Wireshark · Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Ethereal-0.8.18-9 on Redhat 7.2

[Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 10:59:47AM -0500, James Pifer wrote:
> I installed Ethereal-0.8.18-9 on Redhat 7.2 using the rpm and the -ivh
> rpm options. It installed fine, no errors, but I cannot run the GUI. I
> type 'ethereal &' in a terminal windows and nothing happens.

*NOTHING* happens?

No error messages?

What happens if you type "ethereal" with no "&"?  Do you just get a
shell prompt back, with no error messages whatsoever printed?  If so,
run "strace -o /tmp/ethereal.strace ethereal", and send us the
"/tmp/ethereal.strace" file.