Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] Ethereal v0.10.6 WinXP - Gtk-ERROR **: File gtkfilechooserdefault

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From: "Jim Young" <SYSJHY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 08:34:48 -0400
Hello,

I'm running the Ethereal v0.10.16 pre-built Windows binary 
on two different Windows XP SP1 systems.  

Over the last several days I have managed to crash 
Ethereal v0.10.16 three times (one on one system, twice on the
other) with the following error message.

>  Gtk-ERROR **: file gtkfilechooserdefault.c: line 1558
(queue_edited_idle): assertion failed: (!impl->edited_new_text)
aborting...
> 
> [OK]

After clicking on OK prompt I am presented with following Microsoft
Visual C++ 
Runtime Library message box:

> Runtime Error!
> Program: C:\Program Files\Ethereal\ethereal.exe
> 
> This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an
unusual way.
> Please contact the application's support team for more information.
> 
> [OK]

Unfortunately the Gtk-ERROR message appears to be caused 
by some particular (but currently unknown) keystroke/button 
click sequence I do when manipulating the expanded "Save as" 
dialog box after I inadvertently attempt to create a second 
new directory to save the current file capture into.

Here's what I typically do...

>From the File menu I select "Save as..." to display the "Save as" 
dialog box.

>From the "Ethereal:Save Capture File As" dialog I click on the
"Browse for other folders" item to expand this dialog to include
Browser components along with the "Create Folder" button.

I navigate to the desired parent directory and then click on 
the "Create Folder" button.  I enter the desired name for the
new folder (i.e. "2004-08-17 - faulty webcam traffic").  

Here is where I believe that I make a mistake that sometimes 
results in the Gtk-ERROR message listed above...  

After entering the desired name for the new folder I sometimes 
accidentially click on the "Create Folder" button a second time 
instead of the "Save" button (which is typically hidden off the 
bottom of the screen after expanding the Save as dialog).  
A new sub folder is (tenatively) created with the default 
name of "Type name  of new folder".  I believe it is the next 
click I make that results in the Gtk-ERROR.  Unfortuntly I don't 
know exactly what that click is. :-(

As time permits, I will keep testing to see if I can determine 
exactly what key click sequence results in the Gtk-ERROR.

I hope you find this information useful.

Best regards,

Jim Young