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Bug #553

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engine hangs if pcap device doesn't exist

Added by Victor Julien over 12 years ago. Updated over 12 years ago.

Status:

Closed

Priority:

High

Assignee:

Eric Leblond

Target version:

1.4beta2

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[27277] 16/9/2012 -- 12:10:08 - (source-pcap.c:358) <Info> (ReceivePcapThreadInit) -- using interface eth
[27277] 16/9/2012 -- 12:10:08 - (source-pcap.c:363) <Info> (ReceivePcapThreadInit) -- Running in 'auto' checksum mode. Detection of interface state will require 1000 packets.
[27277] 16/9/2012 -- 12:10:08 - (source-pcap.c:430) <Error> (ReceivePcapThreadInit) -- [ERRCODE: SC_ERR_PCAP_ACTIVATE_HANDLE(27)] - Couldn't activate the pcap handler, error SIOCGIFHWADDR: No such device
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