Customizing tick interval in IO Graph

asked 2018-07-30 13:34:49 +0000

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Hi all,

six years ago, a user posted this question about how to change the tick interval in the IO Graph:

"In IO Graph I would like to use tick interval value other than 0.001/0/0.01/0.1/1/10 second like 0.025 second. Is there an add-on somewhere that allows us to specify our own value or do I need to perhaps request that?"

This is exactly what I want to do too. The answer for that was:

"Those values are hard-coded in io_stat.c (look for tick_interval_values). To modify the values a code change is required. As Wireshark is open source, you can build your own version, with values that fit better in your environment."

I am using Wireshark Version 2.4.5 (Git v2.4.5 packaged as 2.4.5-1). It seems that the code files have changed, since I can't find the file io_stat.c in my files.

Does anyone know where I can find the hardcoded tick interval values? (Github-link or something similar)

Or is there any other possibility of customizing the IO Graph tick interval?

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answered 2018-07-30 14:20:18 +0000

cmaynard

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updated 2018-07-30 14:29:09 +0000

grahamb

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I think you probably want to look at io_graph_dialog.cpp now.

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In particular the calls to intervalComboBox->addItem

grahamb ( 2018-07-30 14:28:49 +0000 )edit

Thank you both so much!

I run Wireshark on Ubuntu 18.04 and i installed it from the repos with sudo apt-get wireshark.

Now I don't know where to find the file you mentioned on my system. I tried locate wireshark but couldn't find this certain file or any wireshark - .cpp file at all.

Do you have any solutions?

jjulianf ( 2018-07-31 09:13:24 +0000 )edit

That just installs the wireshark binary. To customise the binary you will need to modify the source file and rebuild the binary. This is not a trivial exercise if you haven't built a major piece of software before. Instructions for building Wireshark can be found in the Wireshark Developers Guide.

grahamb ( 2018-07-31 09:21:13 +0000 )edit

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