Orinoco Monitor Mode Kernel 2.6.16.5 Slack 10.2 Drivers 0.15rc3

sovietpower · 04-14-2006, 10:42 PM

I just installed Slackware 10.2 on a Dell Inspiron 5000e (yes I know kinda old and weak). After installing I compiled a 2.6.16.5 kernel for it. The orinoco drivers apparently are 0.15rc3. The card is detected and works but no monitor mode. I read on the airsnort website that anything .15 or higher doesn't need a patch to make monitor mode work.

dmesg output as follows:

Code:

orinoco 0.15rc3 (David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au>, Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org, et all)
orinoco_cs 0.15rc3 (David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au>, Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org, et all)
eth0: Hardware identity 0001:0001:0004:0000
eth0: Station identity 001f:0001:0008:0048
eth0: Firmware determined as Lucent/Agere 8.72
eth0: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
eth0: WEP supported, 104-bit key

iwpriv eth0 shows all the standard stuff except a monitor command.

The card itself is a lucent orinoco gold.

Am I missing something here????

2Gnu · 04-14-2006, 11:20 PM

The RC2 driver does not display monitor mode with iwpriv, as you noted, but does work with apps requiring monitor mode such as Kismet & Airsnort.

sovietpower · 04-15-2006, 02:17 AM

My kismet does not work, nor does airsnort.

Code:

Server options:  none
Client options:  none
Starting server...
Waiting for server to start before starting UI...
Will drop privs to baked (1000) gid 100
No specific sources given to be enabled, all will be enabled.
Enabling channel hopping.
Enabling channel splitting.
Source 0 (orinoco): Enabling monitor mode for orinoco source interface eth0 channel 6...
FATAL: Could not find 'monitor' private ioctl or use the newer style 'mode monitor' command.  This typically means that the drivers have not been patched ror the correct drivers are being loaded. See the troubleshooting section of the README for more information.

Airsnort complains of not being able to go into monitor mode also?

sovietpower · 04-15-2006, 09:06 PM

iwpriv says there is no monitor mode. iwconfig says unrecognized request set mode. Kismet still refuses to work. Any of the other drivers will not compile against my 2.6.16.5 kernel. Suggestions?

thyrsus · 05-17-2006, 11:53 AM

I'll report that I've got the same circumstances with Fedora Core 5, kernel 2.6.16-1.2111_FC5: an Orinoco card and the 0.15rc3 orinoco_cs module, but no joy with airsnort, and iwpriv showing no monitor capability.

jong357 · 05-17-2006, 10:11 PM

Yes, I'm in the same boat with my Powerbook's airport card. If you snoop around in orinoco.c and elsewhere, it states that Monitor Mode is currently broken with firmware 7.x and above and it's disbled by default. Kismet has some patches on their download page towards the bottom but it's for 0.15rc2... I'm half tempted to roll back to 2.6.15 or where ever orinoco-0.15rc2 is being used.

I tried to patch on 2.6.16.16 with the rc2 patch but it failed to compile, even after adjusting the patch so it takes cleanly. I've kinda given up for the time being.

Pretty anoying. If you guys figure anything out besides using 6.x firmware or an older kernel, let me know, will ya?

Thanks!

phuz · 01-11-2007, 12:32 PM

so 0.15 has the monitor mode built in, so if i replace the (0.13d) modules built into the 2.4.34 kernel with the 0.15 and recompile, i should have a working version, right?

brooky9999 · 01-15-2007, 04:36 PM

Hi guys,

I have the same problem, albeit my kernel is 2.6.18.5. The 0.13e drivers wouldn't compile against this either.

How do I tell which firmware I'm using?

Mark.