What happens when you type
/usr/local/bin/wireshark
in a shell in Terminal.app?
The problem might be related to the fact that you use Quartz 2.5.2
instead of the default X11 environment...
Best regards
Michael
On Aug 6, 2010, at 5:32 PM, Thomas Knebel wrote:
> Hi WS-Users,
>
> do have an issue installing WireShark 1.2.10 on Mac OS 10.6.4 (64bit) in addition to use Quartz 2.5.2
>
> After the installation process and starting Wireshark a Wireshark Symbol come up in the Dock.. a little bit later a X11 Symbol comes up in the dock. Doesn´t matter on which symbol i klick getting a X11 Menuline, being able to open an X11 Terminal, but didn´geht any Window or anything else to use Wireshark.
>
> Enclosed the installation process including some original outputs from the terminal window showing the installation results.
>
> Any ideas to move further finding a solution?
> Thanks a Lot in advance.
>
> 1. downloaded and installed quartz 2.5.2
>
> 2. Started the WS-installation process like instructed in the "Read me first.rtf" doc supported by the download.
> --> moved Wireshark app to /Applications
> an ls of /Applications shows:
> ***** original output start *******
> drwxr-xr-x 3 thomasxxxxx admin 102B 29 Jul 09:47 Wireshark.app
> ***** original output END *******
> containing all subdirs and the other stuff likewise inside the downloade Wireshark.dmg
>
> 3. copied the content of the command line folder from the Utility folder inside the Wireshark.dmg to /usr/local/bin
> ***** original output start *******
> macbook:Contents thomasxxxxx$ cd /usr/local/bin
> macbook:bin thomasxxxxx$ ls -alh
> total 2360
> drwxrwxrwx 25 root wheel 850B 6 Aug 15:03 .
> drwxrwxrwx 9 thomasxxxxx 501 306B 25 Jan 2010 ..
> -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 thomasxxxxx wheel 482B 6 Aug 15:03 capinfos
> -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 thomasxxxxx wheel 482B 6 Aug 15:03 dftest
> -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 thomasxxxxx wheel 482B 6 Aug 15:03 dumpcap
> -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 thomasxxxxx wheel 482B 6 Aug 15:03 editcap
> -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 thomasxxxxx wheel 482B 6 Aug 15:03 idl2wrs
> -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 thomasxxxxx wheel 482B 6 Aug 15:03 mergecap
> -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 thomasxxxxx wheel 482B 6 Aug 15:03 randpkt
> -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 thomasxxxxx wheel 482B 6 Aug 15:03 rawshark
> -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 thomasxxxxx wheel 482B 6 Aug 15:03 text2pcap
> -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 thomasxxxxx wheel 482B 6 Aug 15:03 tshark
> -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 thomasxxxxx wheel 482B 6 Aug 15:03 wireshark
> ***** original output END *******
> 4. copied ChmodBPF to Startup Items
> ***** original output start *******
> macbook:bin thomasxxxxx$ cd /Library/StartupItems/
> macbook:StartupItems thomasxxxxx$ ls -alh
> total 0
> drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 272B 6 Aug 15:21 .
> drwxrwxr-t+ 61 root admin 2,0K 6 Jun 02:37 ..
> drwxr-xr-x@ 5 root wheel 170B 6 Aug 15:21 ChmodBPF
> drwxr-xr-x@ 13 root wheel 442B 6 Aug 15:21 Command Line
> drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 170B 25 Jan 2010 HWNetMgr
> drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 170B 25 Jan 2010 HWPortDetect
> drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 170B 11 Sep 2009 M-AudioFastTrack
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 136B 11 Jul 2008 globalSAN
> ***** original output END *******
> rebootet
> 5. Checked rights of bpf devices....
> ***** original output start *******
> macbook:dev thomasxxxxx$ pwd
> /dev
> macbook:dev thomasxxxxx$ ls -alh bpf*
> crw-rw---- 1 root admin 23, 0 6 Aug 15:58 bpf0
> crw-rw---- 1 root admin 23, 1 6 Aug 15:58 bpf1
> crw-rw---- 1 root admin 23, 2 6 Aug 15:54 bpf2
> crw-rw---- 1 root admin 23, 3 6 Aug 15:54 bpf3
> macbook:dev thomasxxxxx$
> ***** original output END *******
>
> best regards
> Tom
> thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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