Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Ethereal preferences appear to be broken/ignored

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 14:48:55 -0700 (PDT)
> I can't get the display of Ethereal adjust its displayed columns.
> I really need to show the packet length (bytes).
> I go through the steps to tell Ethereal of the new column.
> After clicking on Apply or Save and then OK, there's no effect
> of my change.

You have to click on "File", and then "Quit", first. :-)

Unfortunately, currently, the code doesn't update the display if the
column preferences are changed; you have to save any capture (if you
have a live capture), exit, and then restart Ethereal to get the new
display.