I have a MACBook Pro (intel i7 / OSX-10 /Yosemite 10.10.3) I downloaded the 64bit version and installed it and it said the installation was successful but the software doesn't start??? asked 29 Jun '15, 16:30  blebrane edited 30 Jun '15, 20:28  Guy Harris ♦♦ |
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There has been a similar question to non starting wireshark: Wireshark doesnt start after upgrading to yosemite There are a lot of hints where and what you could check. Hope it is usefull to you. answered 30 Jun '15, 16:18  Christian_R |
Which exact version of Wireshark?
I know this sounds crazy, but try clicking the app icon and waiting several minutes (yes, minutes). With the Qt-based version of Wireshark (which the Mac OS-X one can be), the first time it runs sometimes takes a very, very long time. I don't know what the holdup is exactly, but Qt does some initialization apparently the first time it runs - though given the length of time, it's probably something timing out/expiring.
After that first time, it should launch pretty fast from then on.
I downloaded and installed version 1.12.6 three times. I also started it and waited for about an hour for it to start. When I start it on my MACbook Pro the menu bar at the top has the Wireshark main title but none of the other menu options. Also when I click wireshark menu title I do not get anything useful in the dropdown menu? Also there is no Help or preference menu items?
Could it be for some kind of reason, that there is a further dialog open? But you are not able to see this. Try right click at the Wireshark symbol at the dock and look if there are more windows open. -> Just a guess, but I had this behaviour once myself.
No, I checked all of that. I even shut down the pc and start it up again and it still doesn't work.
I just tried 1.12.6, and it's still GTK-based for now, which means it's based on X11/XQuartz, so the menu bar you should see at the top of the screen would be the X11 one. It will show "Wireshark" as the left-most menu name of the top-screen at startup, but should then open a window of the Wireshark application, and the left-most menu item on the top-screen bar will change to "X11". (the actual Wireshark menu items will be in a menu bar inside the application window, as opposed to the top-screen menu bar, unlike most Mac applications)
So, if that's not happening... what version of OS X are your running? Some people have reported they had to install XQuartz manually. (though I'd do that as a last resort)
When you installed 1.12.6, did you have a previous version? You usually need to remove it first, by dragging it to the Trash.
Also check if you already have a "
.wireshark" or ".wireshark-etc" folders in your home directory and if so then delete them - note the leading "." which means they're hidden, and if you can't see them in Finder then delete them through the Terminal ("rm -rf ~/.wireshark; rm-rf ~/.wireshark-etc"). One note with this is deleting these folders will remove your previous preferences, if you had any.