Bus Error on a sparc typically points to byte-alignment problems. Most likely,
a dissector is trying to reference an integer directly from the data stream
from non-4byte aligned memory. (Intel only requires 2 byte alignment)
P.S. Do you realize that your question was 15 lines long, and your signature
was 25 lines?
On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 01:45:02PM +0200, Straessle, Marc wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a problem with ethereal. The details follows as described in your
> readme-file.
>
>
> 1. OS: SUNOS 5.8
> 2. GTK+: 1.2.6
> 3. ethereal: ethereal 0.8.4, with GTK+ 1.2.6, with libcap 0.4, with libz
> 1.1.3, without SNMP
> 4. I started with "/usr/local/bin/ethereal &"
> Then I pushed Ctrl+K and startet the capture with OK.
> When I "stop" the capture the program dies with "Bus Error - core dumped".
>
>
> Kind Regards
>
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