Kali 2 @ H3 boards doesn't switch to monitor mode

y52

I was unable to bring up onboard WiFi to monitor mode on OPI+ with Kali 2.0 loboris img :
orangepi@OrangePi_kali:~$ uname -a
Linux OrangePi_kali 3.4.39 #2 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 12 12:03:03 CEST 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux

orangepi@OrangePi_kali:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
8189es                887631  0

root@OrangePi_kali:~# airmon-ng check kill
root@OrangePi_kali:~# airmon-ng start wlan0
PHY     Interface       Driver          Chipset
phy0    wlan0           ??????          unable to detect for sdio 0x024c:0x8179
cat: /sys/class/ieee80211/phy0/device/net/wlan0mon/type: No such file or directory

Newly created monitor mode interface wlan0mon is *NOT* in monitor mode.
Removing non-monitor wlan0mon interface...

I believe the 8189es driver is not compatible. Is there a way to rebuild it with the monitor mode support?

I was also trying to rebuild the driver for external USB Wifi key RTL-8187 from the scratch
http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=r8187
The persistent kernel-headers related issue doesn't allow to build it so far.

Could any suggestions / solutions be given for this unexpected problem?

Kni

Hi,
The download link for RTL8189ES-000-change-build-settings.patch seems to no longer be valid:
https://raw.githubusercontent.co ... uild-settings.patch

Would someone with a copy of this patch care to make it available for download? Thank you.

y52

It is repeatedly stated, that 8189es WiFi adapter doesn't switch to monitor mode.
Kali Linux is half useless without this feature. Could it be fixed as well as including the  RTL-8187 module into the kernel build?
The  RTL-8187 module is disabled in Kali image, while enables and functional on Armbian and Debian images.

openrapp

y52 replied at 2016-3-9 00:06
It is repeatedly stated, that 8189es WiFi adapter doesn't switch to monitor mode.
Kali Linux is half ...

I am going to test Kali on Opi One with RTL8187 USB card.

Could be this the reason that the module is disabled?:

«If you have a new kernel that support mac80211 and includes the new rtl8187 driver then you MUST blacklist it otherwise the ieee80211 version of the module below will not work. »

http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=r8187#blacklisting_mac80211_driver_version

y52

The 8189es WiFi doesn't switch to monitor mode under none of the linux builds. I tried Kali, Fedora, Armbian, Ubuntu.,

The  RTL8187 USB module was not loaded and the card was not attached to the system.

I saw the above article from the Aircrack, but it was not relevant, as I tested the  8189es WiFi  standalone.

I you have found some clues to make the 8189es WiFi work, it would be very helpful.

jernej

y52 replied at 2016-3-30 21:38
The 8189es WiFi doesn't switch to monitor mode under none of the linux builds. I tried Kali, Fedora, ...

Here https://github.com/rdm-dev/rtl81 ... 0e93b086cafa6cc373a you can find latest known (to me) driver for RTL8189ES. Configuration is set directly in makefile. There is an option to enable monitor mode, but I didn't test it if it works.

y52

Thanks for the suggestion. I've decided to try it.

root@orangepiplus:/usr/src/rtl8189ES_linux# uname -a
Linux orangepiplus 3.4.110-sun8i #18 SMP PREEMPT Tue Mar 8 20:03:32 CET 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux

root@orangepiplus:/usr/src/rtl8189ES_linux# dmesg |grep 8189
[    3.923104] RTL871X: rtl8189es v4.3.0.4_11916.20140724_COB
[    3.923090] RTL871X: module init start
[    3.923104] RTL871X: rtl8189es v4.3.0.4_11916.20140724_COB
[    3.923112] RTL871X: build time: Mar  8 2016 20:02:27

root@orangepiplus:~# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
8189es                896688  0
root@orangepiplus:~# rmmod 8189es

root@orangepiplus:/usr/src/rtl8189ES_linux# ls -al /lib/modules/`uname -r`/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     36 Mar  8 20:03 build -> /usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.110-sun8i


root@orangepiplus:/usr/src# svn ls https://github.com/rdm-dev/rtl8189ES_linux/trunk
Kconfig
Makefile
clean
core/
hal/
ifcfg-wlan0
import-update.sh
include/
os_dep/
platform/
runwpa
wlan0dhcp

root@orangepiplus:/usr/src# svn export https://github.com/rdm-dev/rtl8189ES_linux/trunk

A    trunk
A    trunk/Kconfig
A    trunk/Makefile
A    trunk/clean
A    trunk/core
A    trunk/core/efuse
A    trunk/core/efuse/rtw_efuse.c
A    trunk/core/rtw_ap.c
A    trunk/hal/efuse
A    trunk/hal/efuse/efuse_mask.h
A    trunk/hal/efuse/rtl8188e
A    trunk/hal/efuse/rtl8188e/HalEfuseMask8188E_PCIE.c
A    trunk/hal/efuse/rtl8188e/HalEfuseMask8188E_PCIE.h
A    trunk/hal/phydm/rtl8188e/hal8188ereg.h
A    trunk/runwpa
A    trunk/wlan0dhcp
Exported revision 6.



root@orangepiplus:/usr/src# mv trunk rtl8189ES_linux

root@orangepiplus:/usr/src# ls -al rtl8189ES_linux
total 112
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root  4096 Apr  2 19:28 .
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root  4096 Apr  2 19:30 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    64 Oct  6 21:21 clean
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root  4096 Apr  2 19:28 core
drwxr-xr-x  8 root root  4096 Apr  2 19:28 hal
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    54 Oct  6 21:21 ifcfg-wlan0
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   496 Oct  6 21:21 import-update.sh
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root 12288 Apr  2 19:28 include
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   110 Oct  6 21:21 Kconfig
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 51507 Oct  6 21:21 Makefile
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root  4096 Apr  2 19:28 os_dep
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Apr  2 19:28 platform
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   423 Oct  6 21:21 runwpa
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   294 Oct  6 21:21 wlan0dhcp


cd /usr/src/rtl8189ES_linux

root@orangepiplus:/usr/src/rtl8189ES_linux# make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.110-sun8i'
  HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/conf.o
  SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c
  SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.lex.c
  SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.hash.c
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o
  HOSTLD  scripts/kconfig/conf
scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig
  CHK     include/linux/version.h
  CHK     include/generated/utsrelease.h
  UPD     include/generated/utsrelease.h
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'arch/arm/tools/gen-mach-types', needed by 'include/generated/mach-types.h'.  Stop.
/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.110-sun8i/arch/arm/Makefile:278: recipe for target 'archprepare' failed
make: *** [archprepare] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.110-sun8i'


How to resolve this ?
*** No rule to make target 'arch/arm/tools/gen-mach-types', needed by 'include/generated/mach-types.h'.

jernej

Did you set correct CPU, eg. sunxi? Also I give you specific commit revision, because newer commits are not intendet for sunxi chips... At the end, I always crosscompile, so I can't help you with that approach,

y52

>Did you set correct CPU, eg. sunxi?
No. I don't see where to do that.

The
root@orangepiplus:/usr/src/rtl8189ES_linux# make --help
doesn't help either.

>I give you specific commit revision, because newer commits are not intendet for sunxi chips..
It is not possible exporting this commit:

root@orangepiplus:/usr/src# svn ls https://github.com/rdm-dev/rtl81 ... 0e93b086cafa6cc373a
svn: warning: W160013: URL 'https://github.com/rdm-dev/rtl8189ES_linux/tree/52ee6388111fbaf990ec60e93b086cafa6cc373a' non-existent in revision 6
svn: E200009: Could not list all targets because some targets don't exist


root@orangepiplus:/usr/src# svn export https://github.com/rdm-dev/rtl81 ... 0e93b086cafa6cc373a
svn: E170000: URL 'https://github.com/rdm-dev/rtl8189ES_linux/tree/52ee6388111fbaf990ec60e93b086cafa6cc373a' doesn't exist


It was possible to wget the zipped sources from the commit link you left here :
root@orangepiplus:/usr/src# wget https://github.com/rdm-dev/rtl81 ... b086cafa6cc373a.zip
unzipped it.
root@orangepiplus:/usr/src# mv rtl8189ES_linux-52ee6388111fbaf990ec60e93b086cafa6cc373a rtl8189ES_linux-52ee

The result is even worse:

root@orangepiplus:/usr/src/rtl8189ES_linux-52ee# make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.110-sun8i'
  CHK     include/linux/version.h
  CHK     include/generated/utsrelease.h
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'arch/arm/tools/gen-mach-types', needed by 'include/generated/mach-types.h'.  Stop.
/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.110-sun8i/arch/arm/Makefile:278: recipe for target 'archprepare' failed
make: *** [archprepare] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.110-sun8i'

There is certainly something wrong.

jernej

All options are intended to be set up directly in makefile. So open up makefile in text editor. Also svn is not most convenient tool for github. Why dont you use git? That way you would easily checkout specified commit.

y52

I didn't use git since it was not available as a package on my old Centos installation. Both git and svn should produce similar results.
You commit link doesn't work with both svn and git :
root@orangepiplus:/usr/src# git clone https://github.com/rdm-dev/rtl81 ... 0e93b086cafa6cc373a
Cloning into '52ee6388111fbaf990ec60e93b086cafa6cc373a'...
fatal: repository 'https://github.com/rdm-dev/rtl8189ES_linux/tree/52ee6388111fbaf990ec60e93b086cafa6cc373a/' not found

Which of the options is it necessary to enable in the Makefile?

CONFIG_80211W = y
CONFIG_WIFI_MONITOR = y

Which of the 3 platforms is valid for OPI + ?
###################### Platform Related #######################
ONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_SUN7I = y
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_SUN8I_W3P1 = n
CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_SUN8I_W5P1 = n

Will this option compile the driver as a module?
CONFIG_DRVEXT_MODULE = y

By the same occasion, which is the good option for OPI+  out of the following ?
choice[1-2?]: 1
Select the wafer with arch sun8i
> 1. Allwinner A3x SOCs(sun8iw1) (ARCH_SUN8IW1) (NEW)
  2. Allwinner A2x SOCs(sun8iw3) (ARCH_SUN8IW3) (NEW)
  3. Allwinner A33 SOCs(sun8iw5) (ARCH_SUN8IW5) (NEW)
  4. Allwinner A83 SOCs(sun8iw6) (ARCH_SUN8IW6) (NEW)
  5. Allwinner Axx SOCs(sun8w7) (ARCH_SUN8IW7) (NEW)
  6. Allwinner V3x SOCs(sun8iw8) (ARCH_SUN8IW8) (NEW)
  7. Allwinner Axx SOCs(sun8iw9) (ARCH_SUN8IW9) (NEW)

choice[1-7?]: 6

I was able to start the build configuration in a strange sequence of 2 commands:
1st run :
root@orangepiplus:/usr/src/rtl8189ES_linux# make ARCH=arm/mach-sunxi -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
then run :
root@orangepiplus:/usr/src/rtl8189ES_linux-52ee# make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build

The 1st command will raise an error:

root@orangepiplus:/usr/src/rtl8189ES_linux# make ARCH=arm/mach-sunxi -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.110-sun8i'
scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig
#
# configuration written to .config
#
include/config/auto.conf:42:warning: symbol value 'cubic' invalid for DEFAULT_TCP_CONG
include/config/auto.conf:43:warning: symbol value '' invalid for UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
include/config/auto.conf:140:warning: symbol value '/lib/modules/$UNAME_RELEASE/.config' invalid for DEFCONFIG_LIST
include/config/auto.conf:232:warning: symbol value '(none)' invalid for DEFAULT_HOSTNAME
include/config/auto.conf:240:warning: symbol value '' invalid for EXTRA_FIRMWARE
include/config/auto.conf:374:warning: symbol value '' invalid for LOCALVERSION
include/config/auto.conf:378:warning: symbol value '' invalid for CMDLINE
include/config/auto.conf:442:warning: symbol value 'cfq' invalid for DEFAULT_IOSCHED
include/config/auto.conf:479:warning: symbol value '' invalid for DEFAULT_SECURITY
include/config/auto.conf:526:warning: symbol value '' invalid for CROSS_COMPILE
  CHK     include/linux/version.h
  CHK     include/generated/utsrelease.h
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'sys_config.o', needed by 'built-in.o'.  Stop.
Makefile:987: recipe for target 'prepare0' failed
make: *** [prepare0] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.110-sun8i'


The 2nd will start the build configuration with the long options list :
root@orangepiplus:/usr/src/rtl8189ES_linux# make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.110-sun8i'
scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig
*
* Restart config...
*
*
* General setup
*
Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers (EXPERIMENTAL) [N/y/?] (NEW)
....
which will finish with error anyway :

# configuration written to .config
#
  CHK     include/linux/version.h
  CHK     include/generated/utsrelease.h
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'arch/arm/tools/gen-mach-types', needed by 'include/generated/mach-types.h'.  Stop.
/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.110-sun8i/arch/arm/Makefile:278: recipe for target 'archprepare' failed
make: *** [archprepare] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.110-sun8i'


Still no luck. Probably other ideas ?