Menu item installed for prismstumbler points to wrong place

Thanks for your bug report. Which version of Ubuntu and prismstumbler do you use?

Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy)
prismstumbler 0.7.0-2

This debdiff modify the .desktop file:
 - points to the correct executable file
 - adds a GenericName entry

I have this exact problem on Edubuntu Beta 1, so i'm reopening the bug.

Is something being done wrong/differently in the build process that causes this to break?

The patch has not been applied correctly.
I've uploaded a fixed package on REVU (http://revu.tauware.de/details.py?upid=2298)

This time it's fixed...

Sorry Gauvain, I don't think this will do it.

The /usr/bin/pst from http://prismstumbler.sf.net looks like this:
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#! /bin/sh
/usr/bin/prismstumbler&
/usr/bin/psfront -i eth0
killall prismstumbler
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The problem here is that it is hardcoded to eth0.

Thanks ranf.
I thought the problem was in the desktop file, but it seems that the /usr/bin/pst file is not installed at all.
I'll have a look at this.

pst is supposed to be built in src/Makefile but this package appears to have some significant issues.

Are there any steps that have been/can be taken to fix/remove this package?
this bug has been idle for a while, so perhaps its been resolved?

Unfortunately it doesn't look like it. There have been no updates in Debian or Ubuntu. I will try to look at it again.

I successfully packaged a newer upstream version which fixed the missing pst issue, unfortunately eth0 is still hardcoded and I'm not quite sure how to handle that effectively. I'm certainly open for suggestions. Thank you.

Barry, last time I tried that program I simply ran:
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prismstumbler &
psfront
killall prismstumbler
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Psfront allows you to choose a NIC.

Ralf,

Are you running dapper or Edgy? I have built 0.7.3 packages with a modified /usr/bin/pst that should handle this. I will post them based on what you are running. Thanks.

I'm on Dapper:

ii prismstumbler 0.7.0-2ubuntu2 Wireless network sniffer

Ralf,

Would you mind grabbing this .deb and installing with dpkg -i and testing it for me? It should add a desktop entry in Gnome which I would be curious if it worked also. Thanks again!

http://www2.bddebian.com:8000/packages/ubuntu/prismstumbler/dapper_deb/

Fixed in Edgy. Thank you.

Barry,

sorry to reply so late.

The desktop entry is there and _kind of_ works. No useful scan results though.

/usr/bin/prismstumbler needs to be run with root privileges. Because it puts the card in promiscous mode.

I've tested with a Prism PCMCIA card and the hostap driver.
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ralfm@vaio:~$ sudo cardctl info
Password:
PRODID_1="INTERSIL"
PRODID_2="I-GATE 11M PC Card / PC Card plus"
PRODID_3="Version 01.02"
PRODID_4=""
MANFID=0156,0002
FUNCID=6
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I must admit I'm not that much interested in `prismstumbler' as long as `kismet' works for me.