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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] why is it so difficult to stop capturing with wireshark 1.

From: bart sikkes <b.sikkes@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:46:17 +0200
hello,

does this happen when you are capturing a under high traffic load? i
have had the same experience with windows systems when the traffic
load was very high.

it might be an option to capture via tcpdump or set a maximum amount
of traffic before the capture automatically stops.

bart

On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 4:37 PM, esolve esolve <esolvepolito@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> HI,
>
>     I installed wireshark on two computers, both with fedora 16 linux
> system.
>     I find it very hard to stop capturing once you have started the
> capturing.  I have to click on the "stop the running live capture" button
> for many times and then suddenly the clicking works.
>
>     what is wrong with this? thanks!
>
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