Hello,
we are trying to use ethereal on HP-UX 11.00, but we always get the
following error:
The capture session could not be initiated (can't find PPA for /dev/lan0).
Please check to make sure you have sufficient permissions, and that you have
the proper interface or pipe specified.
Maybe the following information could help you to locate the error:
# uname -a
HP-UX W8T00604 B.11.00 A 9000/777 2012393840 Lizenz f|r zwei Benutzer
# ethereal -v
ethereal 0.8.11, with GTK+ 1.2.8, with libpcap 0.4, with libz 1.1.3, without
SNMP
# netstat -i
Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts
Opkts
lan0 1500 164.28.60.128 W8T00604.sbr03.telekom.de
474255
704111
lo0 4136 127.0.0.0 localhost 38348
38348
# lanadmin <lan> <display>
PPA Number = 0
Description = lan0 Hewlett-Packard LAN Interface Hw Rev
0
Type (value) = ethernet-csmacd(6)
MTU Size = 1500
Speed = 10000000
Station Address = 0x60b007d1db
Administration Status (value) = up(1)
Operation Status (value) = up(1)
Last Change = 100
Inbound Octets = 31749671
Inbound Unicast Packets = 156935
Inbound Non-Unicast Packets = 29796
Inbound Discards = 0
Inbound Errors = 0
Inbound Unknown Protocols = 91
Outbound Octets = 486242049
Outbound Unicast Packets = 402118
Outbound Non-Unicast Packets = 170
Outbound Discards = 0
Outbound Errors = 0
Outbound Queue Length = 0
Specific = 655367
# ls -ld /dev /dev/lan*
dr-xr-xr-x 16 bin bin 5120 28. Aug., 01:05 /dev
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 9 8. Feb. 2000 /dev/lan ->
/dev/dlpi
crw------- 1 root root 236 0x000000 28. Aug., 01:04 /dev/lan0
Command to invoke Ethereal:
# ethereal -i lan0
<capture> <start>
Message from Ehtereal:
The capture session could not be initiated (can't find PPA for /dev/lan0).
Please check to make sure you have sufficient permissions, and that you have
the proper interface or pipe specified.
Best Regards,
Michael Jäckel
