Won't enable monitoring on RTL8188EUS error: /etc/redhat-release: No such file or directory

[eiger3970]

I'm running Kali Linux on a live USB, so installing updates, upgrades and linux headers asks for a reboot, which loses all the installs, which possibly the RTL8188EUS needs?

┌──(root💀kali)-[/home/kali/rtl8188eus] └─# uname -r 5.10.0-kali3-amd64

┌──(root💀kali)-[/home/kali/rtl8188eus] └─# lsusb Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver Bus 001 Device 003: ID abcd:1234 LogiLink UDisk flash drive Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05ac:12a8 Apple, Inc. iPhone 5/5C/5S/6/SE Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

`──(root💀kali)-[/home/kali/rtl8188eus] └─# iwconfig 127 ⨯ lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 unassociated ESSID:"" Nickname:"WIFI@REALTEK" Mode:Managed Frequency=2.437 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

eth1 no wireless extensions. `

┌──(root💀kali)-[/home/kali/rtl8188eus] └─# make && make install cut: /etc/redhat-release: No such file or directory /bin/sh: 1: bc: not found make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/5.10.0-kali3-amd64/build M=/home/kali/rtl8188eus modules make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.10.0-kali3-amd64' cut: /etc/redhat-release: No such file or directory /bin/sh: 1: bc: not found CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_cmd.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_security.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_debug.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_io.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_ioctl_query.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_ioctl_set.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_ieee80211.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_mlme.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_mlme_ext.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_mi.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_wlan_util.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_vht.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_pwrctrl.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_rf.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_recv.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_sta_mgt.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_ap.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/mesh/rtw_mesh.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/mesh/rtw_mesh_pathtbl.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/mesh/rtw_mesh_hwmp.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_xmit.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_p2p.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_rson.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_tdls.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_br_ext.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_iol.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_sreset.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_btcoex_wifionly.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_btcoex.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_beamforming.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_odm.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_rm.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_rm_fsm.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/efuse/rtw_efuse.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/os_dep/osdep_service.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/os_dep/linux/usb_intf.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/os_dep/linux/usb_ops_linux.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/os_dep/linux/ioctl_linux.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/os_dep/linux/xmit_linux.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/os_dep/linux/mlme_linux.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/os_dep/linux/recv_linux.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/os_dep/linux/ioctl_cfg80211.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/os_dep/linux/rtw_cfgvendor.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/os_dep/linux/wifi_regd.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/os_dep/linux/rtw_android.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/os_dep/linux/rtw_proc.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/os_dep/linux/rtw_rhashtable.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/os_dep/linux/ioctl_mp.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/hal_intf.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/hal_com.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/hal_com_phycfg.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/hal_phy.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/hal_dm.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/hal_dm_acs.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/hal_btcoex_wifionly.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/hal_btcoex.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/hal_mp.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/hal_mcc.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/hal_hci/hal_usb.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/led/hal_led.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/led/hal_usb_led.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/HalPwrSeqCmd.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/rtl8188e/Hal8188EPwrSeq.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/rtl8188e/rtl8188e_xmit.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/rtl8188e/rtl8188e_sreset.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/rtl8188e/rtl8188e_hal_init.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/rtl8188e/rtl8188e_phycfg.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/rtl8188e/rtl8188e_rf6052.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/rtl8188e/rtl8188e_dm.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/rtl8188e/rtl8188e_rxdesc.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/rtl8188e/rtl8188e_cmd.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/rtl8188e/hal8188e_s_fw.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/rtl8188e/hal8188e_t_fw.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/rtl8188e/usb/usb_halinit.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/rtl8188e/usb/rtl8188eu_led.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/rtl8188e/usb/rtl8188eu_xmit.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/rtl8188e/usb/rtl8188eu_recv.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/rtl8188e/usb/usb_ops_linux.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/efuse/rtl8188e/HalEfuseMask8188E_USB.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_debug.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_antdiv.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_soml.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_smt_ant.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_antdect.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_interface.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_phystatus.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_hwconfig.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_dig.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_pathdiv.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_rainfo.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_dynamictxpower.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_adaptivity.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_cfotracking.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_noisemonitor.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_beamforming.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_dfs.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/txbf/halcomtxbf.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/txbf/haltxbfinterface.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/txbf/phydm_hal_txbf_api.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_adc_sampling.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_ccx.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_psd.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_primary_cca.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_cck_pd.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_rssi_monitor.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_auto_dbg.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_math_lib.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_api.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/phydm_pow_train.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/halrf/halrf.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/halrf/halphyrf_ce.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/halrf/halrf_powertracking_ce.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/halrf/halrf_powertracking.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/halrf/halrf_kfree.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/rtl8188e/halhwimg8188e_mac.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/rtl8188e/halhwimg8188e_bb.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/rtl8188e/halhwimg8188e_rf.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/halrf/rtl8188e/halrf_8188e_ce.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/rtl8188e/phydm_regconfig8188e.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/rtl8188e/hal8188erateadaptive.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/hal/phydm/rtl8188e/phydm_rtl8188e.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/platform/platform_ops.o CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/core/rtw_mp.o LD [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/8188eu.o cut: /etc/redhat-release: No such file or directory /bin/sh: 1: bc: not found MODPOST /home/kali/rtl8188eus/Module.symvers CC [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/8188eu.mod.o LD [M] /home/kali/rtl8188eus/8188eu.ko make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.10.0-kali3-amd64' cut: /etc/redhat-release: No such file or directory /bin/sh: 1: bc: not found install -p -m 644 8188eu.ko /lib/modules/5.10.0-kali3-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ /sbin/depmod -a 5.10.0-kali3-amd64

[alkock]

Same goes for me, running Kali Linux installed on a hardware device.

[savetheword]

Same problem i have

same +1

error:- ┌──(root💀kali)-[~/Desktop/rtl8188eus] └─# make && sudo make install cut: /etc/redhat-release: No such file or directory /bin/sh: 1: bc: not found make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/5.14.0-kali4-amd64/build M=/root/Desktop/rtl8188eus modules make[1]: /lib/modules/5.14.0-kali4-amd64/build: No such file or directory. Stop. make: [Makefile:2062: modules] Error 2