Firestarter service fails to start

Ioannis Vranos ivranos at freemail.gr
Wed Apr 16 20:40:47 UTC 2008


Vitorio Okio wrote:
> "Ioannis Vranos" <ivranos at freemail.gr> wrote in message 
> news:4805FE23.8080902 at freemail.gr...
>> OS: Ubuntu 7.10 x86.
>>
>>
>> I removed the splash option from the kernel line in the grub
>> configuration file, and during boot I saw a message that Firestarter
>> service fails to start.
>>
>>
>> How can I fix this? Also I couldn't find the error message in
>> System::Administration::System Log. Where are these messages stored?
>>
>>
>> Any feedback will be appreciated.
>>
> 
> just execute the following:
> 
>     ~$: sudo /etc/init.d/firestarter status
> 
> you should have the following output on your terminal:
> 
>     *Firestarter started.
> 
> as you can easiliy guess this means it started and running :-)))
> 
> if you do not see anything like this you should get consern and 
> investigate it further.


I got this instead:

john at john-desktop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/firestarter status
[sudo] password for john:
 * Firestarter is running...
john at john-desktop:~$





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