Question about firestarter

[Dustin Breese]

Christian,

Many appologies, it seems I am being an idiot today (more so than usual).

My button was already enabled when I sent those instructions before!
You are correct -- pressing TAB TAB doesn't appear to enable the
button.  It appears only a MOUSE CLICK will work.

I can't find a way to activate the table with the keyboard.

I filed an enhancement request, and pointed to this posting for more details:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=551991

Regards,
Dustin


On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Christian <christian08 at runbox.com> wrote:
> Hello Dustin,
> many thanks for your reply!
> Yes, I focused the policy tab after I pressed the tab key twice. Then I used the Orcas reading commands to find the add rule button wich I performed a left click on. But, no! Nothing happens! I also selected the inbound traffic from the combo box.
> This is really frustrating since this seems to be a very nice interface for IPTables, if I could use all features!
> You have a very good point there, that would be very good if you could have a button next to each table wich you could access by just hitting tab.
> Many thanks for all your help,
> Christian
>
>
> On 2008-09-12 at 09:53 Dustin Breese wrote:
>
>>I know what you mean about SO MANY PROGRAMS!  :)
>>
>>Not sure if you got my last post fully.  In order for the ADD RULE
>>button to become enabled, you must first select the entire table
>>widget.  Even if there are no rules in the table!  The TABLE, not an
>>individual table entry, but the TABLE must be selected.  Once the
>>correct table widget is selected, then and only then does the ADD RULE
>>button become enabled.
>>
>>Try doing this:
>>1) Put focus on the POLICY TAB.
>>2) Hit TAB two times.
>>3) Now see if the ADD RULE button is enabled.
>>
>>I think a good suggestion for Firestarter would be to have a separate
>>button next to each table so that the correct rule type can be
>>determined.  It isn't immediately obvious in its current state.
>>
>>Let us know if this is still not working and we can eventually figure it
>>out!
>>
>>Regards,
>>Dustin
>>
>>On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Christian <christian08 at runbox.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Dustin,
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2008-09-12 at 08:45 Dustin Breese wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi, Christian,
>>>>
>>>>I just looked at something similar this morning for another post.
>>>>
>>>>I assume you meant POLICY tab, not PRIVACY tab.
>>>>
>>>>If so, then to enable the ADD RULE button, you must first select one
>>>>of the tables on the tab.  There are two tables which are selectable
>>>>(the third appears to be grayed out).
>>>>
>>>>The first table is "Allow connections from host" which allows you to
>>>>specify an IP address so that all traffic is allowed.  To select this
>>>>table when the "Policy Tab" widget is active, you can just hit TAB
>>>>TAB.  Then the ADD RULE button becomes active so you can add a rule
>>>>for that table.
>>>>
>>>>The next table is "Allow Service" which allows you to enable a
>>>>specific PORT, optionally restricting it to a host, subnet, etc.  To
>>>>select this table when the "Policy Tab" widget is active, you must hit
>>>>TAB three times.  Then the ADD RULE button becomes active.
>>>>
>>>>I hope this helps you?
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>Dustin
>>>>
>>>>On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Christian <christian08 at runbox.com>
>>wrote:
>>>>> HI all,
>>>>> I need some help with the Firestarter interface. Running Ubuntu Hardy.
>>>>> I have been using the command based firewall, ufw, but I decided to
>>give
>>>>Firestarter a try as well. ufw has been working fine for my needs, but
>>>>decided to give this a try.
>>>>> I am visually impaired so I am using the Orca screen reader for Gnome.
>>>>> My problem is adding a rule. I am able to use the tab key to move
>>>>through the interface and set some of its settings. When I change to the
>>>>privacy tab I am not able to do anything. I have used Orcas reading
>>>>commands and found the button to add a rule but nothing happens when i
>>>>click on that. I am placed in a table wich is empty.
>>>>> Can someone please tell me if I need to select something before I can
>>>>add a rule? I selected to change rules for inbound traffic from the combo
>>>>box.
>>>>> Can someone please try to add a rule just by using their keyboard?
>>>>> Well, I can learn how to enter rules manually into IPTables, but havent
>>>>done it yet.
>>>>> Many thanks for any help,
>>>>> Christian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>> Many thanks for your reply.
>>> Oops, yes I meant the policy tab, so many programs now! smile.
>>> I've tried this but it doesn't work for me. Currently I don't have any
>>rules. I am not able to get to the add rule button by just pressing tab. I
>>also tried using Orca to click on that button, but the button is disabled.
>>> Best regards and thanks,
>>> Christian
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