Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Error running ethereal on AIX 5.1

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:08:04 -0700
On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 09:02:32AM -0700, Jon Houg wrote:
> I just installed ethereal version 0.8.11 along with gtk+ and glib
> versions 1.2.8 and libpcap version 1.1.3 on an AIX 5.1 machine.

There has never been a 1.1.3 release of libpcap from tcpdump.org; is
that the libpcap that comes with AIX, or is it some third-party libpcap?

> I cannot get ethereal to
> run as I get this popup error message when I attempt to configure it for
> network capture:
> 
>     The capture session could not be initiated (recv_ack: bind error
> 0xd).
>     Please check to make sure you have sufficient permissions, and that
>     you have the proper interface or pipe specified.

Whatever version of libpcap you're using doesn't work on AIX, at least
not on that device.  AIX has always been a source of trouble for
libpcap.