Jaap Keuter wrote: > Hi, > > Ah, it's the big Save/Apply/Ok/Cancel confusion. I would recommend you to > go to Preferences|User Interface and uncheck the last box in the list > which states "Settings dialogs show a save button".
That didn't answer the question. If Save *is* displayed, and you click it, does it immediately write all preferences to disk? If Save *is not* displayed, which of Apply or OK immediately writes all preferences to disk? > With regards to the files being/not being in ~/.wireshark: normally the > system wide files are used as they are installed. Once you make a change > to one of the UATs the corresponding file is saved in ~/.wireshark. So > adding a module results in ~/.wireshark/smi_modules, while adding a path > results in ~/.wireshark/smi_paths. That I have no problem with. What I was seeing was that even after I had added paths and/or modules it still was not saving them in ~/.wireshark. Once the files existed it would modify them. > > Thanx, > Jaap > > > >>Jaap Keuter wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>This information is stored in ~/.wireshark/smi_paths and >>>~/.wireshark/smi_modules >>> >>>Thanx, >>>Jaap >> >>I'd love to believe you but there was no ~/.wireshark/smi_paths for my >>userid. >> >>: ls ~/.wireshark/ >>preferences recent smi_modules >> >>I eventually gave up and touched ~/.wireshark/smi_paths and then through >>some magic incantation of "Save", "Apply" and "OK" button presses it was >>happy to add lines to it. >> >>I tried it again as root with neither ~/.wireshark/smi_paths nor >>~/.wireshark/smi_modules >> >>Eventually through some combination of button presses, which I didn't >>record, it created ~/.wireshark/smi_paths but not >>~/.wireshark/smi_modules (probably the wrong incantation). So I copied >>the default file there and I can add MIBs to it. >> >>What is the "correct" sequence of "Save", "Apply" and "OK" to get >>preferences saved? I would expect "Save" would be enough if that button >>is displayed. Which one of "Apply" and OK" saves if the "Save" button is >>hidden. >> >>If you follow "Save" with one or more of "Apply" or "OK" does that stop >>the prefs being saved? Do you have to exit the dialog with "Cancel"? The >>principle of least surprise would suggest "Save" should be committed >>immediately. >> >> >>>Andrew Hood wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Seen in Wireshark HEAD at 24705, but I've observed it before and >>>>expected it to have been picked up. >>>> >>>>If you add additional paths for MIBs in the preferences dialog they >>>>don't get saved in your prefernces. >>>> >>>>Or is this only happening because I have a full copy of libsmi and it is >>>>expecting to only use libsmi's path, or libsmi's path as modified by my >>>>~/.smirc? >>>> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireshark-dev mailing list > Wireshark-dev@wireshark.org > http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev -- There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes. -- Dr. Who _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list Wireshark-dev@wireshark.org http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
