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

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From: Nicoson Dave <dave.nicoson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 15:28:35 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy Harris [mailto:gharris@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 2:56 PM
> To: Ethereal user support
> Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] 0.10.1 GUI not capturing on win98SE
> 
> 
> 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.

In my case the capture field contains:

PPP Adapter.:  PPPMAC
HomeFree Phoneline 10Mb PCI Adapter: BCM 42XX
3Com 3C90x Ethernet Adapter: EL90x_Indy
3Com EtherLink PCI: EL90x_Copperhead

I also get the message Mel documented above, for any of these choices.

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