wireshark broken trying to capture

[Lee Willis]

Trying to capture traffic in the Wireshark GUI results in the app hanging with the following error being continuously output to the console where the app was started from:

(wireshark:9166): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid unclassed pointer in cast to 'GtkScrollbar'
(wireshark:9166): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid unclassed pointer in cast to 'GtkWidget'
(wireshark:9166): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid unclassed pointer in cast to 'GObject'
(wireshark:9166): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get_qdata: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
(wireshark:9166): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_set_name: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
(wireshark:9166): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid unclassed pointer in cast to 'GObject'
(wireshark:9166): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set_qdata_full: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
(wireshark:9166): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid unclassed pointer in cast to 'GtkRange'
(wireshark:9166): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_range_get_adjustment: assertion 'GTK_IS_RANGE (range)' failed
(wireshark:9166): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid unclassed pointer in cast to 'GtkOrientable'
(wireshark:9166): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_orientable_get_orientation: assertion 'GTK_IS_ORIENTABLE (orientable)' failed

System info:

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 13.10
Release: 13.10

$ apt-cache policy wireshark
wireshark:
  Installed: 1.10.2-1
  Candidate: 1.10.2-1
  Version table:
 *** 1.10.2-1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ dpkg -l | grep shark
ii libwireshark-data 1.10.2-1 all network packet dissection library -- data files
ii libwireshark3:i386 1.10.2-1 i386 network packet dissection library -- shared library
ii wireshark 1.10.2-1 i386 network traffic analyzer - GTK+ version
ii wireshark-common 1.10.2-1 i386 network traffic analyzer - common files

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Lee Willis (junk-talpa)]

This still appears broken in 14.10 - anything I can do to help debug?

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.10
Release: 14.10

$ apt-cache policy wireshark
wireshark:
  Installed: 1.12.1+g01b65bf-2~ubuntu14.10.1
  Candidate: 1.12.1+g01b65bf-2~ubuntu14.10.1
  Version table:
 *** 1.12.1+g01b65bf-2~ubuntu14.10.1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-updates/universe i386 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-security/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.12.0+git+4fab41a1-1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/universe i386 Packages

$ dpkg -l | grep wireshark
$ dpkg -l | grep wireshark
ii libwireshark-data 1.12.1+g01b65bf-2~ubuntu14.10.1 all network packet dissection library -- data files
rc libwireshark2 1.8.2-5wheezy4build0.13.04.1 i386 network packet dissection library -- shared library
rc libwireshark3:i386 1.10.6-1 i386 network packet dissection library -- shared library
ii libwireshark5:i386 1.12.1+g01b65bf-2~ubuntu14.10.1 i386 network packet dissection library -- shared library
ii wireshark 1.12.1+g01b65bf-2~ubuntu14.10.1 i386 network traffic analyzer - GTK+ version
ii wireshark-common 1.12.1+g01b65bf-2~ubuntu14.10.1 i386 network traffic analyzer - common files

[Evan Huus (eapache)]

if you run "LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 wireshark" does that fix it?

If so, this is a duplicate of #1248400.

[Lee Willis (junk-talpa)]

Confirmed - marked as duplicate - thanks.