Starting Kismet with Script

[jerrybme]

I don't understand shell operations well enough to figure out why I can't use a script to first set TERM=xterm-color and then launch Kismet  

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# Kismet startup script
export TERM=xterm-color
xterm -e kismet monitor

This will launch Kismet fine, but not in the color mode.

The export command seems to only work within the current instance of xterm or aterm. There must be a way to set this globally or am I just missing something simple?  

Thanks,

Jerry

[pgas2]

try xterm -e ' TERM=xterm-color kismet monitor'

export set the environement for running xterm, but xterm might set the variable TERM before runnig kismet...

[jerrybme]

try xterm -e ' TERM=xterm-color kismet monitor'

export set the environement for running xterm, but xterm might set the variable TERM before runnig kismet...

No, that doesn't work either. Thanks tho, anybody else have an idea?

Cheers,
Jerry

[Laze]

The problem is probally that the export settings are related the term before - so you could try making 2 scripts - so the one calls the other.

1. StartKistmet:
xterm -e startkismet2

2.startkismet2:

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if [ "X$DISPLAY" != "X" ]; then
    echo "Setting terminal to x-term color"
    ORGTERM=$TERM
    export TERM=xterm-color
fi
kismet
if [ "X$ORGTERM" != "X" ]; then
    echo "Setting terminal back to $ORGTERM"
    export TERM=$ORGTERM
fi

[rgrep]

I have done something similar to Laze's suggestion in the script I use to run Kismet, but you can also just tell xterm (or aterm) to start with TERM set to xterm-color, like this:

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xterm -tn xterm-color -e kismet

[JedTheHead]

I use a script to launch kismet, and always do it from another console (just bc I spend most of my time in the console):

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#!/bin/bash
export TERM=xterm-color
iwconfig eth0 essid "xxxxxxx"
... (etc)
Works great for me each time!

[jerrybme]

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xterm -tn xterm-color -e kismet

Thanks I didn't know about the -tn flag. Works great I just added it to my aterm.desktop file and now all consoles can display the color version of kismet.

But now for my other kismet related problem:
The channel hopping failure due to the orinoco drivers on my socket card (I think), it works only 30% of the time, mostly it gets stuck on channel -1. There is a patch for the drivers here But I'm afraid patching drivers is a bit beyond me at the moment. Is there a work around?

Thanks,
Jerry