Hello,

I simply cannot enable monitor mode.

Let me give a brief background on what is going on:

- VMware virtual machine (USB 2.0)
- KDE Plasma # Nice look
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toor@kali:~$ uname -r
5.6.0-kali2-amd64
With the adapter connected:

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toor@kali:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 2357:010c TP-Link TL-WN722N v2
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0e0f:0002 VMware, Inc. Virtual USB Hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0e0f:0003 VMware, Inc. Virtual Mouse
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
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toor@kali:~$ iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     unassociated  ESSID:""  Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"
          Mode:Auto  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated  
          Sensitivity:0/0 
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
Secondly, cloned the TL-WN722N drives from https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8188eus.

Then, I crossed my fingers as I tried those two methods to enable monitor mode:

1#

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sudo -i
echo "blacklist r8188eu.ko" > "/etc/modprobe.d/realtek.conf"
exit
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 8188eu

sudo airmon-ng check kill
sudo ip link set wlan0 down
sudo iw dev wlan0 set type monitor
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# ERROR MESSAGE:
command failed: No such device (-19)
2#


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sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor
sudo iwconfig wlan0 set mode monitor
sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor
su iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor
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#ERROR MESSAGE
  Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not permitted.
This is what I tried to do in order to set monitor mode, but I keep failing miserably. Can anybody help? Thx