--- pypcap-1.1-old/pcap.pyx 2005-10-16 18:00:11.000000000 -0500
+++ pypcap-1.1/pcap.pyx     2007-06-12 11:11:41.000000000 -0500
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
                           <unsigned char *>&ctx)
         if ctx.got_exc:
             exc = sys.exc_info()
-            raise exc[0], exc[1], exc[2]
+            raise OSError, "%s [%s]" % (exc[0], exc[1]), exc[2]
         return n
 
     def loop(self, callback, *args):