[Winpcap-users] capture session could not be initiated

[david sharp]

I am using windows xp, and I built ethereal under cygwin , do you have any
suggestions on how to get around the problem.


thanks
David



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gianluca Varenni" <gianluca.varenni at gmail.com>
To: <winpcap-users at winpcap.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Winpcap-users] capture session could not be initiated


> David,
>
> uhm, are you using some version of the WinPcap DLLs recompiled with
Cygnus?
> Are you running Windows 2000/XP/2003? There is a small difference in the
> output (the version of packet.dll is not printed in your output, and this
is
> not normal at all, if you are running on Windows NTx).
>
> Have a nice day
> GV
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "david sharp" <dsharp at altobridge.com>
> To: <winpcap-users at winpcap.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [Winpcap-users] capture session could not be initiated
>
>
> >I downloaded the latest version of winpcap src and winpcap developers
pack
> > from http://www.winpcap.org/install/default.htm.
> >
> > The output when I entered WinDump -V was
> >
> > c:\programs\Windump.exe version 3.9.3, based on tcpdump version 3.9.3
> > WinPcap version 3.1, based on libpcap version 0.9[.x]
> > Usage: c:\programs\Windump.exe [-aAdDeflLnNOpqRStuUvxX] [ -B size ] [-c
> > count] [
> > -C file_size ]
> >                [ -E algo:secret ] [ -F file ] [ -i interface ] [ -M
> > secret ]
> >                [ -r file ] [ -s snaplen ] [ -T type ] [ -w file ]
> >                [ -W filecount ] [ -y datalinktype ] [ -Z user ]
> >                [ expression ]
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > David Sharp
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Gianluca Varenni" <gianluca.varenni at gmail.com>
> > To: <winpcap-users at winpcap.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 1:20 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Winpcap-users] capture session could not be initiated
> >
> >
> >> Uhm, are you sure you are using WinPcap 3.1, and not one the 3.1
> >> alphas/betas?
> >>
> >> This (misleading) error reported by Windump has been fixed in WinPcap
> >> 3.1.
> >>
> >> Can you please tell me the output of Windump -V?
> >>
> >> The corrent output with windump 3.9.3 and winpcap 3.1 (on Windows XP)
> > should
> >> be like this
> >>
> >> windump version 3.9.3, based on tcpdump version 3.9.3
> >> WinPcap version 3.1 (packet.dll version 3, 1, 0, 27), based on libpcap
> >> version 0
> >> .9[.x]
> >> Usage: windump [-aAdDeflLnNOpqRStuUvxX] [ -B size ] [-c count] [ -C
> >> file_size ]
> >>                 [ -E algo:secret ] [ -F file ] [ -i interface ] [ -M
> >> secret ]
> >>                 [ -r file ] [ -s snaplen ] [ -T type ] [ -w file ]
> >>                 [ -W filecount ] [ -y datalinktype ] [ -Z user ]
> >>                 [ expression ]
> >>
> >>
> >> Have a nice day
> >> GV
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "david sharp" <dsharp at altobridge.com>
> >> To: <winpcap-users at winpcap.org>
> >> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 1:58 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Winpcap-users] capture session could not be initiated
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hi ,
> >> >
> >> > I can decode with ethereal but I cannot capture packets , when I run
> >> > windump -D
> >> > I get back
> >> > c:\programs\WinDump.exe: PacketGetAdapterNames: The operation
completed
> >> > successfully. (0)
> >> >
> >> > thanks
> >> >
> >> > David Sharp
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> > From: "Loris Degioanni" <loris.degioanni at gmail.com>
> >> > To: <winpcap-users at winpcap.org>
> >> > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 4:57 PM
> >> > Subject: Re: [Winpcap-users] capture session could not be initiated
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> First of all, do ethereal from ethereal.com and the other regular
> >> >> WinPcap applications work? For example, what is the output of
"windump
> >> >> -D"? (you find windump at http://www.winpcap.org/windump/.
> >> >>
> >> >> Loris
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> david sharp wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Hi I'm wondering if anyone can help me out , I have built ethereal
> >> >> > on
> >> >> > Cygwin for windows xp . I have installed the latest version of
> > winpcap
> >> > 3.1
> >> >> >
> >> >> > When I try to start a capture firstly it does not return any
> > interfaces
> >> >> > , then when I enter an interface it returns an error :
> >> >> >
> >> >> > The capture session could not be initiated (Error opening
> >> >> > adapter:The
> >> >> > system cannot find the file specified.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > is this a bug in the winpcap package I have tried installing
winpcap
> >> >> > 2.3
> >> >> > but I can't manage to build it.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I appreciate any response
> >> >> >
> >> >> > David Sharp
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >>
>
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