The mention of pipes is just because use of pipes is pretty much the only situation when you want to type a string into the interface selection box.
I concur that the upstream commit you found sounds relevant. I cannot think of any explanation why I suddenly started experiencing this problem. Unfortunately I have now upgraded to quantal and will not be able to test this bug personally - I'll see if I can recruit a colleague who is still using precise to test it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1060438 Title: wireshark crashes with "ERROR:capture_dlg.c:408:capture_filter_check_syntax_cb: code should not be reached" when typing a character in the capture interface field To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wireshark/+bug/1060438/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs