is your kernel compiled with wireless extensions enabled? (check for /proc/net/wireless). if not you have to recompile your kernel with that enabled by uncommenting the CONFIG_NET_RADIO in the kernel config.

then you can go ahead and apply your prefered schmoo patch to the pcmcia-cs wireless dir and rerun the configuration deal and recompile the modules. if you choose the pf_netlink patch you will prolly need to compile linux-wlan-ng to get the wlanng-ctl utility or the orinocoSniff.c util to drop it into promisc mode before you start kismet.

personaly I am using the pf_packet patch and then manualy applied portions of one of the older wavestumbler patches directly to the driver to enable the /proc/hermes/dev/cmd stuff because it will monitor all the channels for new aps instead of just one. I can then drop the card in promisc mode when i want to zero in on one channel and view the packets directly in any pcap aware program on the fly with iwpriv

either way you need to make sure it installed the module into the modules dir when you make install and that the kernel is loading the orinoco_cs driver instead of say the mwavelan_cs driver. if you have pcmcia or any of the internal kernel modules enabled the pcmcia-cs package prolly wont bother to install them unless you cd to the wireless dir and make install manualy

slackware 8.0
kernel 2.4.18,
pcmcia-cs-3.1.33 (orinoco_cs 0.09b)
wireless extensions v12
wireless_tools.23
libpcap-current

orinoco gold firmware 6.18 or so... i had to downgrade to make it work it promisc mode

hope some of that helps someone or another...