p2p problems again
 

Ok, no matter what program I use I'm having problems with it claiming I have a firewall can someone help me fix this. I'm using edonkey as of now but I can use anything that works.

can you post the output from iptables -L

whats that and where do I go to get it

iptables is the firewall program type
iptables -L
as root and it will list your policies maybe you activate the firewall by mistake

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination


now what does all this mean

that means you accept all packets coming to your machine and going from your machine in other words you do not have firewall other option is if you have dsl or cable my dsl modem has a internal firewall

cable, but ti works fine on windows lol. anyway to fix it?

which p2p prog you are using?

edonkey

maybe you can give a shot to mldonkey(edonkey clone for linux)

another question: is there a difference between programs run in gnome and kde? and ifso which would be better to run

they do the same job but they use different libs. to work one uses qt and other uses kde i use fluxbox but installed gnome in order to run gnome app but you can run them in any window manager gnome and kde they both use to much resource so switching another window manager is better