Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 11836] Can't enter a Capture Filter in the new GUI
Comment # 2
on bug 11836
from Rebeccah
Two places:
1. The screen that appears when you first open the application (says, "Welcome
to Wireshark" on the top, then "Open" with a space to enter a filename, then
"Capture" with the box to choose the capture filter).
2. If I click on the Options button, the bottom of that screen has a place to
put a capture filter. Same behavior there. Or menu Capture|Options gets the
same screen.
Interestingly, now that I have done my sniffing using the Legacy GUI, the
filter that I actually used *does* appear as a drop-down choice. But none of
the other onces that exist but haven't been used yet. And what shows up in the
dropdown is not the name of the filter, but the actual text of the filtering
command.
Now, if I double-click on "Local Area Connection" to start the capture (with NO
filter selected), I get an error popup: 'Invalid capture filter "New DEV SQL
Server" for interface Local Area Connection. That string isn't a valid capture
filter (syntax error). See the User's Guide for a description of the capture
filter syntax.' That's the name of the filter that I had been using when I was
capturing using the Legacy interface. But I haven't selected it anywhere.
Now, if I select the filter (on the body of the screen, not form the menu or
the taskbar) and double-click the interface again, it doesn't give me any
errors (doesn't capture any packets either, but that's because I'm not actually
connected to that server - I'm just going back and forth between the Wireshark
interface and this Bugzilla comment to record what happens). Stop the capture
and backspace over the filter and double-click the interface again, same thing
- no errors. Stop the capture and double-click the interface again, and this
time I get the Invalid capture filter error again, but this time it says
'Invalid capture filter "i" for interface Local Area Connection.' But I didn't
put anything in the box to specify a filter.
So I don't know what is going on, but it's very erratic.
Is the "Welcome to Wireshark" page considered tthe ashboard?
Thanks,
Rebeccah
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