----- Original Message -----
From: "Dag Bakke" <dag@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: reproduceable bug, but where?
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 00:17:41 -0800
>
> I am one of the lucky few who get the infamous
>
> pcap: File has 4294949296-byte packet, bigger than maximum of 65535
>
> error dialog when capturing files with Ethereal. This is with:
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> Version 0.10.9 (C) 1998-2004 Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Compiled with GTK+ 2.6.2, with GLib 2.6.2, with libpcap 0.8.3, with libz
> 1.2.2,
> with libpcre 5.0, with Net-SNMP 5.2.1, without ADNS.
>
> Running with libpcap version 0.8.3 on Linux 2.6.11-rc3.
> ------------------------
>
> I noticed that this error goes away if I check (enable) 'Update list of
> packets in real time'.
> This appears to be 100% reproduceable.
>
> I'll rebuild some stuff and see if it starts behaving. Will even try
> --without-zlib as mentioned in
> http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-users/200412/msg00216.html
>
> If anyone got a suggestion, I am all ears....
>
> Dag B