I should have known that as I am bugsquad. DOH! Sorry Chris! :D I am using Ubuntu Hardy Hardy heron 8.04
the output of apt-cache policy wireshark is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache policy wireshark wireshark: Installed: 1.0.0-1 Candidate: 1.0.0-1 Version table: *** 1.0.0-1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ The output of ls -l /usr/share/applications/wireshark* is [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /usr/share/applications/wireshark* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3060 2008-04-03 08:10 /usr/share/applications/wireshark.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3108 2008-04-03 08:10 /usr/share/applications/wireshark-root.desktop [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ The wireshark menu item with the gksudo access wasnt available..so i had to edit the original menu item to include it...ive run since displaying ls -l if that makes sense for the output above. Thanks for any other help :) -- wiresshark needs root access..but doesnt get it by default. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251627 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs