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

[Lars Roland <Lars.Roland@xxxxxxx>]

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