mtr doesn't display correct data when using in -l (--raw) mode.

[eakteam]

When executing mtr in raw mode it displays:

e.x: ./mtr -l -n -c 2 -m 64 -i 1.0 172.67.175.107

output:

x 0 33000
x 1 33001
h 1 10.198.9.97
h 1 10.198.9.97
p 1 21205 33001
x 2 33002
h 2 10.240.146.14
h 2 10.240.146.14
p 2 19036 33002
h 0 10.198.9.98
h 0 10.198.9.98
p 0 222668 33000
x 3 33003
h 3 109.234.232.61
h 3 109.234.232.61
p 3 18775 33003
x 4 33004
h 4 109.234.232.225
h 4 109.234.232.225
p 4 18626 33004
x 5 33005
h 5 79.106.78.9
h 5 79.106.78.9
p 5 20004 33005
x 6 33006
x 7 33007
h 7 154.54.62.69
h 7 154.54.62.69
p 7 26371 33007
x 8 33008
h 8 130.117.50.122
h 8 130.117.50.122
p 8 29810 33008
x 9 33009
h 9 154.54.74.185
h 9 154.54.74.185
p 9 25170 33009
x 10 33010
h 10 149.14.192.10
h 10 149.14.192.10
p 10 36097 33010
x 11 33011
h 11 172.67.175.107
h 11 172.67.175.107
p 11 29672 33011
x 12 33012
h 12 172.67.175.107
h 12 172.67.175.107
p 12 28497 33012
x 0 33013
p 0 27143 33013
x 1 33014
p 1 18105 33014
x 2 33015
p 2 19551 33015
x 3 33016
p 3 20073 33016
x 4 33017
p 4 17085 33017
x 5 33018
p 5 19042 33018
x 6 33019
x 7 33020
p 7 30229 33020
x 8 33021
p 8 26609 33021
x 9 33022
p 9 28881 33022
x 10 33023
p 10 30001 33023
x 11 33024
p 11 25239 33024

which doesn't make any sense and dont follow hostline|xmitline|pingline|dnsline|timestampline|mplsline as this example :

13.|-- 144.232.18.238 0.0% 2 94.8 95.4 94.8 96.0 0.8
 14.|-- 152.63.16.182 0.0% 2 95.1 95.5 95.1 95.8 0.5
 15.|-- 152.63.64.106 0.0% 2 163.9 163.9 163.9 164.0 0.1
 16.|-- 152.63.50.89 50.0% 2 163.7 163.7 163.7 163.7 0.0
 17.|-- 152.179.99.218 50.0% 2 168.2 168.2 168.2 168.2 0.0

[eakteam]

Also not working even directly from termux app...

pkg install root-repo
pkg install mtr

[robertkirkman]

Are you sure this is specific to Termux? or maybe can you explain which operating system produced the expected output from that same command?

When I run the same command you gave on Gentoo GNU/Linux for desktop PC, I see the same thing as you posted in the first message, and not the expected output you showed in the second message.

[eakteam]

Here you have compildes files for all android arch, but unfortunately it's old build and I can't use them for new 16kb alignment...

If you want to try just copy the binaries and rename libmtrpacketQ.so to mtr-packet.

After that you can execute e.x: ./libmtrQ.so -l google.com from android shell and you will see that the oitput is completely different and easy to parse.

Binaries: https://we.tl/t-qioozm8oBO

[robertkirkman]

Actually, mtr from pkg install mtr is supposed to already have 16kb support, after this commit on September 21 2025 5628ffe

did you have a problem with it still related to 16 kb?

if that is a different version of mtr, is there source code for it somewhere or where did you find that version?

[eakteam]

Actually, mtr from pkg install mtr is supposed to already have 16kb support, after this commit on September 21 2025 5628ffe

did you have a problem with it still related to 16 kb?

if that is a different version of mtr, is there source code for it somewhere or where did you find that version?

Did you tried it? It's the same but raw mode displays different output , like interactive mode almost...