Almost certainly this is a memory issue in Windows, usually after loading large files or the like that consume lost of memory. I have occasionally experienced this (with apps other than Ethereal). It seems that the font rendering engine gets corrupted, maybe it can't deal with the number of fonts being used or installed). I certainly haven't had this in any version of ethereal. I have found a reboot fixes it. (Windows 95 has fairly poor memory management, I would suggest trying to move Win2K or XP or Linux if cost is an issue.
Also, to be nice "nettiquette-wise" if you do post to the list try to compress any screendumps to GIF or PNG format. (2.3MB is a bit big) Martin Visser Network Consultant Technology & Infrastructure - Consulting & Integration COMPAQ, part of the new HP 3 Richardson Place North Ryde, Sydney NSW 2113, Australia Phone *: +61-2-9022-1670 Mobile *: +61-411-254-513 Fax 7: +61-2-9022-1800 E-mail * : [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Mike J Riches [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 25 October 2002 6:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ethereal-users] Help Please!! Hi, I am trying to use Ethereal 0.9.7 on Windows 95 and windump shows packet caputring is OK. However when GUI Ethereal displays the captured data or data from a .cap file captured by another product, the display just shows blocks and lines, no words or no.s. I attach an example. Do you know why this is please ? (See attached file: ethereal.bmp) Regards, Mike Riches ITS Technical Support zSeries SupportLine Network Queue Telephone: 0870 0101952 or 461807 (IBM Internal) E-mail: Mike J Riches/UK/IBM or [EMAIL PROTECTED] or GBIB1R2F at IBMMAIL Fax: 01603-201802
