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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] master branch of Wireshark/tshark hangs

From: Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 10:35:13 +0200
Hi,

You could inspect the bug database, but as far as I know this is not a known issue.
Your setup seems rather normal, so that should not be cause for any problems. 
If you could investigate further into tun / named pipe capture behaviour that could be interesting.

Thanks,
Jaap


> On 23 May 2017, at 09:27, Remy Leone <remy.leone@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've stumbled upon the following problem with master branch of Wireshark: After a while (around 10 minutes) Wireshark (master) hangs when it's sniffing on a tun interface or a named pipe.
> On the other side, when I use the last stable version of Wireshark (2.2.6) I can sniff on the same interface or named pipe without troubles for a long time.
> 
> Was there any change lately that would have caused that? I got the stable version of Wireshark installed through ubuntu repository/ppa. My user id also belongs to the wireshark group and I can sniff without root priviledges. Could the hanging be caused by that? Is that a classical problem?
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Rémy
> 
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