Firestarter broke after yesterday's upgrade

erythrocyte · 2008-10-21 10:00:21

I use XFCE and when I upgraded using pacman -Syu yesterday, this seems to have brought in a regression in Firestarter 1.0.3-7. When I click on System>"Firestarter gksu" and enter the root password, an error message is displayed as follows:

"A proper configuration for Firestarter was not found. If you are running Firestarter from the directory you built it in, run 'make install-data-local' to install a configuration, or simply 'make install' to install the whole program.

Firestarter will now close."

I tried purging Firestarter and re-installing to no effect. Also I tried an old possible solution to this problem from http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch … 03053.html which is to do as root

gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/firestarter/client/system_log /var/log/kernel

I get the same error dialog when running 'sudo firestarter' or 'gksu firestarter' from CLI. Further, the 'gksu firestarter' command from CLI outputs the following message in the terminal

(firestarter:13317): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.

Firestarter only seems to work without the error when switching to root as 'su -' and then issuing either 'firestarter' or 'gksu firestarter' OR as normal user 'gksudo firestarter'.

I tried installing from ABS, but it's no use either. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Could this be related to libgnomeui?

sudo pacman -Qi firestarter

Name           : firestarter
Version        : 1.0.3-7
URL            : http://www.fs-security.com/
Licenses       : GPL  
Groups         : None
Provides       : None
Depends On     : libgnomeui>=2.18.1-2  iptables  logger  dhcp  
Optional Deps  : None
Required By    : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : None
Installed Size : 1673.62 K
Packager       : Jan de Groot <jgc@archlinux.org>
Architecture   : i686
Build Date     : Thu 26 Apr 2007 09:09:06 PM UTC
Install Date   : Tue 21 Oct 2008 11:45:49 AM UTC
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Description    : A frontend for the ip-tables netfilter, a kernel based
                 firewall.

sudo pacman -Qqe

abs
alsa-utils
alunn
archlinux-artwork
archlinux-menus
archlinux-themes-gdm
archlinux-wallpaper
aspell-en
autoconf
bin86
binutils
bison
brasero
ca-certificates
checkgmail
codecs
coreutils
cpio
cracklib
cryptsetup
cups
dash
db
dcron
device-mapper
dhcp
dhcpcd
dialog
dmapi
e2fsprogs
ed
epdfview
exo
fakeroot
file
filesystem
findutils
firefox
firestarter
flashplugin
flex
foomatic-db
foomatic-db-engine
foomatic-db-hpijs
foomatic-filters
gawk
gcc
gcc-libs
gdbm
gdm
gen-init-cpio
gettext
gimp
grep
groff
grub
gtk-engines
gtk-xfce-engine
gtk2-themes-collection
guifications
gzip
hal
hdparm
hicolor-icon-theme
hplip
hwdetect
initscripts-splashy
iptables
iputils
jfsutils
jre
kbd
kernel26
klibc
klibc-extras
klibc-kbd
klibc-module-init-tools
klibc-udev
less
libgcrypt
libgpg-error
libpcap
libusb
libxfce4mcs
libxfce4util
libxfcegui4
licenses
logrotate
lvm2
lzo2
m4
mailx
man
man-pages
mdadm
mkinitcpio
mlocate
module-init-tools
mousepad
nano
net-snmp
net-tools
notification-daemon-xfce
numlockx
openoffice-base
openssl
pacman
pam
patch
pciutils
pcmciautils
pcre
perl
pidgin
pkgconfig
popt
ppp
procinfo
procps
psmisc
reiserfsprogs
ristretto
rp-pppoe
sdparm
sed
shadow
shaman
skype
smartmontools
splashy
splashy-themes
sudo
sysfsutils
syslog-ng
sysvinit-mod
tango-icon-theme
tango-icon-theme-extras
tar
tcp_wrappers
terminal
texinfo
thunar
thunar-archive-plugin
thunar-media-tags-plugin
thunar-thumbnailers
thunar-volman
transmission-gtk
ttf-ms-fonts
udev
usbutils
util-linux-ng
verve-plugin
vi
vlc
wget
which
wpa_supplicant
xarchiver
xcursor-vanilla-dmz
xf86-input-keyboard
xf86-input-mouse
xf86-video-sis
xf86-video-vesa
xfce-mcs-manager
xfce-mcs-plugins
xfce-utils
xfce4-appfinder
xfce4-artwork
xfce4-battery-plugin
xfce4-clipman-plugin
xfce4-cpufreq-plugin
xfce4-cpugraph-plugin
xfce4-datetime-plugin
xfce4-dev-tools
xfce4-dict-plugin
xfce4-diskperf-plugin
xfce4-eyes-plugin
xfce4-fsguard-plugin
xfce4-genmon-plugin
xfce4-icon-theme
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin
xfce4-messenger-plugin
xfce4-mixer
xfce4-mount-plugin
xfce4-mpc-plugin
xfce4-netload-plugin
xfce4-notes-plugin
xfce4-panel
xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin
xfce4-screenshooter-plugin
xfce4-sensors-plugin
xfce4-session
xfce4-smartbookmark-plugin
xfce4-systemload-plugin
xfce4-taskmanager
xfce4-timer-plugin
xfce4-wavelan-plugin
xfce4-weather-plugin
xfce4-xfapplet-plugin
xfce4-xkb-plugin
xfce4-xmms-plugin
xfdesktop
xfprint
xfsprogs
xfwm4
xfwm4-themes
xorg-fonts-100dpi
xorg-fonts-75dpi
xorg-res-utils
xorg-server
xorg-twm
xorg-xinit
xsane
xscreensaver
xterm

fettouhi · 2008-10-26 18:25:59

Same problem here.

Regards

André

thunderogg · 2008-10-26 20:10:44

I had the same problem. When I had gconf for Gnome 2.22 installed everything worked. Then for some reason someone put gconf for Gnome 2.24 into the repo and when I updated, I got that new version. But it broke Firestarter. Now after that I updated the whole of Gnome to 2.24 including gconf, Firestarter works. If you don't have Gnome installed and updated, maybe it would be a good idea to downgrade gconf to 2.22.

fettouhi · 2008-10-27 18:23:40

Well, I also updated GNOME 2.24 but still firestarter won't run.

Regards

André

thunderogg · 2008-10-27 21:18:33

Hm, my bad. I didn't test after I installed Gnome. Firestarter graphical interface is broken!

biloky · 2008-10-28 01:26:39

Firestarter works fine here (using sudo).
I've read somewhere that starting with Gnome 2.24, apps should be launched with dbus-launch. Try:

# gksu dbus-launch firestarter

Last edited by biloky (2008-10-28 02:12:31)

Allan · 2008-10-28 01:37:11

file a bug report.

biloky · 2008-10-28 02:15:44

Ok. Found the source:

http://www.mail-archive.com/frugalware- … 21999.html

It is a patched gksu package.

Never filed a bug report before.... uh... should this be filed under 'firestarter' or 'gksu'?

Allan · 2008-10-28 03:09:22

I'd say that is a gksu bug. Mention that firestarter does not launch in the description and you will cover all bases.

biloky · 2008-10-28 04:21:00

Done.

erythrocyte · 2008-10-28 12:03:07

thanks @biloky for filing the bug report. i'm a neonate when it comes to bug reporting as well. you beat me to it! haha... hope this get resolved soon.

biloky · 2008-10-30 12:59:02

erythrocyte wrote:

thanks @biloky for filing the bug report. i'm a neonate when it comes to bug reporting as well. you beat me to it! haha... hope this get resolved soon.

fettouhi · 2008-11-10 08:00:25

For some reason now firestarter is working for me again.

Regards

André

Giggi · 2008-12-04 21:30:42

fettouhi wrote:

For some reason now firestarter is working for me again.
Regards
André

But not for me.

alski · 2008-12-13 18:54:13

Try launching it with "gksu dbus-launch firestarter"
Hopefully that should do the trick.
Good luck

fettouhi · 2008-12-15 10:52:46

Giggi wrote:

fettouhi wrote:
For some reason now firestarter is working for me again.
Regards
André
But not for me.

Yeah, a fresh install of Arch, firestarter won't run unless I am root, gksu will not start.

Regards

André

fettouhi · 2008-12-15 10:53:56

alski wrote:

Try launching it with "gksu dbus-launch firestarter"
Hopefully that should do the trick.
Good luck

I'll try that when I get home.

Regards

André

ST.x · 2008-12-15 12:15:03

I can run it using sudo only, but get that similar error through system menu.

Im using a patched firestarter I got from someone on these forums a while back (http://www.mediafire.com/file/jtkuoxzuz … 7.5.tar.gz) patches include: 12_firestarter_transparent_icon.patch, 18_fix_memleak.patch, events-log-fix.patch, menu-toolbar-icons-fix.patch

Last edited by ST.x (2008-12-15 12:31:31)

fettouhi · 2008-12-15 18:47:58

For me both

gksu dbus-launch firestarter

and

sudo firestarter

work.

Regards

André

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