Re: [Ethereal-users] Problem with Linux crashing

[Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 11:45:17AM +0200, David Fay (LMI) wrote:
> I have a problem with Linux crashing. The error message I got was: 
> GLib-Error **: could not allocate -574747417 bytes
> aborting...
> Aborted

> What is the minimum spec that Ethereal should be ran on? Might it be
> something to do with swap space.

Possibly - if so, you'd need to remove 574747417 bytes of swap space
from your machine, as the machine is unable to allocate -574747417
bytes. :-)

Actually, it's the result of a bug somewhere; does your network have
MAPI (Exchange) traffic on it?  There appears to be a problem with
dissecting MAPI traffic that could cause a crash of that sort.