["Jeff Schenk" <Jeff.Schenk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gilbert,

I receive the bus error immediately when starting etherreal.

Here is the gdb traceback:

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This GDB was configured as "sparc-sun-solaris2.8"...
Core was generated by `./ethereal -i le0'.
Program terminated with signal 10, Bus Error.
Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0
Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libgdk-1.2.so.0...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/libgdk-1.2.so.0
Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libgmodule-1.2.so.0...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/libgmodule-1.2.so.0
Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libglib-1.2.so.0...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/libglib-1.2.so.0
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libdl.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libdl.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/openwin/lib/libXext.so.0...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/openwin/lib/libXext.so.0
Reading symbols from /usr/openwin/lib/libX11.so.4...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/openwin/lib/libX11.so.4
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libm.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libm.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libz.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libc.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libmp.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libmp.so.2
#0  0xef6379f8 in gtk_args_collect () from /usr/local/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0
(gdb) backtrace
#0  0xef6379f8 in gtk_args_collect () from /usr/local/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0
#1  0xef6daeac in gtk_object_args_collect ()
   from /usr/local/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0
#2  0xef74283c in gtk_widget_new () from /usr/local/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0
#3  0xef6ad578 in gtk_item_factory_create_item ()
   from /usr/local/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0
#4  0xef6ac684 in gtk_item_factory_create_items_ac ()
   from /usr/local/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0
#5  0xcc8a4 in menus_init () at menu.c:199
#6  0xcc818 in get_main_menu (menubar=0xeffff8c4, table=0xeffff8c0)
    at menu.c:180
#7  0xcbc68 in create_main_window (pl_size=280, tv_size=95, bv_size=75,
    prefs=0x1854bc) at main.c:1609
#8  0xcb89c in main (argc=3, argv=0xeffffaec) at main.c:1453
(gdb)

Please advise.

Thanks,

Jeff Schenk
Continuum Networks
Chief Architect of Software Development
805-927-3886


-----Original Message-----
From: Gilbert Ramirez [mailto:gram@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 12:46 PM
To: Jeff Schenk
Cc: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ethereal-users] ethereal 0.8.8


On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 02:14:28PM -0500, Jeff Schenk wrote:
>
>
> I am trying to get ethereal working on SUN Solaris 8 (32bit) using the
> source distribution.
> The make runs clean, but I receive a "Bus Error" during the execution of
> ethereal.
> The binary distribution on sun's freeware site has the same error.

Does the bus error occur immediately when starting Ethereal, or while
analyzing packets?

Can you provide a backtrace from your debugger?
Instructions on doing so with gdb are in the README file.

--gilbert

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