Ethereal-users: [ethereal-users] Ethereal crash reading tcpdump '-r' file (FreeBSD 3.4)

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From: Marc Solsona Palomar <marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:13:22 -0700
Hello there. I generated a log file with tcpdump and when I was going to
check it out with Ethereal
I got this error. Any ideas?

Thanks.
marc.

Error:
	** ERROR **: file tvbuff.c: line 309 (tvb_set_real_data): assertion
failed: (reported_length >= -1)
Version:
	ethereal 0.8.10, with GTK+ 1.2.6, with libpcap 0.4, with libz 1.1.3,
without SNMP

Trace:
	(gdb) where
#0  0x283e4ae8 in kill () from /usr/lib/libc.so.3
#1  0x28418f1c in abort () from /usr/lib/libc.so.3
#2  0x282d5211 in g_logv () from /usr/local/lib/libglib12.so.3
#3  0x282d52be in g_log () from /usr/local/lib/libglib12.so.3
#4  0x80d62f7 in tvb_set_real_data ()
#5  0x80d6334 in tvb_new_real_data ()
#6  0x80cf9ab in dissect_packet ()
#7  0x80d9e2d in finish_tail_cap_file ()
#8  0x80da0c8 in finish_tail_cap_file ()
#9  0x80d97f1 in read_cap_file ()
#10 0x8101742 in file_open_cmd_cb ()
#11 0x28206b9f in gtk_marshal_NONE__NONE () from
/usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk12.so.2
#12 0x28232a64 in gtk_handlers_run () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk12.so.2
#13 0x28231f44 in gtk_signal_real_emit () from
/usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk12.so.2
#14 0x28230230 in gtk_signal_emit () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk12.so.2
#15 0x281abf3c in gtk_button_clicked () from
/usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk12.so.2
#16 0x281ad46e in gtk_real_button_released () from
/usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk12.so.2
#17 0x28206b9f in gtk_marshal_NONE__NONE () from
/usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk12.so.2
#18 0x28231e06 in gtk_signal_real_emit () from
/usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk12.so.2
#19 0x28230230 in gtk_signal_emit () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk12.so.2
#20 0x281abe8c in gtk_button_released () from
/usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk12.so.2
#21 0x281ace72 in gtk_button_button_release ()
   from /usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk12.so.2
#22 0x2820687d in gtk_marshal_BOOL__POINTER ()
   from /usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk12.so.2
#23 0x28231f7b in gtk_signal_real_emit () from
/usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk12.so.2
#24 0x28230230 in gtk_signal_emit () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk12.so.2
#25 0x28263360 in gtk_widget_event () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk12.so.2
#26 0x282067fd in gtk_propagate_event () from
/usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk12.so.2
#27 0x28205b32 in gtk_main_do_event () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk12.so.2
#28 0x282a7c6f in gdk_event_dispatch () from
/usr/X11R6/lib/libgdk12.so.2
#29 0x282d2d17 in g_main_dispatch () from /usr/local/lib/libglib12.so.3
#30 0x282d331f in g_main_iterate () from /usr/local/lib/libglib12.so.3
#31 0x282d34a1 in g_main_run () from /usr/local/lib/libglib12.so.3
#32 0x28205493 in gtk_main () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk12.so.2
#33 0x80f4e53 in main ()
#34 0x805d2a1 in _start ()