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wireshark-gtk 2.2.5 selecting part of the filter string in filter panel

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Hello I'm running RHEL7 linux and updated my wireshark to 2.2.5 now the background does not turn dark when I mark a string in a filter field.

Anybody else suffering this problem?

alt text Version 2.2.5 (Git Rev Unknown from unknown)

The same version in windows legacy does not hae the problem... alt text


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Compiled (64-bit) with GTK+ 3.14.13, with Cairo 1.14.2, with Pango 1.36.8, with libpcap, without POSIX capabilities, without libnl, with GLib 2.46.2, with zlib 1.2.7, without SMI, with c-ares 1.10.0, without Lua, without GnuTLS, without Gcrypt, with MIT Kerberos, without GeoIP, without PortAudio, without AirPcap.

Running on Linux 3.10.0-514.6.1.el7.x86_64, with locale en_US.utf8, with libpcap version 1.5.3, with zlib 1.2.7. Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5300U CPU @ 2.30GHz (with SSE4.2)

Built using gcc 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-11).

asked 01 Apr '17, 09:19

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edited 04 Apr '17, 00:48

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What do you mean by "turn dark"? Do you mean "turn some color other than green"?

(01 Apr '17, 21:05) Guy Harris ♦♦

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Just pulled the 2.2.6 source and rebuilt wireshark on my own system ( vs. an RPM I was given ) -
Problem disappeared.

answered 03 Apr '17, 10:25

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