OK, me culpa I have effectively forgetten to add Kismet at the end of my source line :-| I'm not enough concentrated !!!!! It works fine now. Thanks a lot François On 20 Jun 2003 20:36:57 +0200 Marcel Gschwandl <tautau@gmx.ch> wrote: > Hello, > > I see two possibities now. > 1st: did you start kismet as root or as normal user, because the message > locks much like the one I get every time I start kismet as normal user > and not root. > > 2nd: Because of this line > FATAL: Invalid source line 'prism2_hostap,wlan0' > I think it could also be an error in /etc/kismet/kismet.conf. There has > to be a line which says: source=prism2_hostap,wlan0,Kismet and to me > this FATAL: ... says there's only a line source=prism2_hostap,wlan0 > > I hope this helps > > apropos driver: I searched a bit in the net and found that the MA401 > works just fine with the hostap-driver so that's nearly shure not a > problem. > > MfG > Marcel > > On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 17:17, François Chenais wrote: > > Hello Marcel, > > > > Kismet give me those errors > > > > Im' using > > > > Package: kismet Version: 2.8.1-4 > > Package: hostap-source Version: 1:0.0.3-1 > > > > Perhaps something miss :-| > > > > > > > > tanna:/etc/network# kismet > > Server options: none > > Client options: none > > Entering monitor mode... > > Using //etc/kismet/kismet.conf sources... > > Enabling monitor mode for a hostap prism2 card on wlan0 channel 6 > > Starting channel hopper... > > Starting server... > > Suid priv-dropping disabled. This may not be secure. > > No enable sources specified, all sources will be enabled. > > FATAL: Invalid source line 'prism2_hostap,wlan0' > > ************************************************** > > > > Hopping 3 channels per second (333333 microseconds per channel) > > NOTICE: No enable sources specified, all sources will be enabled. > > FATAL: Invalid source line 'prism2_hostap,wlan0' > > Starting UI... > > FATAL: Could not connect to localhost:2501. > > Terminating... > > Leaving monitor mode... > > Using //etc/kismet/kismet.conf sources... > > Disabling monitor mode for a hostap prism2 card on wlan0 > > You will likely need to restart your PCMCIA services to reconfigure your card > > for the correct channel and SSID. > > Done. > > > > > > any idea ? > > > > François > > > > > > > > On 19 Jun 2003 18:41:09 +0200 > > Marcel Gschwandl <tautau@gmx.ch> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I use the hostAP driver (0.0.3) together with kismet (2.8.1) and it just > > > works fine. > > > > > > The other two questions I can't answer directly but perhaps > > > http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/ may help. > > > It helped me a lot when I searched for a wireless driver but I haven't > > > read it recently so I don't no if it's still up to date. > > > > > > Greets > > > Marcel > > > > > > On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 17:56, François Chenais wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I installed a MA401 card on my computer but I have some questions : > > > > > > > > First, I installed wlan-ng package and it works. But I had some craches; my computer stop and I had to switch it off. Then, the iwconfig command failed when I wanted to set options > > > > > > > > ex : iwconfig wlan0 nick Francois. > > > > > > > > > > > > So, I just installed the hostap driver. It works fine but I can't use kismet and airsnot doesn't see any essid. > > > > > > > > > > > > Questions: > > > > - Is hostap the good driver for this card > > > > - doesn't kismet works with this driver ? > > > > - is there any graphical application for managing wireless ? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot > > > > > > > > François > > > > > > > -- > > > Marcel Gschwandl <tautau@gmx.ch> > > > > > > The day Microsoft invents something that doesn't suck > > > is the day they start making vacuum cleaners. -- Ernst Jan Plugge > > > > > > > -- > Marcel Gschwandl <tautau@gmx.ch> > > The day Microsoft invents something that doesn't suck > is the day they start making vacuum cleaners. -- Ernst Jan Plugge > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- Debian SID Linux tanna 2.4.20-freeswan-ipvs-xfs #7 SMP Tue Feb 11 11:01:05 CET 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux Linux Counter #59413 PGP fingerprint : 9AFA 15EC 96C9 F607 EBC1 DD41 70C5 F0E0 25A5 105B
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