[kismac] Found the source!
- From: Rob Frohne <frohro@xxxxxxx>
- To: kismac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 21:50:00 -0700
Sorry Mick,
I didn't look far enough. I found the source.
Thanks,
Rob
On Monday, May 5, 2003, at 09:44 PM, Rob Frohne wrote:
>
> Hi Mick,
>
> I went to look at your source, and I can't find it. If you would like
> me to help you to isolate this freeze problem, let me know where I can
> find the source or e-mail it to me. I can accept large files.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Rob
> On Monday, May 5, 2003, at 05:34 PM, Rob Frohne wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Mick,
>>
>> I just spent a couple of hours trying to isolate the problem. The
>> first thing I did after finding out that the second Wallstreet would
>> work while the first one froze was to reproduce that behavior booting
>> from the same expansion bay hard drive. With that, it appeared that
>> something with the hardware must be different. I swapped the
>> processor
>> cards since one had a Sonnet G4 upgrade and the other was a 233 MHz
>> original. After that both powerbooks froze upon loading the driver,
>> so
>> I swapped them back and now with both powerbooks as they were
>> originally, they both freeze instead of only one freezing. So I'm a
>> bit puzzled....
>>
>> The time when it freezes, is after you type in your password and the
>> barber pole comes up. The barber pole blinks gray, then back to blue,
>> and just before it seems the barber pole window would disappear
>> normally, it freezes. Perhaps we could have the MacJack driver print
>> to the system log things as it goes along, so we could figure out when
>> exactly it is freezing.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Rob
>> On Monday, May 5, 2003, at 02:58 PM, Rob Frohne wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Here is an update on this situation.... I tried it on my other
>>> Wallstreet II powerbook and it works there. (No freeze when loading
>>> the driver.) I'll do some more to see what I can do to isolate the
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> Rob
>>> On Monday, May 5, 2003, at 02:43 AM, Michael Rossberg wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>>>> Hash: SHA1
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Well, I tried the Bronze card in my Wallstreet and it froze as
>>>>> before.
>>>>> I also tried the Silver card in the Ti, and it worked beautifully.
>>>>> I
>>>>> guess it has something to do with the Wallstreet. What is
>>>>> different
>>>>> between the two?
>>>>
>>>> i have not even an idea. i guess the bus is slower, and we receive
>>>> some
>>>> kind of a timeout, since the new driver is much faster...
>>>> arrrrrrrrrrrrrg can someone else confirm the behavior?
>>>>
>>>>> Hmmm... I'm running a G4 in both of them, because I'm
>>>>> using a Sonnet upgrade card in the Wallstreet. I had the
>>>>> WirelessDriver installed on the Wallstreet, but I did a kextunload
>>>>> on
>>>>> it successfully before trying KisMAC. The Ti has in addition to
>>>>> the
>>>>> PCMCIA card, an Airport card, and it was being used for networking.
>>>>> I
>>>>> had also tried moving the WirelessDriver.kext to
>>>>> WirelessDriver.kext.old so it wouldn't load at all at startup and
>>>>> restarted. That didn't help.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a suggestion for another helpful feature. Since the monitor
>>>>> mode doesn't have error correction we often get errors. I use
>>>>> KisMAC
>>>>> to try and trouble-shoot my wireless connection to school (several
>>>>> kilometers away). The max signal strength number gets messed up
>>>>> soon
>>>>> after starting to listen by what I'm sure is a bogus number. Could
>>>>> you
>>>>> supply an average number as well as the max? This would be more
>>>>> accurate for my type of work, and I'm sure it would be helpful to
>>>>> others.
>>>>
>>>> mh. i ll see what i can do, i guess i need a to make myself a to-do
>>>> list....
>>>>
>>>>> I would also like to second the request for the sticky SSID. I
>>>>> don't
>>>>> know if that has been put in yet, or not, because I didn't listen
>>>>> long
>>>>> enough to see the SSID come and go this time, but I would certainly
>>>>> like that, since the access points I use don't broadcast their ID's
>>>>> often.
>>>>
>>>> i dont know if this is quite a good idea. why dont you load an old
>>>> kismac file. the problem is, that most people believe in what they
>>>> see,
>>>> and if the ap changed the ssid, we will show the old ssid for quite
>>>> sometime.....
>>>>
>>>> mick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Mick,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It still freezes with my Wallstreet II and Wavlan Silver when the
>>>>>> driver loads.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had KisMAC crash several times too, but I'm not sure they are
>>>>>> related. Here is my KisMAC crash log if it helps.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> **********
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Date/Time: 2003-05-02 14:55:39 -0700
>>>>>> OS Version: 10.2.5 (Build 6L29)
>>>>>> Host: Rob-Frohnes-Computer.local.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Command: KisMAC
>>>>>> PID: 416
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Exception: EXC_BREAKPOINT (0x0006)
>>>>>> Code[0]: 0x00000001Code[1]: 0x8fe01280
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thread 0 Crashed:
>>>>>> #0 0x8fe01280 in halt
>>>>>> #1 0x8fe0329c in load_library_image
>>>>>> #2 0x8fe06134 in load_images_libraries
>>>>>> #3 0x8fe026e8 in load_executable_image
>>>>>> #4 0x8fe01410 in _dyld_init
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PPC Thread State:
>>>>>> srr0: 0x8fe01280 srr1: 0x0002f030 vrsave:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> xer: 0x20000000 lr: 0x8fe0a064 ctr: 0x8fe28f78 mq:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> r0: 0x00000004 r1: 0xbffffb70 r2: 0x6e732f41 r3:
>>>>>> 0x000000e5
>>>>>> r4: 0x00000000 r5: 0x000000e5 r6: 0x0000290a r7:
>>>>>> 0x726e6f20
>>>>>> r8: 0x66696c65 r9: 0x00000000 r10: 0xbffff8eb r11:
>>>>>> 0x00000026
>>>>>> r12: 0x8fe71b0d r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00003de4 r15:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> r16: 0xbffffe14 r17: 0x00000001 r18: 0x00000000 r19:
>>>>>> 0x00003418
>>>>>> r20: 0x00000001 r21: 0x00000000 r22: 0x00000000 r23:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> r24: 0x8fe4b3ec r25: 0x00000002 r26: 0x00000002 r27:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> r28: 0x00001db4 r29: 0x00000000 r30: 0x8fe484d8 r31:
>>>>>> 0x8fe09ecc
>>>>>>
>>>>>> **********
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Date/Time: 2003-05-02 16:09:43 -0700
>>>>>> OS Version: 10.2.5 (Build 6L29)
>>>>>> Host: Rob-Frohnes-Computer.local.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Command: KisMAC
>>>>>> PID: 430
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Exception: EXC_BREAKPOINT (0x0006)
>>>>>> Code[0]: 0x00000001Code[1]: 0x8fe01280
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thread 0 Crashed:
>>>>>> #0 0x8fe01280 in halt
>>>>>> #1 0x8fe0329c in load_library_image
>>>>>> #2 0x8fe06134 in load_images_libraries
>>>>>> #3 0x8fe026e8 in load_executable_image
>>>>>> #4 0x8fe01410 in _dyld_init
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PPC Thread State:
>>>>>> srr0: 0x8fe01280 srr1: 0x0002f030 vrsave:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> xer: 0x20000000 lr: 0x8fe0a064 ctr: 0x8fe28f78 mq:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> r0: 0x00000004 r1: 0xbffffb70 r2: 0x6e732f41 r3:
>>>>>> 0x000000e5
>>>>>> r4: 0x00000000 r5: 0x000000e5 r6: 0x0000290a r7:
>>>>>> 0x726e6f20
>>>>>> r8: 0x66696c65 r9: 0x00000000 r10: 0xbffff8eb r11:
>>>>>> 0x00000026
>>>>>> r12: 0x8fe71b0d r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00003de4 r15:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> r16: 0xbffffe14 r17: 0x00000001 r18: 0x00000000 r19:
>>>>>> 0x00003418
>>>>>> r20: 0x00000001 r21: 0x00000000 r22: 0x00000000 r23:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> r24: 0x8fe4b3ec r25: 0x00000002 r26: 0x00000002 r27:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> r28: 0x00001db4 r29: 0x00000000 r30: 0x8fe484d8 r31:
>>>>>> 0x8fe09ecc
>>>>>>
>>>>>> **********
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Date/Time: 2003-05-03 22:06:34 -0700
>>>>>> OS Version: 10.2.5 (Build 6L29)
>>>>>> Host: Rob-Frohnes-Computer.local.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Command: KisMAC
>>>>>> PID: 684
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Exception: EXC_BREAKPOINT (0x0006)
>>>>>> Code[0]: 0x00000001Code[1]: 0x8fe01280
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thread 0 Crashed:
>>>>>> #0 0x8fe01280 in halt
>>>>>> #1 0x8fe0329c in load_library_image
>>>>>> #2 0x8fe06134 in load_images_libraries
>>>>>> #3 0x8fe026e8 in load_executable_image
>>>>>> #4 0x8fe01410 in _dyld_init
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PPC Thread State:
>>>>>> srr0: 0x8fe01280 srr1: 0x0002f030 vrsave:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> xer: 0x20000000 lr: 0x8fe0a064 ctr: 0x8fe28f78 mq:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> r0: 0x00000004 r1: 0xbffffb70 r2: 0x6e732f41 r3:
>>>>>> 0x000000e5
>>>>>> r4: 0x00000000 r5: 0x000000e5 r6: 0x0000290a r7:
>>>>>> 0x726e6f20
>>>>>> r8: 0x66696c65 r9: 0x00000000 r10: 0xbffff8eb r11:
>>>>>> 0x00000026
>>>>>> r12: 0x8fe71b0d r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00003de4 r15:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> r16: 0xbffffe14 r17: 0x00000001 r18: 0x00000000 r19:
>>>>>> 0x00003418
>>>>>> r20: 0x00000001 r21: 0x00000000 r22: 0x00000000 r23:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> r24: 0x8fe4b3ec r25: 0x00000002 r26: 0x00000002 r27:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> r28: 0x00001db4 r29: 0x00000000 r30: 0x8fe484d8 r31:
>>>>>> 0x8fe09ecc
>>>>>>
>>>>>> **********
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Date/Time: 2003-05-03 22:06:44 -0700
>>>>>> OS Version: 10.2.5 (Build 6L29)
>>>>>> Host: Rob-Frohnes-Computer.local.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Command: KisMAC
>>>>>> PID: 689
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Exception: EXC_BREAKPOINT (0x0006)
>>>>>> Code[0]: 0x00000001Code[1]: 0x8fe01280
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thread 0 Crashed:
>>>>>> #0 0x8fe01280 in halt
>>>>>> #1 0x8fe0329c in load_library_image
>>>>>> #2 0x8fe06134 in load_images_libraries
>>>>>> #3 0x8fe026e8 in load_executable_image
>>>>>> #4 0x8fe01410 in _dyld_init
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PPC Thread State:
>>>>>> srr0: 0x8fe01280 srr1: 0x0002f030 vrsave:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> xer: 0x20000000 lr: 0x8fe0a064 ctr: 0x8fe28f78 mq:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> r0: 0x00000004 r1: 0xbffffb70 r2: 0x6e732f41 r3:
>>>>>> 0x000000e5
>>>>>> r4: 0x00000000 r5: 0x000000e5 r6: 0x0000290a r7:
>>>>>> 0x726e6f20
>>>>>> r8: 0x66696c65 r9: 0x00000000 r10: 0xbffff8eb r11:
>>>>>> 0x00000026
>>>>>> r12: 0x8fe71b0d r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00003de4 r15:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> r16: 0xbffffe14 r17: 0x00000001 r18: 0x00000000 r19:
>>>>>> 0x00003418
>>>>>> r20: 0x00000001 r21: 0x00000000 r22: 0x00000000 r23:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> r24: 0x8fe4b3ec r25: 0x00000002 r26: 0x00000002 r27:
>>>>>> 0x00000000
>>>>>> r28: 0x00001db4 r29: 0x00000000 r30: 0x8fe484d8 r31:
>>>>>> 0x8fe09ecc
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rob
>>>>>> On Sunday, May 4, 2003, at 11:20 AM, Michael Rossberg wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>>>>>>> Hash: SHA1
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> i just updated the 0.04d version on the server. it fixes a
>>>>>>> couple
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> minor bugs and an issue, that kismac would not load some kismac
>>>>>>> files.
>>>>>>> the macjack driver writes upon startup the firmware version into
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> system.log. this version might also fix the problem that Brad
>>>>>>> Knowles
>>>>>>> described.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> mick
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Rob Frohne, Ph.D., P.E.
>>>>>> E.F. Cross School of Engineering
>>>>>> Walla Walla College
>>>>>> http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Rob Frohne, Ph.D., P.E.
>>>>> E.F. Cross School of Engineering
>>>>> Walla Walla College
>>>>> http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>> --
>>> Rob Frohne, Ph.D., P.E.
>>> E.F. Cross School of Engineering
>>> Walla Walla College
>>> http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> --
>> Rob Frohne, Ph.D., P.E.
>> E.F. Cross School of Engineering
>> Walla Walla College
>> http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/
>>
>>
>>
> --
> Rob Frohne, Ph.D., P.E.
> E.F. Cross School of Engineering
> Walla Walla College
> http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/
>
>
>
--
Rob Frohne, Ph.D., P.E.
E.F. Cross School of Engineering
Walla Walla College
http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/
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