Re: [Ethereal-dev] bug in 0.10.3 - capture window disappears

[Richard Urwin <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 07 Apr 2004 6:40 am, Ulf Lamping wrote:
> Stuart MacDonald wrote:
> >This is on Windows XP and is easily reproducible:
> >
> >- start Ethereal 0.10.3
> >- <ctrl-k> to get the Capture Options dialog
> >- click the minimise button *on the main window*, not the dialog
> > box. Note that the Ethereal main window minimises but the Capture
> > Options dialog does not.
> >- Click the Ok button. Presumably capture starts, but there is no
> >  Capture Stats dialog, which also means there's no Stop Capture
> >  button.
> >
> >This is the bug. Nothing I can do will bring up the Capture Stats
> >dialog, and thus Ethereal is in an infinite loop. <alt-tab> still
> > only shows one Ethereal icon, the main window. Selecting it gives
> > it the focus, but it stays minimised. Right-clicking on it in the
> > task bar and selecting either Restore or Maximise will cause the
> > main window to display, but all the buttons/menus are inactive, and
> > there is still no Capture Stats dialog.
> >
> >Only using the time-honoured <ctrl-alt-del> -> End Process method
> > can I get Ethereal to quit.
> >
> >Please copy my email address on any replies you want me to see, I do
> >not read this list on a regular basis.
> >
> >I am willing to do further experimentation or testing of development
> >releases.
> >
> >..Stu
>
> Hmm, I can reproduce this bug with my XP machine and with GTK2.
>
> With GTK1, it' all working well.
>
> So it seems to be a bug in the GTK2 libraries or the way we use them
> :-(
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have a good idea what can be done against
> this.
>
> Regards, ULFL

On Linux minimizing the main window also minimizes the dialog. So the 
problem does not occur.

-- 
Richard Urwin