Firestarter will not work

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I was never able to get firestarter working either .. it may be too
old for ubuntu's 2.6.x kernel (not sure).  I tried guarddog, but even
had problems with it (could also be a 2.6 versus 2.4 kernel issue).  I
don't know what to recommend (gui wise) .. I ended up going to
netfilter.org and finding a script to use in my ip-up.d directory and
it works just fine.

good luck

On 4/14/05, Peter Barnes <pjb at operamail.com> wrote:
> 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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