Im beginning to suspect thats because of settings written to default profile. :-( Try setting cardctl scheme resume and try running - or making a new profile in lan & wireless config tool and set it up total open networking and then try kismet.
# cardctl scheme resume
produces same symptoms, subsequent run of kismet gives same error. I deleted channel 11 from the kismet.conf channel list, and it threw the same error, but with the next available channel. Seems to implicate channel-hopping in general...
Also set up a new profile -- I think what you mean by "total open networking" is to leave every entry blank (?)...I did that, loaded it, and still no change...
# kismet -X
does work
thx