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Thread: Help Needed Please - AWUSO36H/Airmon-ng Wifi Card Causing Kernel Panic

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    Help Needed Please - AWUSO36H/Airmon-ng Wifi Card Causing Kernel Panic

    Hello!

    Sorry that it's long - can't find the command that lets you hide stuff in text-boxes.

    My card used to work, but now it doesn't. I've run updates and updated to the latest airmon-ng, as well as apt-get update && upgrade etc.
    I've tried to follow the troubleshooting steps which were stickied, however at one step, when I tried to test if injections worked (or so),
    I got a kernel panic. System shutdown. I'm dual-booting Kali with Win 8. If I try airmon-ng start wlan1, the terminal just explodes with text.
    So I have to split this post in two, to give you all the information.

    Code:
    root@localhost:~# uname -r
    3.18.0-kali3-amd64
    Code:
    root@localhost:~# airmon-ng start wlan1
    Found 3 processes that could cause trouble.
    If airodump-ng, aireplay-ng or airtun-ng stops working after
    a short period of time, you may want to kill (some of) them!
    
      PID Name
     2710 NetworkManager
     2830 wpa_supplicant
     3425 dhclient
    
    PHY	Interface	Driver		Chipset
    
    phy0	wlan0		iwlwifi		Intel Corporation Device 08b4 (rev 93)
    phy1770	wlan1		rtl8187		Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187
    Failed to set wlan1 down using ip
    
    
    ERROR: something went wrong with iw.Usage:	iw [options] command
    Options:
    	--debug		enable netlink debugging
    	--version	show version (3.4)
    Commands:
    	help [command]
    		Print usage for all or a specific command, e.g.
    		"help wowlan" or "help wowlan enable".
    
    	event [-t] [-r] [-f]
    		Monitor events from the kernel.
    		-t - print timestamp
    		-r - print relative timstamp
    		-f - print full frame for auth/assoc etc.
    
    	phy
    	list
    		List all wireless devices and their capabilities.
    
    	phy <phyname> info
    		Show capabilities for the specified wireless device.
    
    	dev
    		List all network interfaces for wireless hardware.
    
    	dev <devname> info
    		Show information for this interface.
    
    	dev <devname> del
    		Remove this virtual interface
    
    	dev <devname> interface add <name> type <type> [mesh_id <meshid>] [4addr on|off] [flags <flag>*]
    	phy <phyname> interface add <name> type <type> [mesh_id <meshid>] [4addr on|off] [flags <flag>*]
    		Add a new virtual interface with the given configuration.
    		Valid interface types are: managed, ibss, monitor, mesh, wds.
    		
    		The flags are only used for monitor interfaces, valid flags are:
    		none:     no special flags
    		fcsfail:  show frames with FCS errors
    		control:  show control frames
    		otherbss: show frames from other BSSes
    		cook:     use cooked mode
    		
    		The mesh_id is used only for mesh mode.
    
    	dev <devname> ibss join <SSID> <freq in MHz> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-|NOHT] [fixed-freq] [<fixed bssid>] [beacon-interval <TU>] [basic-rates <rate in Mbps,rate2,...>] [mcast-rate <rate in Mbps>] [key d:0:abcde]
    		Join the IBSS cell with the given SSID, if it doesn't exist create
    		it on the given frequency. When fixed frequency is requested, don't
    		join/create a cell on a different frequency. When a fixed BSSID is
    		requested use that BSSID and do not adopt another cell's BSSID even
    		if it has higher TSF and the same SSID. If an IBSS is created, create
    		it with the specified basic-rates, multicast-rate and beacon-interval.
    
    	dev <devname> ibss leave
    		Leave the current IBSS cell.
    
    	dev <devname> station dump
    		List all stations known, e.g. the AP on managed interfaces
    
    	dev <devname> station set <MAC address> vlan <ifindex>
    		Set an AP VLAN for this station.
    
    	dev <devname> station set <MAC address> plink_action <open|block>
    		Set mesh peer link action for this station (peer).
    
    	dev <devname> station del <MAC address>
    		Remove the given station entry (use with caution!)
    
    	dev <devname> station get <MAC address>
    		Get information for a specific station.
    
    	dev <devname> survey dump
    		List all gathered channel survey data
    
    	dev <devname> mesh leave
    		Leave a mesh.
    
    	dev <devname> mesh join <mesh ID> [mcast-rate <rate in Mbps>] [<param>=<value>]*
    		Join a mesh with the given mesh ID with mcast-rate and mesh parameters.
    
    	dev <devname> mpath dump
    		List known mesh paths.
    
    	dev <devname> mpath set <destination MAC address> next_hop <next hop MAC address>
    		Set an existing mesh path's next hop.
    
    	dev <devname> mpath new <destination MAC address> next_hop <next hop MAC address>
    		Create a new mesh path (instead of relying on automatic discovery).
    
    	dev <devname> mpath del <MAC address>
    		Remove the mesh path to the given node.
    
    	dev <devname> mpath get <MAC address>
    		Get information on mesh path to the given node.
    
    	dev <devname> scan [-u] [freq <freq>*] [ies <hex as 00:11:..>] [ssid <ssid>*|passive]
    		Scan on the given frequencies and probe for the given SSIDs
    		(or wildcard if not given) unless passive scanning is requested.
    		If -u is specified print unknown data in the scan results.
    		Specified (vendor) IEs must be well-formed.
    
    	dev <devname> scan trigger [freq <freq>*] [ies <hex as 00:11:..>] [ssid <ssid>*|passive]
    		Trigger a scan on the given frequencies with probing for the given
    		SSIDs (or wildcard if not given) unless passive scanning is requested.
    
    	dev <devname> scan dump [-u]
    		Dump the current scan results. If -u is specified, print unknown
    		data in scan results.
    
    	reg get
    		Print out the kernel's current regulatory domain information.
    
    	reg set <ISO/IEC 3166-1 alpha2>
    		Notify the kernel about the current regulatory domain.
    
    	dev <devname> connect [-w] <SSID> [<freq in MHz>] [<bssid>] [key 0:abcde d:1:6162636465]
    		Join the network with the given SSID (and frequency, BSSID).
    		With -w, wait for the connect to finish or fail.
    
    	dev <devname> disconnect
    		Disconnect from the current network.
    
    	dev <devname> link
    		Print information about the current link, if any.
    
    	dev <devname> offchannel <freq> <duration>
    		Leave operating channel and go to the given channel for a while.
    
    	dev <devname> cqm rssi <threshold|off> [<hysteresis>]
    		Set connection quality monitor RSSI threshold.
    		
    
    	phy <phyname> wowlan show 
    		Show WoWLAN status.
    
    	phy <phyname> wowlan disable 
    		Disable WoWLAN.
    
    	phy <phyname> wowlan enable [any] [disconnect] [magic-packet] [gtk-rekey-failure] [eap-identity-request] [4way-handshake] [rfkill-release] [patterns <pattern>*]
    		Enable WoWLAN with the given triggers.
    		Each pattern is given as a bytestring with '-' in places where any byte
    		may be present, e.g. 00:11:22:-:44 will match 00:11:22:33:44 and
    		00:11:22:33:ff:44 etc.
    
    	dev <devname> roc start <freq> <time>
    		
    
    	phy <phyname> set antenna <bitmap> | all | <tx bitmap> <rx bitmap>
    		Set a bitmap of allowed antennas to use for TX and RX.
    		The driver may reject antenna configurations it cannot support.
    
    	dev <devname> set txpower <auto|fixed|limit> [<tx power in mBm>]
    		Specify transmit power level and setting type.
    
    	phy <phyname> set txpower <auto|fixed|limit> [<tx power in mBm>]
    		Specify transmit power level and setting type.
    
    	phy <phyname> set distance <distance>
    		Set appropriate coverage class for given link distance in meters.
    		Valid values: 0 - 114750
    
    	phy <phyname> set coverage <coverage class>
    		Set coverage class (1 for every 3 usec of air propagation time).
    		Valid values: 0 - 255.
    
    	phy <phyname> set netns <pid>
    		Put this wireless device into a different network namespace
    
    	phy <phyname> set rts <rts threshold|off>
    		Set rts threshold.
    
    	phy <phyname> set frag <fragmentation threshold|off>
    		Set fragmentation threshold.
    
    	dev <devname> set channel <channel> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-]
    	phy <phyname> set channel <channel> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-]
    	dev <devname> set freq <freq> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-]
    	phy <phyname> set freq <freq> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-]
    		Set frequency/channel the hardware is using, including HT
    		configuration.
    
    	phy <phyname> set name <new name>
    		Rename this wireless device.
    
    	dev <devname> set peer <MAC address>
    		Set interface WDS peer.
    
    	dev <devname> set noack_map <map>
    		Set the NoAck map for the TIDs. (0x0009 = BE, 0x0006 = BK, 0x0030 = VI, 0x00C0 = VO)
    
    	dev <devname> set 4addr <on|off>
    		Set interface 4addr (WDS) mode.
    
    	dev <devname> set type <type>
    		Set interface type/mode.
    		Valid interface types are: managed, ibss, monitor, mesh, wds.
    
    	dev <devname> set meshid <meshid>
    	dev <devname> set monitor <flag>*
    		Set monitor flags. Valid flags are:
    		none:     no special flags
    		fcsfail:  show frames with FCS errors
    		control:  show control frames
    		otherbss: show frames from other BSSes
    		cook:     use cooked mode
    
    	dev <devname> set mesh_param <param>=<value> [<param>=<value>]*
    		Set mesh parameter (run command without any to see available ones).
    
    	dev <devname> set power_save <on|off>
    		Set power save state to on or off.
    
    	dev <devname> set bitrates [legacy-<2.4|5> <legacy rate in Mbps>*] [mcs-<2.4|5> <MCS index>*]
    		Sets up the specified rate masks.
    		Not passing any arguments would clear the existing mask (if any).
    
    	dev <devname> get mesh_param [<param>]
    		Retrieve mesh parameter (run command without any to see available ones).
    
    	dev <devname> get power_save <param>
    		Retrieve power save state.
    
    
    You can omit the 'phy' or 'dev' if the identification is unique,
    e.g. "iw wlan0 info" or "iw phy0 info". (Don't when scripting.)
    
    Do NOT screenscrape this tool, we don't consider its output stable.
    
    		(mac80211 station mode vif disabled for [phy1770]wlan1)
    Can anybody help? I've been searching for solutions constantly. Not just with this issue either. I'm far from a Linux-expert, so some help would be very appreciated.
    I know this is thread 999999 billion on this topic, so I'm sorry for that. But I'm not getting anywhere and that sucks. I'm not sure if this should be in the General Use
    forum or not, as it's perhaps partially a Kali problem if I get a kernel panic, no? If I'm wrong, I'd appreciate a move instead of a delete .
    Last edited by Kaliusr9000; 2015-06-03 at 21:59.

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    My card IS detected by the system and if I run airmon-ng, I get:

    Code:
    root@localhost:~# airmon-ng
    PHY	Interface	Driver		Chipset
    
    phy0	wlan0		iwlwifi		Intel Corporation Device 08b4 (rev 93)
    phy1436	wlan1		rtl8187		Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187



    lsmod:


    Code:
    root@localhost:~# lsmod | grep rtl8187
    rtl8187                63559  0 
    eeprom_93cx6           12625  1 rtl8187
    mac80211              511777  2 rtl8187,iwlmvm
    cfg80211              425751  4 iwlwifi,mac80211,rtl8187,iwlmvm
    usbcore               199549  9 btusb,uvcvideo,rtl8187,ehci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbhid,xhci_hcd,xhci_pci
    Ifconfig:

    Code:
    root@localhost:~# ifconfig
    eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr f8:a9:63:47:09:c1  
              UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
              RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
    
    lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
              inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
              inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
              UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
              RX packets:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
              RX bytes:1940 (1.8 KiB)  TX bytes:1940 (1.8 KiB)
    
    wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr a0:88:69:9d:df:af  
              inet addr:192.168.0.37  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
              inet6 addr: fe80::a288:69ff:fe9d:dfaf/64 Scope:Link
              UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:13649 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:10089 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
              RX bytes:9974843 (9.5 MiB)  TX bytes:1723360 (1.6 MiB)
    
    wlan1     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:c0:ca:81:cc:43  
              UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
              RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
    iwconfig:

    Code:
    root@localhost:~# iwconfig
    eth0      no wireless extensions.
    
    wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"SKY3DC7F"  
              Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: C0:3E:0F:2B:68:95   
              Bit Rate=48 Mb/s   Tx-Power=22 dBm   
              Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
              Encryption key:off
              Power Management:off
              Link Quality=61/70  Signal level=-49 dBm  
              Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
              Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:1804   Missed beacon:0
    
    lo        no wireless extensions.
    
    wlan1     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any  
              Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
              Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
              Encryption key:off
              Power Management:off
    I don't know if things look alright or not. I do know however, that I get an error when I try to install the 3.0 drivers from here:

    http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...Downloads=true

    Any help would be appreciated!
    Last edited by Kaliusr9000; 2015-06-04 at 10:58.

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