Confirmed on 14.04 as well:
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
$ wireshark --version
wireshark 1.10.6 (v1.10.6 from master-1.10)
Copyright 1998-2014 Gerald Combs ger...@wireshark.org and contributors.
This
A work around provided by Thomas N (konstigt) works but this has to be
somehow fixed to work without this.
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Title:
Wireshark hangs, spewing Gtk
Doesn't work for me. I even tried adding to 'TryExec':
Icon=wireshark
# TryExec=wireshark
TryExec=env LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 wireshark
# Exec=wireshark %f
Exec=env LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 wireshark %f
Terminal=false
However, I have found that if I start with 'gksu wireshark' I no longer get the
This works, for me in the wireshark.desktop file:
Exec=/bin/sh -c export LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0\nexec
/usr/bin/wireshark
No longer need to run 'gksu wireshark'.
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: wireshark (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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Title:
To get a solution that survies upgrades; copy the wireshark.desktop into
your user profile.
cp /usr/share/applications/wireshark.desktop
~/.local/share/applications/
+ change the Exec line to
Exec=env LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 wireshark %f
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- Wireshark crashed when i run him
+ Wireshark hangs, spewing Gtk errors
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Title:
Wireshark hangs, spewing Gtk errors
To
I don't know why the original reporter filed a bug against Ubuntu, when
he or she is not using Ubuntu, but I've taken the liberty to re-open the
bug since I can confirm the problem exists on Ubuntu 13.10, running
under GNOME 3. (Wireshark starts normally, then hangs when switching to
packet dump
Wireshark uses some unusual GTK widgets and has never shown any of these
symptoms on systems not using overlay scrollbars, so this is almost
certainly a liboverlay-scrollbar bug.
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