Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] 0.10.1 GUI not capturing on win98SE

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:56:07 -0800
On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 05:37:21PM -0000, Mel wrote:
> >From the main menu Capture->Start gives the "Ethereal: Capture Options" 
> window as nornal, from here if "Update list of Packets in real time" is selected
> the Ethereal: Capture" window does not appear at all,
> BUT if I clear that option before clicking "OK", I then got an error message, 
> but still no capture window and hence no capture.
> 
> Error as follows -
> "The capture session could not be initiated (Error opening adapter:The system cannot find the file specified ).
> Please check that you have the proper interface specified...."

What is the string that appears in the "Interface:" box in the "Capture
Options" dialog?  Note that it might be wider than that box, so you
should use the left and right cursor arrows to scroll it, if necessary,
and give *ALL* the characters in the name - including any blanks.