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Wireshark-dev: [Wireshark-dev] Current trunk crashes on Windows?

From: "RUOFF LARS" <Lars.Ruoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:12:53 +0200
Hi,
The current trunk (rev.30555) crashes on Windows when loading the Prefs
file:

Unhandled exception at 0x77c478ac in wireshark.exe: 0xC0000005: Access
violation reading location 0x00000001.

Call Stack:
 	msvcrt.dll!77c478ac() 	
 	[Frames below may be incorrect and/or missing, no symbols loaded
for msvcrt.dll]	
 	msvcrt.dll!77c2c2e3() 	
>	wireshark.exe!font_init()  Line 407 + 0xe bytes	C
 	wireshark.exe!main(int argc=0, char * * argv=0x02ef5eac)  Line
2546	C
 	wireshark.exe!WinMain(HINSTANCE__ * hInstance=0x00400000,
HINSTANCE__ * hPrevInstance=0x00000000, char * lpszCmdLine=0x00151f28,
int nCmdShow=1)  Line 2806 + 0x17 bytes	C
 	wireshark.exe!__tmainCRTStartup()  Line 578 + 0x1d bytes
C
 	kernel32.dll!7c816fe7() 	

Is it just me?
Is it a known issue?
1.3.0 runs fine when i compile from source.

Lars

For info:
> wireshark.exe -v
wireshark 1.3.1

Copyright 1998-2009 Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 with GTK+ 2.16.6, with GLib 2.20.5, with WinPcap (version
unknown),
with libz 1.2.3, without POSIX capabilities, with libpcre 7.0, with SMI
0.4.8,
with c-ares 1.6.0, with Lua 5.1, without Python, with GnuTLS 2.8.1, with
Gcrypt
1.4.4, with MIT Kerberos, with GeoIP, with PortAudio V19-devel (built
Sep 23
2009), with AirPcap, with new_packet_list.

Running on Windows XP Service Pack 2, build 2600, with WinPcap version
4.0.2
(packet.dll version 4.0.0.1040), based on libpcap version 0.9.5, GnuTLS
2.8.1,
Gcrypt 1.4.4, without AirPcap.

Built using Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 build 30729