diff -urN firestarter-1.0.1/firestarter.console firestarter-1.0.1-gentoo/firestarter.console
--- firestarter-1.0.1/firestarter.console	2004-12-13 12:49:04.000000000 -0500
+++ firestarter-1.0.1-gentoo/firestarter.console	2004-12-17 09:13:34.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 USER=root
 FALLBACK=true
-PROGRAM=%{_sbindir}/firestarter
+PROGRAM=/usr/bin/firestarter
 SESSION=true
diff -urN firestarter-1.0.1/src/firestarter.c firestarter-1.0.1-gentoo/src/firestarter.c
--- firestarter-1.0.1/src/firestarter.c	2004-12-13 12:49:04.000000000 -0500
+++ firestarter-1.0.1-gentoo/src/firestarter.c	2004-12-17 09:53:32.512715655 -0500
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 
 #include "globals.h"
 #include "firestarter.h"
@@ -326,6 +327,18 @@
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
+static void
+sig_usr1_handler (int signo G_GNUC_UNUSED)
+{
+	/* reestablish handler */
+	signal(SIGUSR1, sig_usr1_handler);
+	
+	/* add an idle call to the sync function */
+	g_idle_add(status_sync_idle_oneshot, NULL);
+	
+	return;
+}
+
 /* [ main ]
  * The main function, this is where it all begins and ends
  */
@@ -406,7 +419,9 @@
 	gui_construct ();
 	/* Attach a timeout that keeps the GUI fw status in sync with userland changes */
 	status_sync_timeout (NULL); /* Do one immediate refresh */
-	g_timeout_add (5000, status_sync_timeout, NULL);
+	g_timeout_add (30000, status_sync_timeout, NULL);
+	/* connect a signal to allow for external sync requests */
+	signal (SIGUSR1, sig_usr1_handler);
 
 	/* Initialize the system log file polling function */
 	open_logfile ((gchar *)get_system_log_path ());
diff -urN firestarter-1.0.1/src/statusview.c firestarter-1.0.1-gentoo/src/statusview.c
--- firestarter-1.0.1/src/statusview.c	2004-12-13 12:49:04.000000000 -0500
+++ firestarter-1.0.1-gentoo/src/statusview.c	2004-12-17 08:21:47.000000000 -0500
@@ -518,6 +518,18 @@
 	current_status = status;
 }
 
+/* [ status_sync_idle_oneshot ]
+ * Correct the GUI state in case outside factors change the firewall state
+ */
+gint
+status_sync_idle_oneshot (gpointer data)
+{
+	/* pass on the call */
+	status_sync_timeout(data);
+	
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
 /* [ status_sync_timeout ]
  * Correct the GUI state in case outside factors change the firewall state
  */
diff -urN firestarter-1.0.1/src/statusview.h firestarter-1.0.1-gentoo/src/statusview.h
--- firestarter-1.0.1/src/statusview.h	2004-12-13 12:49:04.000000000 -0500
+++ firestarter-1.0.1-gentoo/src/statusview.h	2004-12-17 07:59:21.000000000 -0500
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 void status_event_out_inc (void);
 void status_serious_event_out_inc (void);
 
+gint status_sync_idle_oneshot (gpointer data);
 gint status_sync_timeout (gpointer data);
 
 void status_lookup_selected_connection (void);