Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] bug ?

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From: Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 07:19:07 -0500
On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 01:28:43PM +0200, stefan wrote:
> Hello Ethereal'ers,
> 
> I would like to report a fatal error to you:
> 
> uname -sr:
> Linux 2.2.10
> 
> gtk-config --version:
> 1.2.6
> 
> ethereal -v:
> ethereal 0.8.5, with GTK+ 1.2.6, with libpcap 0.4, with libz 1.1.3,
> without SNMP
> 
> 
> When I start ethereal without arguments, load the logfile within the
> attachment (irc-stream-1.log - produced with a previous version of
> ethereal) and then Start-Capture with Filter: "tcp port 6667" or even
> without Filter i get a segmentation fault. The bt of gdb says what's in
> the second attachment.

Thanks. This bug has been fixed in 0.8.6, released about 8 hours ago.
It fails on *any* file; it has to do with how Ethereal was handling memory
for the packet information in a file.

> One more hint/feature-request. The Hex. Dump is a very good idea, but it
> doesnt help without the actual text representation. Maybe it is possible
> to have both on one screen, something like:
> 
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    abcdefgh12345
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    abcdefgh12345
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    abcdefgh12345
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    abcdefgh12345

You're talking about the hex dump in the TCP stream window, right?

thanks,

--gilbert