Question about firestarter

[Christian]

Hi Dustin,
Many thanks for creating this enhancement request. Let's hope that it will be looked at soon.
Well, in the meantime I might go back to ufw, but I am not sure yet.
Have a great day and thanks again for your help!
Christian


On 2008-09-12 at 10:31 Dustin Breese wrote:

>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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