WireShark not working on 12.04, how do I get this working?

Question

I want to want to read the packets of data that are transferred to and from my laptop. I installed wireshark from the Software Center, but the software isn't able to detect my wireless lan.

Any ideas, what might I be doing wrong?

Answer 1

It probably isn't working because you need to run it as root.

Try launching it using this command.

gksudo wireshark&

Let me know if this works.