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firestarter fails on startup

Asked by Daniel Brumbaugh-Keeney

My system works fine as far as I know. I don't know anything about firewalls, but they're supposed to be good to have, so I installed FireStarter. I'm just saying that to make the point that I don't really know if it's running or doing anything at all. Anyhow, every 33 times I boot my computer, it complains about mounting some volume without checking and proceeds to check the hard drive for errors (I think). I don't know what that's about, but when it show's that screen, it also says something like:

stopping the Firestarter firewall
...done
starting the Firestarter firewall
...fail!
run-parts: /etc/network/if-up.d/50firestarter exited with return code 2

I suspect the same error is caused every time I start the computer, but I only ever see the startup process output when these disk checks occur.
Is this an error I should worry about? What does it mean?

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#1

Hello Daniel

Seems to be a well known bug in firestarter ubuntu:

A possible solution is as posted in one of the comments on the bug:

Edit the file..

sudo gedit /etc/network/if-up.d/50firestarter

and change the lines from this..

#! /bin/sh

/etc/init.d/firestarter restart

To this:

#! /bin/sh

if [ "$(/etc/init.d/firestarter status | grep running)" ]; then /etc/init.d/firestarter restart;
else /etc/init.d/firestarter start; fi
exit 0

More info:

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firestarter/+bug/132039

Or you can wait for the next release (ubuntu 8.04) where the fix can be released..

Hope it helps

Bhavani Shankar.

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Daniel Brumbaugh-Keeney (db-keen) said : 		#2

I made the change to the specified file, and it did not solve the problem. Now, instead of

stopping the Firestarter firewall
...done
starting the Firestarter firewall
...fail!
run-parts: /etc/network/if-up.d/50firestarter exited with return code 2

I see only:

starting the Firestarter firewall
...fail!

I am willing to ignore the matter and hope it is fixed in 8.04, but I would very much like to know if this means my computer is at risk.

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ET (ponderworks-yahoo) said : 		#3

Try this....

Click on System

then Preferences

then Sessions

On the tab "Startup Programs"

Click Firestarter

That should do the trick. It worked for me.

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Daniel Brumbaugh-Keeney (db-keen) said : 		#4

Since it only shows up every 33rd time I boot the computer, I have long forgotten about this issue. Odds are ET's directions fixed it, but, regardless, the problem is fixed.

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Jeroen (c0p3rn1c) said : 		#5

The bug is still not fixed in ubuntu interpid.

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Jon Loveless (papajon) said : 		#6

Agree. I still get the message. I can start the firewall manually after boot. If the minimize to tray item is selected in Preferences, then it will persist. Otherwise, when I close the terminal or Firestarter then the firewall shuts down.

'sudo firestarter' will start the firewall.

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twilightwolf90 (twilightwolf90) said : 		#7

I still have the problem in 9.04 Jaunty.

I have to start the firewall from the terminal or in the startup apps using "gksudo firestarter" and retyping my password every time I login.

Why can't firestarter wait for my wireless connection to connect, if at all, and start on detection of the internet...