Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Capture error

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 03:07:24 -0700
On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 03:32:07PM -0700, Jack Jackson wrote:
> I click on Capture and then Start.  The Interface combobox shows the text 
> name of my one and only network card.  If I press OK I get:
> 
> "The capture sessions could not be initiated (Error opening adapter:  The 
> system can not find the file specified)"
> 
> If after pressing Start I drop down the Interface combobox and select the 
> one and only entry, then press OK, it works fine.

The code in question changed in 0.9.15, and has also changed since then.
The post-0.9.15 changes might fix that problem.