System didn't boot after activating firewall
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System didn't boot after activating firewall
Today I activated the firewall in the installed standard tool "Firewall configuration" without making any further settings, after which the system - LM 21.3 Cinnamon - no longer booted.
I then used Timeshift to restore the system with an earlier restore point. My question: How could this happen?
I then used Timeshift to restore the system with an earlier restore point. My question: How could this happen?
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Re: System didn't boot after activating firewall
No idea. Does this also happen when you activate the firewall in the terminal, with:
Also, please post the output of:
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sudo ufw enable
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inxi -Fxxxpmrz
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Re: System didn't boot after activating firewall
Before trying it again with terminal command I prefer to wait for some more comments.
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inxi -Fxxxpmrz
System:
Kernel: 6.5.0-25-generic x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4
tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7
dm: LightDM 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia
base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 3060
v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 04Y8V0 v: A02
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.18.0
date: 03/22/2022
Memory:
RAM: total: 31.04 GiB used: 3.59 GiB (11.6%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run
dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: Intel Core i5-8400 bits: 64
type: MCP smt: <unsupported> arch: Coffee Lake
rev: A cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB L3: 9 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 883 high: 900
min/max: 800/4000 cores: 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900
4: 900 5: 800 6: 900 bogomips: 33599
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3
sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics
630]
vendor: Dell CometLake-S driver: i915 v: kernel
ports: active: HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e92
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver:
X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96
s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: HDMI-1 mapped: HDMI-A-1
model: AOC 27B1 serial: <filter> res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2")
diag: 686mm (27") modes: max: 1920x1080
min: 720x400
OpenGL:
renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2)
v: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.5.0-25-generic
running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1
running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express
Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9271 802.11n
type: USB driver: ath9k_htc bus-ID: 1-10:4
chip-ID: 0cf3:9271 class-ID: ff00
serial: <filter>
IF: wlx14cc2013a10a state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 715.41 GiB
used: 334.95 GiB (46.8%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung
model: PM981 NVMe 512GB size: 476.94 GiB
speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: EXA73D1Q temp: 28.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Apacer
model: AS350 256GB size: 238.47 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 3PE0 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 38.15 GiB used: 34.83 GiB (91.3%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 96 MiB
used: 38 MiB (39.5%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
ID-3: /home size: 381.58 GiB
used: 117.48 GiB (30.8%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
ID-4: /mnt/38C2D18BC2D14E2E size: 130.21 GiB
used: 90.5 GiB (69.5%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sda2
ID-5: /mnt/Backup size: 47.96 GiB
used: 35.95 GiB (74.9%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4
ID-6: /mnt/Musik size: 108.25 GiB
used: 56.16 GiB (51.9%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sda3
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 1.81 GiB
used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 27.8 C pch: 45.0 C
mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
Packages: apt: 2671
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list
1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/meganz-archive-keyring.gpg] https://mega.nz/linux/repo/xUbuntu_22.04/ ./
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://linux-mint.froonix.org virginia main upstream import backport
2: deb http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list
1: deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:
Processes: 303 Uptime: 15m wakeups: 0
Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.13
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Re: System didn't boot after activating firewall
One problematic detail, but it's probably unrelated to your issue: your root partition
So whatever you do: free up space on
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... -mint.html
Edit: Also, that unofficial megasync repo in your sources list looks suspicious. Might just be that it contains the kind of weird sh*tty stuff that causes problems when a firewall is activated....
/
is much too full (91.3 %). No Linux partition should ever be filled above 80 %, in order to prevent file fragmentation and other space-related problems.So whatever you do: free up space on
/
. This page might help to do that safely:https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... -mint.html
Edit: Also, that unofficial megasync repo in your sources list looks suspicious. Might just be that it contains the kind of weird sh*tty stuff that causes problems when a firewall is activated....
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Re: System didn't boot after activating firewall
Thank you very much for telling me, Pjotr. I followed your tutorial and could reduce the used space significantly to 79,3 %-
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Re: System didn't boot after activating firewall
Good! Maybe you missed what I added afterwards to my previous message, so I'll repeat it here:
Also, that unofficial megasync repo in your sources list looks suspicious. Might just be that it contains the kind of weird sh*tty stuff that causes problems when a firewall is activated....
Also, that unofficial megasync repo in your sources list looks suspicious. Might just be that it contains the kind of weird sh*tty stuff that causes problems when a firewall is activated....
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Re: System didn't boot after activating firewall
Is there any megasync available that is more 'official'?
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Re: System didn't boot after activating firewall
Well, I couldn't find megasync in the official repos of my 21.3....
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Re: System didn't boot after activating firewall
I think it is the official website where I got the download from.
Edit:
I now have executed
and reboot succeeded.
Edit:
I now have executed
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sudo ufw enable
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Re: System didn't boot after activating firewall
By "official" I mean the official repos of Linux Mint.Dan-cer wrote: ⤴Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:25 pm I think it is the official website where I got the download from.
Edit:
I now have executedand reboot succeeded.Code: Select all
sudo ufw enable
Anyway: all is well that ends well. Good = good.
As a final tip, I recommend to turn off the useless and spammy log of UFW, which sometimes creates huge space-hogging logs:
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sudo ufw logging off
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Re: System didn't boot after activating firewall
I did already, it was part of your tutorial to get more space.Pjotr wrote: ⤴Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:54 pm
As a final tip, I recommend to turn off the useless and spammy log of UFW, which sometimes creates huge space-hogging logs:Code: Select all
sudo ufw logging off
Thank you again and have a good night!
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Re: System didn't boot after activating firewall
Thank you sir for the link, I want to know how to clean Linux Mint. If I still face any issue, I will update you by starting my own thread.Pjotr wrote: ⤴Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:18 pm One problematic detail, but it's probably unrelated to your issue: your root partition/
is much too full (91.3 %). No Linux partition should ever be filled above 80 %, in order to prevent file fragmentation and other space-related problems.
So whatever you do: free up space on/
. This page might help to do that safely:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... -mint.html
Edit: Also, that unofficial megasync repo in your sources list looks suspicious. Might just be that it contains the kind of weird sh*tty stuff that causes problems when a firewall is activated....