On Thu, Aug 05, 1999 at 11:07:16AM -0500, Joe Clarke wrote:
>
>
> On FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE, I've just compiled the latest ethereal, and it
> compiled smoothly. I used the default wiretap build. It launches
> cleanly, and the capture begins just fine. However, when I stop the
> capture, and go to Tools->Follow Stream, I get an immediate assertion and
> core dump. The assertion is:
>
> ** ERROR **: file dfilter.c: line 270 (check_logical): should not be
> reached
> aborting...
> ()()Abort (core dumped)
>
> I did some debug with gdb and ddd, and found that it looked like the
> check_logical was being fed a null dnode. The values for the token were
> astronomically high (which led me to believe somewhere there was a null
> pointer). This seems to happen only when I follow an anonymous TCP
> stream. If I follow a TELNET stream, I get an error dialog saying it
> cannot parse the filter string. Any ideas? Thanks.
In file.c, on line 82, before the return, can you add this line:
printf("%s\n", buf);
Then run your test again. I want to see what the display filter
the TCP Follow code creates when the code that should not be reached
is reached.
thank,s
--gilbert
