Ethereal-dev: [ethereal-dev] Ethereal under Linux will not stop capturing

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From: Richard Sharpe <sharpe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 20:04:12 +1000
Hi,

I am using Ethereal 0.5.1 under RH Linux 5.1 (Kernel 2.0.35).

I find that when I tell ethereal to stop capturing, it does not return
control to me until it has seen another packet.

Is this fixed under Linux 2.2.x?



Regards
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