> The current version of Ethereal attempts to work around this, so its GUI
> shouldn't freeze when capturing on a not-so-busy network. If its GUI
> does freeze when that happens, please send a note about this, indicating
> which version of which distribution of Linux you're using, and which
> version of libpcap you're using, to ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx.
The version that comes with RH7.1 says in the Help/About dialog:
"Ethereal 0.8.15 Compiled with GTK+ 1.2.8, with libpcap 0.4,
with libz 1.1.3, without SNMP".
I noticed the following on an idle network:
1) The GUI appears to freeze during capture (windows are
not repainted if hidden and then re-exposed).
2) There's no option in the Capture Preferences to turn on
live packet capture. Only options are "Capture in promiscuous
mode", "Auto scrolling in live capture" and "Enable name
resolution".
3) The command-line "-S" option both enables live capture and
prevents the GUI from freezing.
4) rpm claims libpcap isn't installed (probably statically
linked with ethereal in the RH distribution).
5) Tried downloading the latest version RPM from ethereal.com
but couldn't install:
> error: failed dependencies:
> libcrypto.so.0 is needed by ethereal-0.8.17-1
RH7.1 comes with openssl-0.9.6-3, which defines libcrypto.so.1
but no .0 ... can I just create another symlink for the .0
version, or has libcrypto's API changed enough for .1 to break
ethereal?
Thanks
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