Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Wireshark problem report
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From: Stephen Fisher <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:28:36 -0600
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 05:52:06AM -0700, Whom it may concern wrote:

> I am able to capture packets on interface wlan0 with tcpdump, but 
> Wireshark does not see this interface, nor will it use it, even if 
> specified manually in the Preferences. My OS is Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid, 
> with kernel 2.6.32-31-generic #61-Ubuntu SMP.
> 
> It appears to be a problem with Wireshark, and not the interface 
> device driver.

Do you see any interfaces in Wireshark?  Wireshark and tcpdump both use 
libpcap for their live capturing/interface lists.