Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] static vs dynamic column width

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From: Laurent Deniel <deniel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 07:07:13 +0200
Gilbert Ramirez wrote:
> 
> > I've seen "ethereal -S" crash as a result of the capture file it's
> > trying to read apparently not having a full packet at the end:
> >
> >         tooting# ./ethereal -S
> >
> >         ** ERROR **: pcap_read: not enough packet header data (14 bytes)
> >         aborting...
> >         Abort (core dumped)
> 
> That of course is from the pcap read routine in wiretap.

Ok, I should mention that I have not tested the -S option with wiretap so
one could expect other weird things ...

I will look further.

> > I've seen it on Solaris 2.5.1 at work, and on Solaris 2.6 at work, but
> > not Solaris 7 or any other OS at home; this may have more to do with the
> > levels of traffic at work and home (i.e., lots at work, little at home
> > when I'm doing the testing) than with the OSes in question.

Ok.
 
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