Description of problem: Wireshark doesn't launch. When started from the Gnome menu, nothing happens after entering the root password. When run from the command line I get the following error: # wireshark wireshark: symbol lookup error: wireshark: undefined symbol: plugin_list Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): wireshark-0.99.7-2.fc8 wireshark-gnome-0.99.7-2.fc8 Steps to Reproduce: 1. $ su 2. # wireshark Actual results: wireshark: symbol lookup error: wireshark: undefined symbol: plugin_list Expected results: Wireshark application should run. Additional info:
Very strange, I can't reproduce that on my system. Try to remove ~/.wireshark. Also have you ever installed wireshark directly from tarball?
I tried removing /root/.wireshark and it still gives me the error. I have built wireshark (version 0.99.3a) from source but not installed it (I ran configure and make, but not make install), and it runs fine from the build directory. I am using the i386 PAE kernel (2.6.23.15-137.fc8PAE) on a MacBook Pro, in case that makes a difference.
Figured out that this was a conflict with some custom code based on Wireshark, removed that and the Wireshark package works normally. Marking NOTABUG.