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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 6051] Interface description is wrong

Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 18:29:29 -0700 (PDT)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6051

--- Comment #7 from Chris Maynard <christopher.maynard@xxxxxxxxx> 2011-07-06 18:29:26 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> No, ctrl-k (start capture dialog). The Interface: dropdown that lists the
> local-machine interfaces.

OK, just so I'm clear (and please forgive me for not being), but assuming you
have added no comment for any interface, then:

The Captures -> Interfaces (Ctrl-I) lists interfaces by <description> only. 
Are your two interface descriptions listed as follows (descriptions taken from
comment 3)?
    Microsoft
    Intel(R) 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection

As you point out in comment 6, on the Captures -> Options (Ctrl-K) dialog, the
drop-down list of interfaces lists interfaces by <description>: <device>, so
are your two interfaces listed as follows?

    Microsoft: \Device\NPF_{748EDE56-BE94-4875-B454-D00D51CA626A}
    Intel(R) 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection:
\Device\NPF_{F909B6B1-9F94-479B-82F6-0465E7CB3350}


> In the ctrl-k interface dropdown and the Edit -> Preferences -> Capture ->
> Default interface dropdown, the interfaces are listed with the format
> "<comment>: <device>". If there is no comment supplied by the user, then the
> format is "<device>".

No, that's not correct.  If there's no comment, then it uses "<description>:
<device>"

> The bug I saw was that I got "<description>: <device>" for the "Microsoft"
> interface. See Comment 1.

That's not a bug.  See capture_ui_utils.c:build_capture_combo_list()

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