Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Wireshark Crashes

[Bill Meier <wmeier@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Work Related wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to open Tektronics RF5 Log in Wireshark and every time i
> try to open it it crashes with error
>
> gmem.c:175: failed to allocate 2147483648 bytes aborting...
>
> Cant seem to figure it out. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Have
> wireshark on Linux.

Sounds like contents of the rf5 file is somehow not what Wireshark is 
expecting thus causing Wireshark to try to allocate a large amount of 
memory for some reason.

Is it possible to post a reasonably small version of the file which will 
cause the error ?


If so, please open a bug report (bugs.wireshark.org) and attach the file.

(If the file contains private information, you can mark the attachment 
as private so that only the Wireshark maintainers will have access).