Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] Ethereal 0.8.12 - Problem with text display

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From: Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 11:08:18 -0400
On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 06:43:27AM -0600, work@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> I installed Ethereal 0.8.12 RPM binary by Gomez on my redhat 6.2 system, 
> but when I load a libpcap capture file the text is unreadable. The menu
> text is always fine, but I can't do anything to get the main packet
> display window working properly. You can view the problem at:
> 
> http://www.scripty.com/~work/etherbad.png
> 
> I downgraded to Ethereal 0.8.11 and it worked fine. I recompiled
> the Ethereal 0.8.12 srpm (rpm --rebuild ethereal-0.8.12-1.src.rpm),
> but it didn't fix the problem either.
> 
> Any suggestions?

The way we handle default fonts has changed.
Use Edit | Preferences | GUI | Font to change your font.

--gilbert