close but no banna, having basicly the same problem tring to run airsnort... card works fine normally. ie.
Internet works fine, without errors. i do set it manualy iwconfig then ifconfig then route and resolv..

# iwconfig eth1 mode monitor
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : SET failes on device eth1 ; Invalid argument

air snort gives me a ....
wlanctl-ng: Operation not supported ( when tring to start scan )

and a "Gdk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library"
when i try to start airsnort.

i got airsnort from apt.
and the card is a orinoco(silver i think) but badged a lucent.

the card surfs the net etc, just wont sniff...

Thanks..

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