Gtk-CRITICAL : GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

Question

Hi

i'm using wireshark on debian jessie. sometimes while capturing packets, it starts to print this errors and after a lot of prints, wireshark closes suddenly!:

(wireshark:7724): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_hide: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
(wireshark:7724): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_get_visible: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
(wireshark:7724): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_get_visible: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
(wireshark:7724): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_get_visible: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
(wireshark:7724): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_window_set_transient_for: assertion 'GTK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed
(wireshark:7724): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_hide: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
(wireshark:7724): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_hide: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

do you can help me?

my wireshark version is 1.12.1 ,and these packages of gtk are installed: libgtk-3-0(3.14.5-1) - libgtk2.0-0 (2.24.25-3)

thank you

Answer 1

Looking at the lifecycle page the 1.12 version of Wireshark went end of life last year, so the upstream project won't be making fixes anymore (even though we have a 1.12-lts tree). On the other hand the Debian project, from which this package came, does maintain it's version, through their package system. If you report a bug there it will be handled within the right context, and with the right information.

PS: The Debian Developer is involved in all of this, so it should end up in the right hands.