OS X 10.6.1: MacPorts 1.8 Wireshark Problems

[Merton Campbell Crockett]

I use Wireshark constantly to diagnose application and network  
problems.  I have two Mac Pro systems.  The one at work is a  
MacPro1,1.  At home, I have a MacPro3,1.

After upgrading to OS X 10.6.1, I downloaded MacPorts 1.8 and ran into  
the problem that everyone seems to have encountered with residual  
information in /opt/local/....  I removed all of the directories used  
by MacPorts and re-installed the MacPorts package.

The problem that I'm encountering involves Wireshark.  It built  
successfully on both my home and work systems.  On the MacPro3,1  
system at home Wireshark runs without problems.

On the MacPro1,1 system at work, Wireshark takes anywhere from 30  
minutes to an hour to load. It spends an inordinate amount of time  
loading dissectors.  Once it finishes loading and displays its X  
window, it is unusable.  No menu is displayed when you click on any  
item in the menu bar.  The close, minimize, and maximize icons are not  
functional.  You can't click on the links to open any of the files  
listed in the center of the window.

Is there a support issue with a MacPro1,1 system?


Merton Campbell Crockett
m.c.crockett at roadrunner.com