Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: [ethereal-dev] Re: [ethereal-users] ethereal blocking when there is no traffic.

[Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 02:02:25AM -0600, Andy Bradford wrote:
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> Thus said Andy Bradford on Tue, 30 Nov 1999 21:02:40 MST:
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> > What I mean by block is that when there is no traffic if I minimize the
> > window and bring it up again all the widgets turn grey as they don't
> > refresh and I cannot select any packets (even when auto-update of list)
> > is selected.  I am using version 0.7.7 and will upgrade to 0.7.8 soon
> > to see if it still does it. :)
> Ok, upgraded to 0.7.9 and it still does it.  I also made sure that I
> had patched libpcap with Guy's patch for linux and it still does it.  I
> guess I wasn't clear enough the first time I described the problem so I
> would like to clarify a bit here.  The problem is not with the main
> ethereal window but with the "Capture/Playback" window.  If I iconify
> it then de-iconify it, the text disappears until the next frame on the
> wire comes through.  That means I can't press stop until the next frame
> is captured, etc.  Has anyone else experienced this?
> Andy

FWIW, I too am seeing that behavior, and have for a while. I always
thought it was because I was using an unpatched libpcap, so this
morning I patched my libpcap and I still see it happening. This likely
means I'll be looking into it tonight, if no one beats me to it.

--gilbert