Re: [Ethereal-users] Bug -or perhaps user error

[Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 10:04:31AM -0400, John Seymour wrote:
>   I use ethereal 0.9.3 under Windows XP Pro. When I either on purpose
>   or by accident click on the bottom pane that shows the packet I get
>   a error message that Ethereal has exited in an abnormal way. Also I
>   get a command window titled ethereal that has the following message:
> 
> file proto_draw.c: line 169: assertion failed: (finfo->tree_type >= 0 && finfo->
> tree_type < num_tree_types)
> 
> The first time I did this it was by accident, tested it several mor
> times before this e-mail. Does it every time. Bug

It's an assertion failure, and therefore, by definition, a bug.

When did you install 0.9.3?  The original 0.9.3 build for Windows wasn't
actually standard 0.9.3 - it was built from a post-0.9.3 version of the
source, and that version had that bug in it (subsequently fixed).  A
subsequent build was made, which should be based on the standard 0.9.3
source; try downloading the "ethereal-setup-0.9.3-1.exe" installer from
the Ethereal site, and installing that version.