Ethereal-users: [Ethereal-users] AIX 4.3.3 error with latest software

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From: "tony lay" <tonylay@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 12:37:01 -0400
I've been searching for a while on here (a few days) but I still haven't found an issue exactly like this threaded so I figured I'd post. I'm guessing I'm not the only person in the world who has ran into this issue.

I'm running AIX 4.3.3 (please don't laugh...it runs well here).

The software...
installed from http://www.bull.de/pub/aix432_frame.html
AIX bnd files (ibm's rpm's)

freeware.gtk+.rte
1.2.8.0     COMMITTED     Gimp ToolKit GUI Library

freeware.libpcap.rte
0.6.1.0     COMMITTED     User-level Packet Capture

freeware.ethereal.rte
0.8.11.0    COMMITTED     ethereal pre-compiled utility

The errors...

Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 3307: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed.

Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 3307: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed.

Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 3307: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed.
WARNING: DL_PROMISC_MULTI failed (recv_ack: promisc_multi error 0x3)
WARNING: DL_PROMISC_SAP failed (recv_ack: promisc_sap error 0x3)

The filter...
src host <host's ip>
-or-
src host <host's name>
...pretty much everything is returning this error.

I'm also getting fun parsing errors.

Really the only intrest I have is to capture packets from host A to host B on port xxxx. But I have to get the thing to run correctly first!

I could attempt to run rpm's with new AIX toolbox at http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/date.html (a somewhat viable option)...but it is AIX, and therefore, any native OS files that could be causing this will still be there...plus I would have another variable in the RPM's maybe having issues by themselves. For simplicity's sake I'd like to stick to OS bnd's (I know I'm boring).

If this wasn't a work machine I'd probably go the rpm route, but I have to be conservative here (and I can't run AIX at home to test it out...(hardware$$$=ouch!).

Any help on this would be much appreciated!

Regards,

Tony Lay
tonylay@xxxxxxxxxxx

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