When running Nessus via the command line using /usr/local/bin/nessus, Nessus
seems to ignores the "only_test_hosts_whose_kb_we_dont_have" setting in the
.nessusrc file.  Hosts previously scanned are being rescanned.  

When I run off the same .nessusrc file via the GUI, the previously scans 
hosts are correctly skipped.  The problem is, when I use the GUI on a large 
network, after about 300 found devices in about 16 subnetworks, the GUI goes 
down with the message:

[ batch]$  nessus

Gdk-WARNING **: GdkWindow 0x27abc92 unexpectedly destroyed

Gdk-ERROR **: called gdk_window_destroy on a pixmap (use gdk_pixmap_unref)
aborting...
Aborted

Starting it up and restoring the sessions results in it going down again with 
the same message.  I could break things down into subnetworks of maximum 255 
IPs, but it would need to be run via the command line with the KB working so 
I don't scan certain hosts.   

I am using this past Thursday CVE build (1.1.13) under RedHat Linux 7.2.  
Just wanted to report this problem in case it has not been encountered before.

Thanks.
-- John

-- 
John J. Gerber
Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
Global Information Technology Solutions
(865) 425-4085
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