Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Re: [Ethereal-users] 0.10.4 error - no disk in drive

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From: Lars Roland <Lars.Roland@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 18:57:53 +0200
Lars Roland wrote:

Kirk Hobart wrote:
Thanks guys for the suggestions. I double-checked my environment, path, and 
"Open Recent" list. I see no "I:" anywhere.

Today I discovered two clues:

1. The Ethereal error messages disappear if I use Windows Explorer to
"Eject" the I: drive. That works even if there was no disc in the drive.

2. The error messages return if I simply insert a disc into I: and then
eject it by pressing the eject button on its front panel.

Hmmm! I wonder if Ethereal does some sort of drive scan upon startup.



I probably just discovered the reason for this strange behavior.
The Windows port of GTK2 comes with some dll's but also with a few configuration files which are plain text. Two of these files have references for files on drive I: . The two files are (relative location from the installation directory of ethereal): 
/etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders
/etc/pango/pango.modules



I just discovered that this is only true for GTK 2.4.
In GTK 2.2 the drive letter I: is already removed!

Kirk, are you using GTK2.4?

Regards,

Lars