R. Alan Monroe wrote: > Windows 2000 > Ethereal 0.9.13a > gtk-1.3.dll version 1.3.0.50 > > To reproduce, display GDI resource column in task manager, then > arrange your windows so both windows are visible. Scroll any of > ethereal's panes up and down 10 or so times. Your GDI count should > increase by several hundred if not a few thousand. Also try scrolling > any of the panes by highlighting a row then using the cursor keys to > move one row at a time. Each row you move that scrolls the screen > should increase the GDI resources by 1. >
I can reproduce this as well with ethereal 0.9.13a
I cannot reproduce it with self-compiled ethereal using glib-2.2.1 and newer gtk-1.3.0! GDI resources just increase by 1! So it seems to be fixed there.
Today I found out that the newer gtk-1.3 library can also handle 256 colours!
I also see official Ethereal sometimes crashing with BlueScreen on WinNT! But I have never seen this since I use the new library.
So I suggest, that official Ethereal for Windows should also use glib 2.2.1 and newer gtk 1.3.0. There will be no change in look and feel of Ethereal, as this is still GTK 1 and NOT GTK 2. We could also get rid of glib 1 dependencies, at least on Windows.
I can provide patches for nmake and links to the libraries!
Best Regards,
Lars Roland
