Wireshark won't launch, Segmentation Fault, Kali Linux

Question

Wireshark won't launch when logged in as root or normal user. I receive segmentation fault in the terminal window every time.

Output from the terminal (the same for both root and normal user):

root@kali:~# wireshark
Segmentation fault
root@kali:~# 

Output from gdb:

(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/bin/wireshark 
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
[New Thread 0x7fffe135e700 (LWP 1799)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd5d10700 (LWP 1800)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd550f700 (LWP 1801)]
[New Thread 0x7fffcc871700 (LWP 1802)]
[New Thread 0x7fffc7fff700 (LWP 1803)]

**Thread 1 "wireshark" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff0ab175b in wtap_encap_string ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwiretap.so.6**

(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007ffff0ab175b in wtap_encap_string ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwiretap.so.6
#1  0x00007ffff445af9d in ?? ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwireshark.so.8
#2  0x00007ffff4ccf38f in register_all_protocols ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwireshark.so.8
#3  0x00007ffff4172868 in ?? ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwireshark.so.8
#4  0x00007ffff414ddc7 in epan_init ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwireshark.so.8
#5  0x00005555556a26fa in main ()

Any suggestions welcome. Searched the internet for some solutions but came up with nothing. Thanks.

Answer 1

I had this same error with version 2.2.5, I ended up completely removing wireshark

sudo apt-get remove wireshark

I then reinstall the qt version which seemed to fix it, though I am not sure why

sudo apt-get install wireshark-qt

I think it is something in the current version that is messing things up, but I cannot say for certain