chaging the interface to "wlan0" or "any" crashes etherape

[PresuntoRJ]

it runs just fine on eth0, but I use wifi on my netbook, and changing the view to wlan0 or any (so I can see the traffic) causes the etherape to close abruptly

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: etherape 0.9.12-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-9.16-generic-pae 3.2.1
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-9-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jan 16 15:16:45 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120115)
SourcePackage: etherape
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Cheryl Josie (exwyeorzee)]

I got same/similar behavior on 11.10. The behavior is completely flaky, changing with traffic and configuration but essentially making it useless. wlan0 causes immediate crash.

[Cheryl Josie (exwyeorzee)]

ps my wlan is running on a usb dongle and ethtool reports simply:

cheryl@cheryl-desktop:~$ gksudo ethtool wlan0
Settings for wlan0:
 Link detected: yes
cheryl@cheryl-desktop:~$

maybe this total lack of useful output from ethtool has something to do with it.