I've also been experiencing the same behaviour for some time now, exactly as Thelasko laid out in the description. I, too, realize gufw is just a gui & whether it's running or not shouldn't have an affect on anything once ufw is enabled, but this is what appears to be happening. On a fresh install of Xubuntu 8.10:
Installed pidgin, installed gufw Ran gufw, checked 'Firewall enabled' box, closed gufw Reboot system, connect to internet "$ status ufw" reports 'Status: loaded' Run pidgin -> accounts cannot connect (AIM, Yahoo, MSN, Jabber) Run gufw -> now pidgin's accounts suddenly *can* connect.. Upon reboot, pidgin cannot connect again until I run gufw. I have however noticed that for whatever reason, if I don't run gufw, but wait a while, pidgin will find itself able to connect after several minutes (~15?). Maybe this is just something silly & simple we're just overlooking? It's frustrating, nonetheless. >_< -- Pidgin can't login without gui-ufw running https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307590 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Gufw Developers, which is subscribed to gui-ufw in ubuntu. Status in “gui-ufw” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Running Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit on an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor. I cannot log in to AIM or Yahoo! messanger using Pidgin if gui-ufw isn't open. Please note, I have no rules set in my firewall for any of these. Gui-ufw is simply an interface and opening it should not effect the operation of the firewall. Steps to reproduce: 1. Install Pidgin 2. Install GUFW 3. Use Pidgin to log into AIM or Yahoo! messanger (connection will not be made) 4. Open GUFW 5. Use Pidgin to log into AIM or Yahoo! messanger (connection will be made) _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~gufw-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~gufw-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
