Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 11578] Upon 1st startup, the packet list should be visible

Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 08:26:37 +0000

Comment # 2 on bug 11578 from
(In reply to 3ndymion from comment #0)
> Build Information:
> Compiled (64-bit) with GTK+ 3.16.4, with Cairo 1.14.2, with Pango 1.36.8,
> with
> GLib 2.44.1, with libpcap, with libz 1.2.8, with POSIX capabilities (Linux),
> without libnl, with SMI 0.4.8, with c-ares 1.10.0, without Lua, without
> Python,
> with GnuTLS 3.3.15, with Gcrypt 1.6.3, with MIT Kerberos, with GeoIP, with
> PortAudio V19-devel (built Aug 18 2014 05:42:57), with AirPcap.
> 
> Running on Linux 4.1.8-200.fc22.x86_64, with locale en_US.UTF-8, with libpcap
> version 1.7.3, with libz 1.2.8, GnuTLS 3.3.18, Gcrypt 1.6.3, without AirPcap.
> Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU       M 540  @ 2.53GHz
> 
> Built using gcc 5.1.1 20150618 (Red Hat 5.1.1-4).
> --
> Upon 1st startup of Wireshark, the packet list is completely minimized to
> the point that it's invisible.  A new user doesn't even know that it's
> there, or that it even exists.  After a couple of times of going through
> this, I now know to drag the packet list window open upon 1st startup, but a
> new user will not know this & likely think the program is broken, as well as
> experience quite a bit of frustration.
> 
> I am working on Fedora 22 KDE 5, but I have seen this very same thing on the
> XFCE desktop as well.
> 
> SUMMARY
> Upon 1st startup, all 3 windows (Packet List, Packet Details, Packet Bytes)
> should be open & visible.  None of them should be completely minimized by
> default.


Hi, & thanks for looking.  I have constantly seen this on both my laptop
running Fedora KDE 4 & KDE 5, & my little old netbook running Fedora XFCE.  My
laptop screen size is 15.6" 1366 x 768, & my netbook is 10.1" 1280 x 720.  The
stated bug is exactly the same on both, even on XFCE which looks different. 
Here are a couple of screenshots from my laptop.


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