Hi, Ah, it's the big Save/Apply/Ok/Cancel confusion. I would recommend you to go to Preferences|User Interface and uncheck the last box in the list which states "Settings dialogs show a save button".
With regards to the files being/not being in ~/.wireshark: normally the system wide files are used as they are installed. Once you make a change to one of the UATs the corresponding file is saved in ~/.wireshark. So adding a module results in ~/.wireshark/smi_modules, while adding a path results in ~/.wireshark/smi_paths. Thanx, Jaap > Jaap Keuter wrote: >> Hi, >> >> This information is stored in ~/.wireshark/smi_paths and >> ~/.wireshark/smi_modules >> >> Thanx, >> Jaap > > I'd love to believe you but there was no ~/.wireshark/smi_paths for my > userid. > > : ls ~/.wireshark/ > preferences recent smi_modules > > I eventually gave up and touched ~/.wireshark/smi_paths and then through > some magic incantation of "Save", "Apply" and "OK" button presses it was > happy to add lines to it. > > I tried it again as root with neither ~/.wireshark/smi_paths nor > ~/.wireshark/smi_modules > > Eventually through some combination of button presses, which I didn't > record, it created ~/.wireshark/smi_paths but not > ~/.wireshark/smi_modules (probably the wrong incantation). So I copied > the default file there and I can add MIBs to it. > > What is the "correct" sequence of "Save", "Apply" and "OK" to get > preferences saved? I would expect "Save" would be enough if that button > is displayed. Which one of "Apply" and OK" saves if the "Save" button is > hidden. > > If you follow "Save" with one or more of "Apply" or "OK" does that stop > the prefs being saved? Do you have to exit the dialog with "Cancel"? The > principle of least surprise would suggest "Save" should be committed > immediately. > >> Andrew Hood wrote: >> >>>Seen in Wireshark HEAD at 24705, but I've observed it before and >>>expected it to have been picked up. >>> >>>If you add additional paths for MIBs in the preferences dialog they >>>don't get saved in your prefernces. >>> >>>Or is this only happening because I have a full copy of libsmi and it is >>>expecting to only use libsmi's path, or libsmi's path as modified by my >>>~/.smirc? >>> _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
