Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] ethereal locks up when I stop a capture

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From: Mike Rambo <mrambo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 16:09:49 -0400
Guy Harris wrote:
> 
> > Yesterday I retrieved sources for Ethereal (0.8.17) and libpcap (0.6.2)
> > which I compiled and installed on a RedHat 6.2 system (PII-300 384MB
> > ram). In two tests yesterday afternoon just prior to leaving work,
> > ethereal froze when I clicked stop on one of the two tests. Not having
> > more time to put in yesterday, I nevertheless left it running all night
> > last night because we've been having unusual traffic overnight on one of
> > our networks. This morning I came in, clicked stop, and ethereal froze.
> >
> > Is there anything known that will cause this?
> 
> Receiving a packet containing an IP address that Ethereal would try to
> translate to a host name, if one of the DNS servers required for that
> operation is down would cause that.
> 

That was it - should have been more patient ;-).

Anyway, I turned name resolution off and everything is fine.

Thanks.


-- 
Mike Rambo
mrambo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx