"Mark" <elkilion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:000901c478c3$aa770860$6800a8c0@home...
>Dear Ethereal support,
>I downloaded and installed Ethereal 0.10.5, the latest version. I am using Windows Millennium Edition. Every time I run Ethereal,
first a DOS session >window opens, and this error is displayed a huge number of times in the DOS window:
>** (ethereal.exe:4294372067): WARNING **: Couldn't load font "MS Sans Serif 8" falling back to "Sans 8"
>until finally it stops and the Ethereal GUI opens.
>When I try to save a capture file, first I get this error dialog in the program:
>And the DOS window says this junk:
>(ethereal.exe:4294257511): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkfilesystem.c: line 652 (gtk_
>file_system_filename_to_path): assertion `filename != NULL' failed
I had similar problems with Win98SE, however Ethereal 0.10.5a now works
after I tried the following:
Uninstall Ethereal and reinstalling it with the "Legacy GTK1 User interface" option
selected.
Also do not select GTK_Wimp as this results in the couldn't load font and Pango_shape errors.
Mel.
