AWUS036ACH dkms install on armbian bionic does not find signals in monitor mode

[rhagu]

Hi, I am running armbian bionic on a Nanopi Neo2 https://www.armbian.com/nanopi-neo-2/ and want to use my AWUS036ACH in monitor mode. The in kernel driver 88XXau was blacklisted in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and ./dkms-install was performed without an error:

sudo ./dkms-install.sh About to run dkms install steps... Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/5.2.20.2/source -> /usr/src/rtl8812au-5.2.20.2 DKMS: add completed. Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping... Building module: cleaning build area.... 'make' -j4 KVER=4.19.17-sunxi64 KSRC=/lib/modules/4.19.17-sunxi64 /build........................................................................................ cleaning build area... DKMS: build completed. 88XXau: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - No original module exists within this kernel - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/4.19.17-sunxi64/updates/dkms/ depmod.... DKMS: install completed. Finished running dkms install steps.

sudo dkms status shows that the module is up and running: rtl8812au, 5.2.20.2, 4.19.17-sunxi64, aarch64: installed

and lsmod shows it as well: Module Size Used by zstd 16384 4 8812au 1568768 0 zram 24576 5 cfg80211 290816 1 8812au snd_soc_simple_card 16384 0 sun8i_codec_analog 28672 0 snd_soc_simple_card_utils 16384 1 snd_soc_simple_card sun4i_i2s 24576 0 sun8i_adda_pr_regmap 16384 1 sun8i_codec_analog rfkill 24576 2 cfg80211 snd_soc_core 126976 4 sun4i_i2s,sun8i_codec_analog,snd_soc_simple_card_utils,snd_soc_simple_card snd_pcm_dmaengine 16384 1 snd_soc_core snd_pcm 90112 3 sun4i_i2s,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_timer 32768 1 snd_pcm snd 57344 3 snd_timer,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm sun4i_gpadc_iio 24576 0 soundcore 16384 1 snd industrialio 53248 1 sun4i_gpadc_iio cpufreq_dt 16384 0 thermal_sys 65536 2 cpufreq_dt,sun4i_gpadc_iio sch_fq_codel 20480 6 usb_f_acm 16384 1 u_serial 24576 3 usb_f_acm g_serial 16384 0 libcomposite 45056 2 g_serial,usb_f_acm lima 49152 0 gpu_sched 20480 1 lima ttm 86016 1 lima realtek 20480 1

iwconfig recognizes the monitor mode: wlx00c0caa605e6 IEEE 802.11 Mode:Monitor Frequency:2.442 GHz Tx-Power=18 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off

but kismet or airodump-ng just wont see any packets. I checked the Makefile, it is set to i368, should I change that? If so, shouldnt the compilation throw errors? ###################### Platform Related ####################### CONFIG_PLATFORM_I386_PC = y CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RPI = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM64_RPI = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ANDROID_X86 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ANDROID_INTEL_X86 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_JB_X86 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_S3C2K4 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_PXA2XX = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_S3C6K4 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_MIPS_RMI = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_RTD2880B = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_MIPS_AR9132 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_RTK_DMP = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_MIPS_PLM = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_MSTAR389 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_MT53XX = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_MX51_241H = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_FS_MX61 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ACTIONS_ATJ227X = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_TEGRA3_CARDHU = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_TEGRA4_DALMORE = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_TCC8900 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_TCC8920 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_TCC8920_JB42 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_TCC8930_JB42 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RK2818 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RK3066 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RK3188 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_URBETTER = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_TI_PANDA = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_MIPS_JZ4760 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_DMP_PHILIPS = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_MSTAR_TITANIA12 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_MSTAR = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_SZEBOOK = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_SUNxI = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_SUN6I = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_SUN7I = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_SUN8I_W3P1 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_SUN8I_W5P1 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ACTIONS_ATM702X = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ACTIONS_ATV5201 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ACTIONS_ATM705X = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_SUN50IW1P1 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_RTD299X = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_SPREADTRUM_6820 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_SPREADTRUM_8810 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_WMT = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_TI_DM365 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_MOZART = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_RTK119X = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_RTK129X = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_NOVATEK_NT72668 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_HISILICON = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_NV_TK1 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_RTL8197D = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_ARM_ODROIDC2 = n CONFIG_PLATFORM_PPC = n

[Chadster766]

Try upgrade to v5.3.4 which iwconfig will not work with, instead use "ip link" command to set promiscuous mode and monitor mode.

[rhagu]

I switched to armbian stretch and it works out of the box now. I am sorry I cannot help other in this situation but this fixed the problem for me.