[ubuntu-za] Firestarter firewall

[William Gebers]

Hi Robert.

Have you tried running Firestarter as root?  Although I have never
tried using Firestarter, it sounds like it may have to do with
permissions.  I.e. the software is trying to check the status of
something that it does not have permission to access and hence thinks
it is not active?


Regards

William



2008/10/2 Robert Holm <robhholm at lantic.net>:
> Hi,
>
> I am somewhat intrigued by the following:
> I connect to the internet via an iBurst desktop modem using the ethernet
> port. Works perfectly.
>
> When I load the Firestarter firewall that I used successfully with my
> dialup connection I get the following: "Failed to start the firewall.
> The device eth0 is not ready. Please check your network device settings
> and make sure your internet connection is active."
>
> What intrigues me is that, in spite of this, the firestarter gui
> reflects the following:
> Network Device eth0, Type internet, records the bandwidth received and
> sent correctly, shows the activity speed, and shows the IP addresses of
> the active connections.
>
> This seems to me to be a contradiction and, while I'm not losing any
> sleep over it, it would be interesting to understand what is going on.
>
> Anyone have any idea?
>
> Robert
>
>
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