On Feb 13, 2007, at 11:51 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> The problem is that there is code in gtk/capture_dlg.c at line 677
> that looks to see if you had specified an interface on the command
> line, and failing that, then extract the 'capture.device' entry
> from the wireshark preferences file (which is typically 'eth0')
> and add that to the list of available devices, _and_ makes it the
> default selection.
>
> On my system I don't have an 'eth0',

Then how did "eth0" get made the default capture device?

That's a preference setting, so it should only have become the default  
capture device if you explicitly made it so.  If it became so without  
explicitly making it so (by editing your preferences), *that's* the  
bug. 
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