This has not been fixed in Intrepid (I just checked). Since Scott Kitterman confirms su-to-root is the correct option, the solution is to replace gksu with menu as Nathan Handler did with his last debdiff.
** Changed in: wireshark (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Triaged -- debian/control must Recommends menu to run with elevated privileges in hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209084 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs