Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Need help ！！ "tshark: Child capture process died: Segmentation violation"‏

[Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx>]

yenan wrote:
> Hi, folks:
> Really need help here! I am running tshark on ppc hardware(somebody get 
> it compiled using crosscomplier), when I try to run tshark, it will 
> crash right the way:
>  
> tshark: Child capture process died: Segmentation violation
> 0 packets captured
> I searched through the we
> b, this kind of error seems was considered as a bug in long time ago, 
> but what about now? How can I handle/fix this crash? What cause this, is 
> tshark missing any child capture file?
>  
> Any help will be greatly appreciated!
>  
> wireshark version : 0.99.8

The child process tshark refers to is dumpcap.  Something is wrong with 
that program that is causing it to crash: either it wasn't (cross-) 
compiled correctly or there's a bug.

First thing to try: does dumpcap run by itself?
Second thing to try: upgrade to Wireshark-1.0.2