Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] Re: [ethereal-dev] static vs dynamic column width

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:16:59 -0700 (PDT)
> > btw, I get occasional crashes and dumps when running with -S, usually
> > happening while I am not looking at the screen.  Is there any useful
> > information I could provide about this?
> 
> Yes, any core stacks would be greatly appreciated.

I've seen "ethereal -S" crash as a result of the capture file it's
trying to read apparently not having a full packet at the end:

	tooting# ./ethereal -S
 
	** ERROR **: pcap_read: not enough packet header data (14 bytes)
	aborting...
	Abort (core dumped)

I've seen it on Solaris 2.5.1 at work, and on Solaris 2.6 at work, but
not Solaris 7 or any other OS at home; this may have more to do with the
levels of traffic at work and home (i.e., lots at work, little at home
when I'm doing the testing) than with the OSes in question.

When I looked at the code, it looked as if it *should* work - i.e., the
"fflush()" of the capture file should happen only after a packet had
been written to the stream - so I'm presumably missing something.