Re: Wireshark 2.01 packages in Ubuntu ppa

[Bálint Réczey <balint () balintreczey hu>]

Hi Peter,

2016-01-13 1:11 GMT+01:00 Peter Wu <peter () lekensteyn nl>:
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 11:52:39AM +0100, Bálint Réczey wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > 2016-01-09 16:40 GMT+01:00 Peter Wu <peter () lekensteyn nl>:
> > > Hi Bernard,
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 12:31:12PM -0500, bernard ck Wong wrote:
> > > > I have installed wireshark2.01 from the wireshark stable ppa on Wily (64
> > > > bit) and wireshark-gtk crashes immediately. The errors are in attachment.
> > > > The  package for vivid 64 bit works without issue though.
> > > >
> > > > I just compiled 2.01 from source and it didn't crash.
> > >
> > > Can you please post the outptu of:
> > >
> > >     tshark -G currentprefs | grep gui.layout_type
> > >
> > > If it is "#gui.layout_type: 1" (or something in the range 1-6) and still
> > > crashes, then maybe some memory is scribbled. Can you try to reproduce
> > > the issue with a clean configuration? Example:
> > >
> > >     HOME=/tmp/wshome wireshark
> > I have reproduced the issue in a clean Wily VM.
> > And did short triaging:
> >
> > #4  0x00005653770ef3e3 in main_widgets_rearrange () at
> > /home/vagrant/wireshark-2.0.1+g59ea380/ui/gtk/main.c:3491
> > 3491            g_assert_not_reached();
> > (gdb) p prefs.gui_layout_type
> > $1 = layout_unused
> >
> > Recompilation does not help and the preferences file is not created.
> >
> > The Qt version and tshark start fine.
>
> Can you try this fix (for master, but should be backported too):
> https://code.wireshark.org/review/13154
>
> It also means that somehow the gui.layout_type field was set to 0... But
> the default on master-2.0 is:
>
>     epan/prefs.c:3032:    prefs.gui_layout_type = layout_type_5;
>
> Does Ubuntu include a default prefs file having gui.layout_type:0?
Sorry for not posting here earlier, but the crash is fixed or at least
shadowed by this commit:
https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/13178/

You may want to revert it before testing other possible fixes.

Cheers,
Balint
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