On 08/05/14 00:16, Tom Eastep wrote: > On 5/7/2014 3:17 PM, Tom Eastep wrote: >> On 5/7/2014 2:55 PM, Tom Eastep wrote: >>> On 5/7/2014 11:41 AM, Brian Burch wrote: >>>> On 07/05/14 18:07, Tom Eastep wrote: >> >>>> >>>> My shorewall 4.5.21.3 was working fine with ubuntu 13.10 running the >>>> 3.11 lowlatency kernel. >>>> >>>> Last weekend I upgraded to ubuntu 14.04 with the 3.13 lowlatency kernel. >>>> Every time shorewall started, the system completely froze. >>>> >>>> Since then I've been trying to unpick the symptoms. All I need to do is >>>> "shorewall show compatibilities" and the system dies completely - the >>>> console listing shows most of the capabilities, but the mouse and >>>> keyboard are dead. I can't even ping the system and have to do a hard >>>> power-off. >>>> >>>> Currently, I have shorewall stopped and the system works fine until I >>>> ask shorewall to go near the kernel. >>>> >>>> I have the same symptoms with the 3.13 generic kernel. I also did an >>>> update of shorewall to 4.5.21.9 from the tar.bz's, but nothing seems to >>>> have changed. >>>> >>>> Unfortunately "shorewall dump" freezes the system as well!!!! >>>> >>>> I intended to spend more time on problem determination before I bothered >>>> you, but I decided a quick heads up might save us all some time. >>> >>> Sounds like Netfilter is badly broken on your system. 'shorewall dump' >>> does nothing but run iptables and iproute2 query commands. >>> >> >> I'll take that back -- later versions display the capabilities so 'dump' >> is a superset of 'show capabilities'. > > Just installed 14.04 Desktop and Shorewall 4.6.0-RC2. Works fine. > > -Tom
Thanks Tom. As I said earlier, this system has been upgraded through about 3 releases of ubuntu and 4 or 5 of shorewall. I wasn't implying the culprit was shorewall - more like the victim! I need to narrow the problem down. Your thoughts have given me several things to try today, particularly using the atomic system commands rather than shorewall. Brian > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Is your legacy SCM system holding you back? Join Perforce May 7 to find out: > • 3 signs your SCM is hindering your productivity > • Requirements for releasing software faster > • Expert tips and advice for migrating your SCM now > http://p.sf.net/sfu/perforce > > > > _______________________________________________ > Shorewall-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Is your legacy SCM system holding you back? Join Perforce May 7 to find out: • 3 signs your SCM is hindering your productivity • Requirements for releasing software faster • Expert tips and advice for migrating your SCM now http://p.sf.net/sfu/perforce _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
