Ethereal

[bossa nova]

I got my pine installed and setup as far as I could go. I moved on to Ethereal and I can't get it to launch or anything. Anybody seen this before? Here is the output:

ethereal
dyld: ethereal can't open library: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.6.dylib  (No such file or directory, errno = 2)
Trace/BPT trap

Can anyone tell me why this is happening?

 

[mr. k]

ethereal is an application which requires some sort of X-Windows system, like Apple's X11. Try to install one and launch ethereal from it.

 

[bossa nova]

Thanks mr. k...I think I remember seeing that Apple had it in the Dev library...but I bet I could find that at sourceforge.net. I will try it.

 

[dlloyd]

Regarding X11: if you're using 10.3, it's already installed.

 

[rbuenger]

Hmm, I don't like ethereal very much. For simple checks the build in tcpdump is enough. And if you need extensive information for every flag try netwox.

 

[ksv]

Also remember to run such applications under root or with sudo, as direct access to a network interface requires root privileges.

 

[scruffy]

Ethereal is great for going over capture files too - you can capture with something more lightweight (and faster) like tcpdump, then open the files in ethereal to sort through the information and get out what you need.