Here is a screenshot to confirm the behavior. Note then when I say I've torbutton 1.2.0 I mean this is the version downloaded form the plugins page. As you noted, the version in Synaptic is older.
** Attachment added: "Shows "Tor Enabled" but now working" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18249757/Screenshot-Are%20you%20using%20Tor%3F%20-%20Mozilla%20Firefox.png -- Torbutton does not install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273027 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs