| Bug ID |
10013
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| Summary |
Wireshark now unusable in 256-color (8-bit) graphics display mode (common with remote desktops)
|
| Classification |
Unclassified
|
| Product |
Wireshark
|
| Version |
1.10.5
|
| Hardware |
x86
|
| OS |
Windows 7
|
| Status |
UNCONFIRMED
|
| Severity |
Normal
|
| Priority |
Low
|
| Component |
Wireshark
|
| Assignee |
[email protected]
|
| Reporter |
[email protected]
|
Created attachment 12716 [details]
Before-after screenshots showing problem
Build Information:
Version 1.10.5 (SVNRev 54262 from /trunk-1.10)
Copyright 1998-2013 Gerald Combs <[email protected]> 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 (32-bit) with GTK+ 2.24.14, with Cairo 1.10.2, with Pango 1.30.1, with
GLib 2.34.1, with WinPcap (4_1_3), with libz 1.2.5, without POSIX capabilities,
without libnl, with SMI 0.4.8, with c-ares 1.9.1, with Lua 5.1, without Python,
with GnuTLS 2.12.18, with Gcrypt 1.4.6, with MIT Kerberos, with GeoIP, with
PortAudio V19-devel (built Dec 19 2013), with AirPcap.
Running on 32-bit Windows 7 Service Pack 1, build 7601, with WinPcap version
4.1.3 (packet.dll version 4.1.0.2980), based on libpcap version 1.0 branch
1_0_rel0b (20091008), GnuTLS 2.12.18, Gcrypt 1.4.6, without AirPcap.
Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHz, with 2047MB of physical
memory.
Built using Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0 build 40219
Wireshark is Open Source Software released under the GNU General Public
License.
Check the man page and http://www.wireshark.org for more information.
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Newer versions of Wireshark are utterly unusable in low color bit depths (256
colors/8-bit tested on Windows 32 and 64-bit) because text and icons end up
white-on-white.
Previous versions were fine. Don't know exactly when this broke, but 1.4.3 was
ok and 1.10.5 is NOT ok.
Attached is a screen shot collage that shows the "before" and "after".
Modern PCs default to 32-bit true color graphics locally, but 256-color is
widely used to make remote desktops quicker and less bandwidth hungry. Hey,
even 16-color modes are used, and there's no reason Wireshark needs thousands
of colors even with colorized packet lists.
Note: If you want to test this with hardware and/or a Remote Desktop client
that doesn't let you set low color depth, save the .rdp file, open it in a text
editor and set "session bpp:i:8". Note also that on Windows 7 you don't want an
aero theme with 256 colors; choose something like the Windows Classic theme
instead. This happens automatically when you connect an 8-bit Remote Desktop
session.
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