[ale] dialog box vanishing in Ubuntu

[brian at polibyte.com (Brian Pitts)]

On 09/12/2010 03:41 PM, Ron Frazier wrote:
> I've got a strange problem going on that I was hoping you guys could help 
> with.  I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 with the Gnome desktop.  I'm using 
> firestarter to control the firewall.  I also have firestarter set to start 
> up automatically on boot, so the firewall is automatically started, and so 
> I have a status indicator for it.

How have you set firestarter to automatically start? Did you follow the
steps at

http://www.fs-security.com/docs/faq.php#trayicon

FYI, starting the firestarter GUI is not necessary for your firewall to
start.

http://www.fs-security.com/docs/persistence.php

-- 
All the best,
Brian Pitts