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Topic: ipw4965 kernel configuration for BackTrack

Hey. After reading stuff on your site, I have found out that I have a Intel 4965, which supports pacaket injection. Because I have stated using linux about 14 days ago, and thats because I was unnable to connecto to a free hotspot in my favorite restaurant (Nokia n82 detected the access point, but my notebook did not) and that pissed me off. But I liked I was successfull with Linux. An  all the  sudden I come across you website and read all about  the great things I could do :-). Anyways, if  I go step by step trough the things I do not understand, I need to know what "kernel  preparation" means to advance futher.

"Make sure that that this is in your kernel configuration. Pay special  attention to the modules that are included and those that can be attached."

    Networking -> Wireless :
    [M] Improved wireless configuration API
    [*] nl80211 new netlink interface support
    [*] Wireless extensions
    [M] Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)
    [M] Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (DEPRECATED)
    [M] IEEE 802.11 WEP encryption (802.1x)
    [M] IEEE 802.11i CCMP support
    [M] IEEE 802.11i TKIP encryption
    [M] Software MAC add-on to the IEEE 802.11 networking stack

Where am I supposed to do that? In Synaptic? I had Hardy 8.04 before annd now have 8.10, so  maybe I dont have to do some of the things that were needed in previous versions….hmm?

Thanks alot for every hint you will give me.

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Re: ipw4965 kernel configuration for BackTrack

What you have posted is a kernel tree, a typical list of parameters. Some things you can pass to kernel via the echo command and some you have to configure at compilation (recompilation) of the linux kernel. You will see this list when you use the menuconfig (resp. config) for compilation (make command).

make menuconfig or make config

The configuration looks like this:
 

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Re: ipw4965 kernel configuration for BackTrack

Thak  you for answer. It’s giving me these errors though. Am I supposed to log out and log in as different user?

    michal@lenovo:~$ makeconfig
    bash: makeconfig: command not found
    michal@lenovo:~$ make config
    make: *** No rule to make target `config'.  Stop.
    michal@lenovo:~$ make menuconfig
    make: *** No rule to make target `menuconfig'.  Stop.

oow do I run tat configuration program? Do I press something at boot, something like F6 or F8 like in windows? I have these versions of kernels:

    2.6.27.3 recovery
    2.6.27.4 recovery
    2.6.27.5

But here might be another option. If I would install Ubuntu along with BackTrack, I  wouldn’t have to do this,  would I? The all I wouould have to do is to   compile the drivers,  right?

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Re: ipw4965 kernel configuration for BackTrack

What are you comopiling? Where is your kernel source? What you see on the screennshot is the consle window when you run make menuconfig. To be able to compile (make) you have to have a source and a Makefile. Ubuntu does not support packet injection natively with the Intel Pro Wireless 4965 driver.. It is said in the tutoial you are following..

Compilatioon goes:

Download th kernel souce –  it usually saves to /usr/src/_version_/

    wget http://example.com/kernel-2.x.x.x.gz

Unpack (tar command or use te GUI way)

    tar xjz kernel-2.x.x.x.gz

With the BackTrarck kernel

    lzm2dir kernel.lzm

go the directory

    cd /somewhere/

Configure

    make menuconfig

..and so on. It is obvious you have not compiled anything before and possibly have no idea of what you arre doing (trying to do). I will ignore the part where you’re saying something about F6 or F8 andreccommend  you you read some wikipedia.

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Re: ipw4965 kernel configuration for BackTrack

I’d like to mention that for compilation of libnl (needed by iw), you need newer kernel than 2.6.21.5 (2.6.23 has been patched already). The compilation fails on VLAN_FLAG_REORDER_HDR, which is missing in the kernel.

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