[SATLUG] kismet not running

[David Kowis]

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riugakusei at aim.com wrote:
> am trying to run kismet on my laptop.. but its not working properly.. its telling me somehting about the drive.rs. can anynone help me out here.. where can i? get the new drivers for instance.? i am runnning open suse 10.2, wireless card Intel prowireless 3945
> Heart:~ # !kis
> kismet
> Server options:? none
> Client options:? none
> Starting server...
> Waiting for server to start before starting UI...
> Suid priv-dropping disabled.? This may not be secure.
> No specific sources given to be enabled, all will be enabled.
> Enabling channel hopping.
> Enabling channel splitting.
> Source 0 (ABG): Enabling monitor mode for ipw3945 source interface eth1 channel 6...
> FATAL: Failed to set monitor mode: Invalid argument.? This usually means your drivers either do not support monitor mode, or use a different mechanism for getting to it.? Make sure you have a version of your drivers that support monitor mode, and consult the troubleshooting section of the README.
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You have to edit the makefile for the ipw3945 drivers and enable
monitoring mode. If you edit the makefile it'll be pretty obvious. I no
longer have that wireless chipset, so I don't recall the precise
options, I know it's there tho.
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