what
I'm doing.  I typed apt-get install tor, and that
seemed to work.  Then I downloaded torbutton from
the tor website, and it seemed to install.  [was
that a mistake?]

   When I start iceweasel/firefox and click on
the "enable tor" button, I get complaints that
"firefox is configured to use a proxy server
that is refusing connections."

   Perhaps the excerpt from the /var/log/tor/log file below
may identify the problem.

   Thanks!

Mar 18 06:24:37.443 [notice] We now have enough directory information to build circuits.
Mar 18 06:24:37.443 [notice] Bootstrapped 80%: Connecting to the Tor network.
Mar 18 06:24:38.240 [notice] Bootstrapped 85%: Finishing handshake with first hop.
Mar 18 06:24:38.990 [notice] Bootstrapped 90%: Establishing a Tor circuit.
Mar 18 06:24:40.064 [notice] Tor has successfully opened a circuit. Looks like client functionality is working.
Mar 18 06:24:40.066 [notice] Bootstrapped 100%: Done.
Mar 18 06:31:53.084 [notice] Received reload signal (hup). Reloading config and resetting internal state.