Description of problem: When starting Wireshark, it pops a dialog warning about the insufficient priviledges. It was fine before, but in GNOME Shell this dialog gets _under_ the main window. Result is the unresponsive main window in the view and no clue what's wrong. A possible fix would be to patch Wireshark so that the dialog goes _on top_, like all modal dialogs should. However, I suggest we change the command line or other packaging so that it does not even pop that dialog at all. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): wireshark-1.4.9-1.fc15.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. run wireshark from Activities Actual results: Dead window Expected results: Either the modal dialog on top, or no dialog whatsoever Additional info:
That's interesting... The dialog is generic error reporter from underlying 'dumpcap' helper. It can display also other important errors, thus I don't want to remove it completely. I'm not a GTK developer, but I'll try to do something about it. Out of curiosity, what happens if you try to capture some packets? The same dialog should be displayed, is it modal and 'on top'?
I filled a bug upstream together with a simple patch, let's wait what they say.
If I initiate a capture, a dialog appears: "You didn't specify an interface...". This dialog is modal (e.g. clicking on the title of the main window does not obscure it). The initial dialog "Couldn't run /usr/sbin/dumpcap ..." is not modal in that if I click on the main window, it returns on top of the dialog. Looks like the equivalent of Window Manager ignored some attributes, perhaps.
wireshark-1.6.4-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wireshark-1.6.4-1.fc16
wireshark-1.4.10-2.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wireshark-1.4.10-2.fc15
The wireshark-gnome-1.4.10-2.fc15.x86_64 works for me.
Package wireshark-1.4.10-2.fc15: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 15 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing wireshark-1.4.10-2.fc15' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2011-16666/wireshark-1.4.10-2.fc15 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
wireshark-1.4.10-2.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
wireshark-1.6.4-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.