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

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From: Jon Houg <jhoug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:17:17 -0700
Hi Guy,

Thanks for the response.  Sorry, the version of libpcap I'm using is version
0.6.1.0 from "www.bullfreeware.com".

Guy Harris wrote:

> 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.
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