Package: nethogs Version: 0.8.0-1+b2 On Linux kernel 4.3.3-2, nethogs fails immediately:
$ nethogs wlan0 creating socket failed while establishing local IP - are you root? $ cat /proc/version Linux version 4.3.0-1-686-pae (debian-ker...@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 5.3.1 20151207 (Debian 5.3.1-3) ) #1 SMP Debian 4.3.3-2 (2015-12-17) $ id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) $ ip link show wlan0 3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:13:02:99:59:18 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff It worked as I expected on kernel 4.2.6-3 (and many earlier versions).