looking at the process: gksudo---wireshark---dumpcap I've found that gksudo is ignoring SIGPIPE signal, (ps -eo pid,ignored), so all childs process too, unless they change with sigaction.
Enable default action of SIGPIPE before gksudo create the child process works for me. (libgksu.c line 2506). -- Wireshark halts in Capture Interfaces window when started using gksu (Hardy, Intrepid) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/198884 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