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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
