Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] hard reset on capture/start

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 23:04:26 -0800
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 10:54:39PM -0800, IVAN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> i am in need to run ethereal on windows 98. the machine has 2 net work
> cards, 3com 3c905b, and speedstream 3060 pci dsl. ethereal loads fine,
> but when selecting capture/start, the machine instantly does a hard reset.
> 
> if more information is needed, say and i will try to provide it.

Unfortunately, there's not much information available from a hard reset.

About the only thing I'd ask is whether you selected a filter by
clicking on the "Filter" button in the capture dialog box, choosing a
filter from the list or constructing it in that dialog box, and then
clicking "OK", but if it instantly resets on Capture/Start, you probably
didn't do that.

(The key bit of information you provided was the "98" after "windows",
which indicates that you're running an OS that has the annoying tendency
to allow applications to scribble all over the OS kernel's data
structures, making it somewhat unreliable.)