Need Help with Linux Installation / Kismet / Sapphire GPS Mouse

SiNeX · 08-14-2003

Hi Guys,

I am having problems installing any distribution of Linux and getting it all to work together.

I have tried Mandrake 9.1 and I get Kernel opps errors when I exit after running GPSD.

I have tried Suse 8.2 and also get Kernel opps errors or my Numlock and Scrollock flash and the system hangs.

I have tried Redhat 8.0 and managed to install everything ok even the Sapphire GPS mouse on USB0 but then I cannot activate my wireless card and Kismet tells me that it won't work if the card is not activated! (install instructions from www.tipsybottle.com)

I have tried Redhat 9.0 and get the same kernel opps errors and
Numlock and Scrollock flash and the system hangs.

It looks like 2.4.18 kernel is the most stable with its Prolific 2303 USB Serial convertor driver, but has anyone any experience with a distro that works with Kismet, GPSD, GPSDrive and a Royaltek Sapphire USB GPS Mouse. I have downloaded and patched the orinoco drivers each time and also tried different pcmcia_cs from 3.2.0 to 3.2.5 to no avail.

Any disto suggestions or help appreciated ... Everything works fine on Windows XP, bit Linux seems to have the functionality in Kismet ... I was told Linux is getting easier but it doesn't seem that way to me at the moment ... maybe I could recompile the latest kernel with the old Prolific drivers?

System Info:

AJP2100 Laptop PII 366mhz & 384MB RAM - Lucent Tech Orinoco Gold eth1 (downgraded firmware to 6.x6) and IBM PCMCIA on eth0

Help me please I have spent a week compiling and installing Linux Distros and it is driving me crazy

rgrcommo · 08-23-2003

Netstumbler on Linux..

· What OS does this work on?
Windows 2000, Windows 9x, Windows XP.

SiNeX · 08-23-2003

No Kismet on Linux ...

Netstumbler on Xp

duh !

chuck2 · 08-24-2003

I followed blackwave's slack how to. So, I am using 2.4.20, but as far as i know 2.4.18 should work just groovy. The version of gpsd by itself didn't work for me I had to use the one that came with gpsdrive. make sure your card works, like do stuff
like

modprobe hermes
fconfig eth1 up

stuff like that before you start kismet

08-14-2003	#1 (permalink)
SiNeX Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Denmark / United Kingdom Posts: 5	Need Help with Linux Installation / Kismet / Sapphire GPS Mouse Hi Guys, I am having problems installing any distribution of Linux and getting it all to work together. I have tried Mandrake 9.1 and I get Kernel opps errors when I exit after running GPSD. I have tried Suse 8.2 and also get Kernel opps errors or my Numlock and Scrollock flash and the system hangs. I have tried Redhat 8.0 and managed to install everything ok even the Sapphire GPS mouse on USB0 but then I cannot activate my wireless card and Kismet tells me that it won't work if the card is not activated! (install instructions from www.tipsybottle.com) I have tried Redhat 9.0 and get the same kernel opps errors and Numlock and Scrollock flash and the system hangs. It looks like 2.4.18 kernel is the most stable with its Prolific 2303 USB Serial convertor driver, but has anyone any experience with a distro that works with Kismet, GPSD, GPSDrive and a Royaltek Sapphire USB GPS Mouse. I have downloaded and patched the orinoco drivers each time and also tried different pcmcia_cs from 3.2.0 to 3.2.5 to no avail. Any disto suggestions or help appreciated ... Everything works fine on Windows XP, bit Linux seems to have the functionality in Kismet ... I was told Linux is getting easier but it doesn't seem that way to me at the moment ... maybe I could recompile the latest kernel with the old Prolific drivers? System Info: AJP2100 Laptop PII 366mhz & 384MB RAM - Lucent Tech Orinoco Gold eth1 (downgraded firmware to 6.x6) and IBM PCMCIA on eth0 Help me please I have spent a week compiling and installing Linux Distros and it is driving me crazy Last edited by SiNeX : 08-14-2003 at 03:55 PM.

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08-23-2003	#2 (permalink)
rgrcommo Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1	Netstumbler on Linux.. · What OS does this work on? Windows 2000, Windows 9x, Windows XP.

08-23-2003	#3 (permalink)
SiNeX Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Denmark / United Kingdom Posts: 5	No Kismet on Linux ... Netstumbler on Xp duh !

08-24-2003	#4 (permalink)
chuck2 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 103	I followed blackwave's slack how to. So, I am using 2.4.20, but as far as i know 2.4.18 should work just groovy. The version of gpsd by itself didn't work for me I had to use the one that came with gpsdrive. make sure your card works, like do stuff like modprobe hermes fconfig eth1 up stuff like that before you start kismet