whireshark cann't detect interfaces..

[GeNiko]

Hi,

I installed Wireshark and it starts ok, but cann't find any capture interface ?!? .. any suggestion .. or info ?

thanks

[Monicker]

You need to start it with root privileges.

ALT + F2
gksudo wireshark

[Qwerty_]

Ahh I wondered why I couldn't see anything eariler myself.

[GeNiko]

Thanks, that's it. When I started it with "gksudo wireshark", dialog appeared "...Running as user "root" and group "root". This could be dangerous...."
-> OK and Whireshark detected and showed interfaces but when I klick start button for capturing, whireshark goes dimmed i.e 'not responding' ... only Force Quit helps ...

Since I installed Ubuntu yesterday I am new to this OS ... maybe I try to do things like on XP without knowing enough about the OS ... at least I didn't crashed so far ..

[spyder0080]

same thing happens to me. I try to capture an interface and the program stops responding. Any help would be appreciated!

[GOREMEISTER]

Same here...

Interface is locked after pressing the "Options" button next to the etho interface.

[contactmayankjain]

same problem here also .. looks like a bug ..

[chuky]

Hi to all
Definitly it seems there is a bug, maybe in gksu(do), maybe in wireshark
puting gksu (or gksudo) in front of the command in the menu enables the interface selection, but upon chosing one, wireshark hangs, not only that, if you run gksu wireshark, or gksudo wireshark in a terminal, same thing happens.
But if you open the root terminal in applications / System, and type wireshark, it runs smoothly. Since is not advisable to leave a root terminal open, type wireshark &, it launch wireshark, and releases the terminal so you can quit it

Carlos Pacheco

[air_beagle]

Hi, Jus downloaded Wireshark from the repositories. Not bringing up any interfaces at all, even though using the sudo command or running it through the terminal.

Running it through terminal gets me this message:
airbeagle@airbeagle-desktop:~$ wireshark
dumpcap: There are no interfaces on which a capture can be done

Im in a cisco ccna class and trying to get wireshark to run to work with it a little bit. Running Karmic Koala and Wireshark 1.2.2. I am not good at checking forums so if you can email me directly at air_beagle@yahoo.com that would be very helpful. Thank you very much!

[undecim]

Hi to all
Definitly it seems there is a bug, maybe in gksu(do), maybe in wireshark
puting gksu (or gksudo) in front of the command in the menu enables the interface selection, but upon chosing one, wireshark hangs, not only that, if you run gksu wireshark, or gksudo wireshark in a terminal, same thing happens.
But if you open the root terminal in applications / System, and type wireshark, it runs smoothly. Since is not advisable to leave a root terminal open, type wireshark &, it launch wireshark, and releases the terminal so you can quit it

Carlos Pacheco

Sounds like it's something to do with environment variables.