Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] socket type not supported

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From: Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 10:37:39 -0600
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 17:11:37 +0100
martin <euroibc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I do:  ethereal -i eth0 -k
> 
> My config: Slackware 7.0, kernel 2.2.13, ethereal 0.8.15
> 
> I'm new to this type of software.
> Do I do something wrong?
> 
> Martin

It is likely that the af_packet module is not loaded.

Try: "modprobe af_packet" as root from the command line.
Then try Ethereal again.

See:

http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-users/199905/msg00009.html

--gilbert