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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 1267] New: wireshark crashes mid-startup

Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 01:03:17 +0000 (GMT)
http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1267

           Summary: wireshark crashes mid-startup
           Product: Wireshark
           Version: SVN
          Platform: Macintosh
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.2
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Critical
          Priority: Low
         Component: Wireshark
        AssignedTo: wireshark-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: ephraim_owns@xxxxxxxxxxx


Build Information:
wireshark 0.99.5

Copyright 1998-2006 Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and contributors.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Compiled with GTK+ 2.11.0, with GLib 2.13.0, with libpcap 0.8.3, with libz
1.2.3.3, without libpcre, without UCD-SNMP or Net-SNMP, without ADNS, without
Lua, with GnuTLS 1.6.0, with Gcrypt 1.2.3, without Kerberos, without PortAudio,
without AirPcap.
NOTE: this build doesn't support the "matches" operator for Wireshark filter
syntax.

Running on Darwin 6.8, with libpcap (version unknown).

Built using gcc 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1493).
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splash screen shows, crashes at "Init Dissectors ..."

gdb output

(gdb) r
Starting program: /opt/local/bin/wireshark 
Reading symbols for shared libraries
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++............................. done
Reading symbols for shared libraries . done
Reading symbols for shared libraries . done
Reading symbols for shared libraries . done

Program received signal EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION, Illegal instruction/operand.
0x039fc2d8 in ftype_register_integers () at
/Source/wireshark/wireshark/epan/ftypes/ftype-integer.c:904
904             ftype_register(FT_UINT8, &uint8_type);
(gdb) bt
#0  0x039fc2d8 in ftype_register_integers () at
/Source/wireshark/wireshark/epan/ftypes/ftype-integer.c:904
#1  0x039fe96c in ftypes_initialize () at
/Source/wireshark/wireshark/epan/ftypes/ftypes.c:45
#2  0x039b1270 in proto_init (plugin_dir=0x1111a8
"/opt/local/lib/wireshark/plugins/0.99.5", register_all_protocols=0x434f218
<register_all_protocols>, register_all_protocol_handoffs=0x434fd04
<register_all_protocol_handoffs>) at
/Source/wireshark/wireshark/epan/proto.c:314
#3  0x0399f994 in epan_init (plugin_dir=0x1111a8
"/opt/local/lib/wireshark/plugins/0.99.5", register_all_protocols=0x434f218
<register_all_protocols>, register_all_handoffs=0x434fd04
<register_all_protocol_handoffs>, report_failure=0xb034 <failure_alert_box>,
report_open_failure=0xb078 <open_failure_alert_box>, report_read_failure=0xb0d0
<read_failure_alert_box>) at /Source/wireshark/wireshark/epan/epan.c:118
#4  0x00020018 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffffb28) at
/Source/wireshark/wireshark/gtk/main.c:2359
(gdb)


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