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Wireshark-users: [Wireshark-users] Mac OS- wireshark won't start - error message

From: Phillip Estrada <estrada.phillip@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:33:09 -0700
I knew I shouldn't have upgraded. It was working before. I downloaded the latest version now I can't get wireshark to start. I get this error message. What do I do now? Please advise.

Thanks

Process:         wireshark-bin [693]
Path: /Applications/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/bin/ wireshark-bin
Identifier:      wireshark-bin
Version:         ??? (???)
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process:  Wireshark [692]

Date/Time:       2009-06-23 16:31:47.429 -0700
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.5.6 (9G55)
Report Version:  6

Exception Type:  EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread:  0

Dyld Error Message:
  Library not loaded: /usr/X11/lib/libpng12.0.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/Wireshark.app/Contents/Resources/bin/ wireshark-bin Reason: Incompatible library version: wireshark-bin requires version 36.0.0 or later, but libpng12.0.dylib provides version 27.0.0