Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] bug in 0.10.3 - capture window disappears

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Stuart MacDonald wrote:

> This is on Windows XP and is easily reproducible:
>
> - start Ethereal 0.10.3
> - <ctrl-k> to get the Capture Options dialog
> - click the minimise button *on the main window*, not the dialog box.
>  Note that the Ethereal main window minimises but the Capture Options
>  dialog does not.
> - Click the Ok button. Presumably capture starts, but there is no
>  Capture Stats dialog, which also means there's no Stop Capture
>  button.
>
> This is the bug. Nothing I can do will bring up the Capture Stats
> dialog, and thus Ethereal is in an infinite loop. <alt-tab> still only
> shows one Ethereal icon, the main window. Selecting it gives it the
> focus, but it stays minimised. Right-clicking on it in the task bar
> and selecting either Restore or Maximise will cause the main window to
> display, but all the buttons/menus are inactive, and there is still no
> Capture Stats dialog.
>
> Only using the time-honoured <ctrl-alt-del> -> End Process method can
> I get Ethereal to quit.
>
> Please copy my email address on any replies you want me to see, I do
> not read this list on a regular basis.
>
> I am willing to do further experimentation or testing of development
> releases.
>
> ..Stu
>
>  
Hmm, I can reproduce this bug with my XP machine and with GTK2.

With GTK1, it' all working well.

So it seems to be a bug in the GTK2 libraries or the way we use them :-(

Unfortunately, I don't have a good idea what can be done against this.

Regards, ULFL