Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] Error when starting capture.

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From: Gilbert Ramirez <gramirez@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 22:59:11 -0500
On Sat, May 01, 1999 at 04:17:18PM -0500, Simon Bond wrote:
> 
> 
> I compiled ethereal-0.6.1 OK.
> 
> Ethereal starts up OK, but when I select "tools - capture" (interface
> eth0), I get the following error:
> 
> "File does not exist" "The capture session could not be initiated".

It sounds like libpcap was un able to create packet trace and save it to
the temporary file that ethereal chose for it.
 
> I ran an "installwatch" trace to see what was happening. It told me that
> ethereal made a call to unlink() for the file "/tmp/ether01765aaa" and

can you run "strace ethereal 2> strace.out" and send the strace.out file
to this e-mail list? The unlink() call should have been preceded by a
stat() call many lines above it.

> Any ideas or help would be appreciated..

What were the options in the capture dialog when you ran the capture?
Which interface, how many packets, and how many bytes? Any filters?

--gilbert