Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] real time mode not working on Red Hat Linux Fi sher beta

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 14:48:37 -0800 (PST)
> Do you have a filter set? The capture_dlg.c file mentions that Red Hat 6.2
> and later don't bind the AF_PACKET socket without a filter (look around
> line 450).

...and therefore always sets a filter on the socket, even if the filter
is the result of compiling an empty filter string (which generates a
filter that captures all packets).

> I will have access to a Red Hat 7.0 system next week (2/5) if you need more
> help.

I tried it yesterday, and saw the same symptoms on a Red Hat system not,
as far as I know, running 7.0.

I tried it today, and *didn't* see the same symptoms.

(I also tried it at home, on Debian 2.2, and didn't see the same
symptoms; I don't remember whether I installed libpcap 0.6.1 on that
machine, however.)

I think I tried both experiments on the same system (as this is Linux, I
don't know the way of asking that particular dialect what version of the
*complete OS*, rather than what version of the *kernel*, it's running).