Wireshark fails to complete install at gtk2

[Walt Scrivens]

On Dec 2, 2007, at 2:48 PM, Kok-Yong Tan wrote:

> Frankly,  I don't get those errors you're getting...but then, as I  
> mentioned, I installed gtk2 +x11 instead of gtk2 +quartz...   Just  
> for kicks, why not uninstall gtk2 +quartz, install gtk2 +x11 and  
> recompile wireshark and see what you get?
>
> Also, when you run Wireshark, you have to run it as root, i.e.,  
> "sudo /opt/local/bin/wireshark", otherwise you can't access any of  
> the available interfaces.   If you run it from under an X11 xterm,  
> it should be set properly but if you're attempting to run from  
> Terminal with X11 running already, remember to set your DISPLAY  
> variable to ":0.0".
>
> On Dec 2, 2007, at 05:36, Jesse Ohlsson wrote:
[SNIP]

I, too had problems with Wireshark on Leopard until I re-installed  
gtk2 +x11.  Now it is running properly (as root) but evidently the  
AirPort can't be put into promiscuous mode, since I am seeing only my  
own traffic.

Walt