Ethereal-users: [Ethereal-users] Will not run

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From: "M. Shunfenthal" <mshunfenthal@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 18:30:22 -0400
I get the following error when I attempt to start ethereal, but the response listed in the FAQ is 
not valid for my display:

Gdk-ERROR **: Palettized display (256-colour) mode not supported on Windows.
aborting.... 

FAQ response:
A: Ethereal is built using the GTK+ toolkit, which supports most UNIX-flavored 
OSes, and also supports Windows; that toolkit doesn't support 256-color mode on 
Windows - it requires HiColor (16-bit colors) or more. If your display supports 
more than 256 colors, switch to a display mode with more colors.

My display does not have a 256-color mode.  It has only 16-bit or 32-bit modes, and neither 
of these work to start ethereal.  Is there a command-line switch that would not check for this 
condition, since it is obviously not getting the proper response?

The machine is an old Pentium 150 running Windows 98 with the latest patches.