Need help please Firestarter might have ruined my mbr

[debeein]

I attempted to install a firewall - firestarter to be exact. I did not like the firewall, and decided to remove it by using the apt-get remove firestarter command. I UN installed the firewall, restarted the computer then all the sudden the pc stopped, and would not boot to the Internet. I did not know what to do or which files to edit so I Re- installed Firestarter, again, and now the pc is working fine, however the Pc will not boot to the Internet without firestarter, if I remove firestarter the pc will not connect to the Internet. Also every time I boot the pc a error messages comes up saying >>Detecting<<
eth1
eth1
eth1
eth1
eth1

eth1 not found

eth0 found connecting to the Internet

The pc then proceeds to connect to the Internet via eth0 "after taking 4 minuets to search for eth1." it takes a good 4- 4 and a half minuets for the pc to stop searching for eth1 and switch to eth0 is there a way to stop the pc, at boot prompt, from searching for this eth1 also is there a way to remove firestarter, and all of it components without compromising my Internet connection ? firestarter must have left components behind after it was removed from the computer... @ lest I think it did ? I am using Sarge Debian, stable with a DSL Internet connection.


Any help on how to fix this problem will be much appreciated.

[debeein]

Hello ?

[drakebasher]

Hello ?

Good bump. I flagged this post this morning, but I was hoping a Debianite would answer it. I'm a little surprised that Firestarter doesn't work how you'd like. Maybe we can improve on that. But for your immediate problem, I think that maybe Firestarter hasn't really messed up your system, only that you have an incomplete firewall setup. For better or worse, Firestarter wants to be set up to either start when you boot or when you connect to internet. Anything else complicates. In any case, Firestarter is simply a pretty face on an iptables configurator. If you've researched iptables at all, you'll know it needs a pretty face.

Try this: boot as usual and wait for the eth1 nonsense to stop. Do:

• iptables -F
  iptables -t nat -F
  iptables -t mangle -F

And then see if you have internet. If so, you'll know that iptables is blocking internet...And you'll have a pretty insecure system.

You didn't say which ethX is your DSL connection, nor did you mention what the other ethX is for. Please post that information. Not knowing what tools may be in your Debian, I'm thinking it might be best to put Firestarter back into service: what problems did you have-maybe we can deal with those easier that manually configuring your firewall: I have Firestarter on my FC3 server and it works for me for now.

[debeein]

Thanks for the reply darkbasher

This all started after I installed both guard dog, and firestarter on to this machine. The computer will not connect to the Internet without firestarter. Right now the Pc is working fine- minus the eth1 hang time. So as of now I have to keep firestarter installed because without firestarter the Pc will not establish a connection to the Internet.

Also The computer takes a good 4- 4 and a half minutes to stop looking for eth1. After waiting 4 minuets the pc gives up on eth1, and a message comes up saying cannot locate eth1 then>>>>>

Eth0 detected connecting to the Internet. After that it's all good.

Some have suggested that I need to delete a file named "ifcfg-eth1" that is supposed to be located in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. I was not able to locate that folder so I tried using another method I opened the terminal and typed locate "ifcfg-eth1" into the terminal as root, then received the error messaged pasted below this paragraph.

warning: database `/var/cache/locate/locatedb' is more than 8 days old
linux:/home/username# ifcfg-eth1

I tried everything nothing works. Also, I am also receiving this error message when I open gedit to edit the files

(gedit:5071): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.

It's no wounder why I am not able to edit files. I am beginning to wounder if the install had somehow been corrupted when Debian was first installed onto this Pc.

I am not sure what the other etx is used for but I am almost certain that the pc uses eth0 to connect to the Internet. Eth1 is most likely just a second Ethernet card. I have a lot of date on this computer, and would hate to loose any of it. Guard dog and firestarter is most likely causing the pc , at boot prompt to search for eth1. GD and FS left a lot of garbage behind even after both of them were removed. I do believe that if I can somehow manage to remove all of the garbage FS and GD left behind , I do believe the Pc Will go back to normal and stop searching for eth1.

Thanks for the reply I really do appreciate it other then Un- installing Debian , I don't know what else to do.

[drakebasher]

To stop Firestarter and Guarddog from starting on boot, first read the manual pages for chkconfig and (better) ntsysv and then give one or the other a try.