Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] Re: win98SE system freeze

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:54:01 -0700
Manfred Staudinger wrote:
Still the same problem (freeze) with WinPcap 3.1 beta 4

I downloaded windump to the desktop and entered windump -D
on the run menue and got the msg
   The WINDUMP.EXE file is linked to missing export
    WPCAP.DLL:pcap_dump_flush
I searched for wpcap.dll and found it in
   C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
with the following properties:
   size: 204KB (208.896 bytes), 208.896 bytes used
    Created: 04. april 2003 14:54:48
    File version: 3.0.0.18
Description: wpcap - Based on libpcap 0.7 snapshot feb 03, 2003

I don't think that's the right wpcap.dll for WinPcap 3.1 beta 4.

Try uninstalling WinPcap, and then make sure there aren't any "wpcap.dll" or "packet.dll" files in c:\Windows\System (if there are, remove them). There's probably also a .vxd file for the WinPcap driver, but I don't know where it is.

Then try re-installing WinPcap 3.1 beta 4.

Just one other idea: could it be the screen? I have a
Samsung Samtron 40B on S3Inc. ViRGE/DX/GX
but running with High Color (16 bit)
   640 by 480 pixels
which I cannot change for unknown reasons   ...
How can I exclude this possibility for sure?

I don't know how it can be excluded for sure, but it's unlikely that a screen problem would only manifest itself when doing a capture.