Firestarter will not work

[Peter Barnes]

I'm (almost) new to Linux and tried the Kubuntu preview 
version. I wanted a firewall and got a couple of 
suggestions here. I installed Firestarter because it used a 
GUI but I could not get it to work. So I decided to wait 
until I had the 5.04 Kubuntu.  
 
Now I have that, and installed Firestarter but it still 
doesn't work. I'm using a standard PC connected via a 
router and broadband to the internet and through the router 
to a Windows PC. Kubuntu can see the internet and the other 
PC. When I try to start Firestater from Konsole I get the 
wizard and a lot of lines in Konsole. On the internet page 
of the wizard it offers me eth0 or ipv6, so i choose eth0 
which sounds at least familiar. On the next page - network 
- it offers the same. If I choose eth0 it tells me to go 
away - I can't have the same for internet and network. If I 
choose ipv6 it does not work - the firewall cannot set up 
(and after googling I think ipv6 is irrelevant to me). 
 
Meanwhile....the lines have scrolled in Konsole - see 
excerpts below this message. I've no idea what is wrong. 
Can anyone help? 
Thanks, 
Peter 
 
 
Error reading file /etc/firestarter/inbound/allow-from: No 
such file or directory 
Error reading file /etc/firestarter/inbound/allow-service: 
No such file or directory 
Error reading file /etc/firestarter/inbound/forward: No 
such file or directory 
Error reading file /etc/firestarter/outbound/deny-to: No 
such file or directory 
Error reading file /etc/firestarter/outbound/deny-from: No 
such file or directory 
Error reading file /etc/firestarter/outbound/deny-service: 
No such file or directory 
Error reading file /etc/firestarter/outbound/allow-to: No 
such file or directory 
Error reading file /etc/firestarter/outbound/allow-from: No 
such file or directory 
Error reading file /etc/firestarter/outbound/allow-service: 
No such file or directory 
Error reading file /etc/firestarter/outbound/allow-service: 
No such file or directory 
Error reading file /etc/firestarter/outbound/allow-service: 
No such file or directory 
Error reading file /etc/firestarter/outbound/allow-service: 
No such file or directory 
Error reading file /etc/firestarter/outbound/allow-service: 
No such file or directory 
Error reading file /etc/firestarter/outbound/allow-service: 
No such file or directory 
Error reading file /etc/firestarter/outbound/allow-service: 
No such file or directory 
Warning: External interface previously configured not found 
Warning: Internal interface previously configured not found 
Error reading /proc/net/ip_conntrack: No such file or 
directory 
Error reading /proc/net/ip_conntrack: No such file or 
directory 
Error reading /proc/net/ip_conntrack: No such file or 
directory 
............and this line repeated many times. 
 
 
 
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