Wireshark · Ethereal-users: [Ethereal-users] Second level menu access problem

["Theron Scott Johnston" <theronj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had posted a question in the April users list regarding a problem I am having with accessing second level menu items.  I still haven't been able to resolve the issue, so I am hoping someone there might have some suggestions.

 

I am sure it has something to do with a clash of .dll's, but haven't been able to find it yet.

 

Attached are the posts to the user list, with the latest one on Wed, 13 Apr 200507:58:11 -0700

 

Thanx!

 

Theron Scott Johnston

 

 

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• Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] Second level menu items not accessible
• From: "Theron Scott Johnston" <theronj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:58:11 -0700

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I have found that Version 0.10.9 works, but Version 0.10.10 does not.

 

Can anyone tell me what difference between these two versions would cause the problem?  What dll's are different, registry usage, etc....

 

Thanx!

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Theron Scott Johnston

To: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 2:53 PM

Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] Second level menu items not accessible

I was not able to resolve the issue of second level menu access from the suggestions offered (see below).  I could not see any suspicious behaviors, but I should mention that I am not a Windows internal expert.

 

I can run Ethereal on a Windows 98 system without a problem, but still need to get it working on my development XP system.

 

Any further suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanx!

 

Thescot

 

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If the libraries are a problem, then Process Explorer can show which
DLLs are being loaded and from what path.
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml

Alternatively, FileMon from the same company can show every file being
accessed, which would point out if there are any problems with
unexpected locations on the load path.

If the file shows nothing and you suspect registry instead, try RegMon
(again from sysinternals)
 
Hope it helps,
   Alex.
P.s. I am not working for Sysinternals, I just love their tools. :-)

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I don't know, never saw that behaviour, sounds a bit strange.

But if I have to guess, I would think there are some (old) GLib/GTK or
alike DLL's in your system causing trouble.

You may look at DLL's e.g. in system32 which are named similar to the
ones in the Ethereal dir and try to temporarily rename that one(s).

Regards, ULFL

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Scott Johnston

To: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 11:33 AM

Subject: Second level menu items not accessible

I am running on a Windows XP system Ethereal Version 0.10.10 and WinPcap_3_0.  I can successfully capture and view packets. 

 

However, I am unable to look at any second level menu items (Such as File->Export, Edit->Time Reference, View->Time Display Format, ...).

 

I have totally uninstalled, removed registry entries, and reinstalled.

 

Any suggestions?