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| -rw-r--r-- | dumpcap.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -791,15 +791,13 @@ open_capture_device(capture_options *capture_opts /* Windows doesn't have pcap_create() yet */ #ifdef _WIN32 /* try to set the capture buffer size -- but not for remote devices */ - if (interface_opts->buffer_size > 1 && + if (pcap_h && interface_opts->buffer_size > 1 && pcap_setbuff(pcap_h, interface_opts->buffer_size * 1024 * 1024) != 0) { gchar *sync_secondary_msg_str; sync_secondary_msg_str = g_strdup_printf( - "The capture buffer size of %d MiB seems to be too high for your machine,\n" - "the default of %d MiB will be used.\n" - "\n" - "Nonetheless, the capture is started.\n", + "Unable to set a capture buffer size of %d MiB.\n" + "Capturing using the default size of %d MiB instead.", interface_opts->buffer_size, DEFAULT_CAPTURE_BUFFER_SIZE); report_capture_error("Couldn't set the capture buffer size.", sync_secondary_msg_str); |