Are you running it as root? You'll see that error if you try to run it as a regular, non-privileged user since in general such users don't have the needed permissions on network interfaces.
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Every time I try to start etherape i get the same error cannont open device...any suggestions
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Are you running it as root? You'll see that error if you try to run it as a regular, non-privileged user since in general such users don't have the needed permissions on network interfaces.