My coconut used to work fine with kismet. everything was set up. now, plugging in the coconut totally breaks my system (or at least kills my network connection). I think the problem is it is trying to bring up the network interfaces instead of leaving them alone to be handled by the coconut driver. how can i fix this? Do I have to like, blacklist the driver somehow?
The official docs say:
But it doesn't explain how to fix it properly.
Here's some logs that might show what is happening.
2023-07-25T17:04:17.916937-07:00 kbox kernel: [106369.064188] ieee80211 phy120: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2870.bin'
2023-07-25T17:04:17.916947-07:00 kbox kernel: [106369.064198] ieee80211 phy120: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Firmware detected - version: 0.36
2023-07-25T17:04:18.080729-07:00 kbox kernel: [106369.226357] usb 1-5.2.3: new high-speed USB device number 66 using xhci_hcd
2023-07-25T17:04:18.197096-07:00 kbox charon: 09[KNL] interface wlan2 activated
2023-07-25T17:04:18.235709-07:00 kbox charon: 10[KNL] interface wlan2 deactivated
2023-07-25T17:04:18.236188-07:00 kbox NetworkManager[48142]: <info> [1690329858.2359] device (wlan2): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to D2:DC:16:xx:xx:xx (scanning)
2023-07-25T17:04:18.522231-07:00 kbox charon: 16[KNL] interface wlan2 activated
2023-07-25T17:04:18.540121-07:00 kbox NetworkManager[48142]: <info> [1690329858.5400] device (wlan2): supplicant interface state: internal-starting -> disconnected
2023-07-25T17:04:18.540262-07:00 kbox NetworkManager[48142]: <info> [1690329858.5400] device (wlan2): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'supplicant-available', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
2023-07-25T17:04:19.396867-07:00 kbox kernel: [106370.543232] usb 1-5.2-port3: cannot reset (err = -71)
2023-07-25T17:04:19.396904-07:00 kbox kernel: [106370.543406] usb 1-5.2-port3: cannot reset (err = -71)
2023-07-25T17:04:19.396908-07:00 kbox kernel: [106370.543591] usb 1-5.2-port3: cannot reset (err = -71)
2023-07-25T17:04:19.396910-07:00 kbox kernel: [106370.543758] usb 1-5.2-port3: cannot reset (err = -71)
2023-07-25T17:04:19.396912-07:00 kbox kernel: [106370.543942] usb 1-5.2-port3: cannot reset (err = -71)
2023-07-25T17:04:19.396913-07:00 kbox kernel: [106370.543966] usb 1-5.2-port3: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
2023-07-25T17:04:19.396916-07:00 kbox kernel: [106370.544100] usb 1-5.2-port3: cannot disable (err = -71)
2023-07-25T17:04:19.396917-07:00 kbox kernel: [106370.544684] usb 1-5.2-port3: cannot reset (err = -71)
2023-07-25T17:04:19.396919-07:00 kbox kernel: [106370.544752] usb 1-5.2-port3: cannot reset (err = -71)
2023-07-25T17:04:19.396944-07:00 kbox kernel: [106370.544923] usb 1-5.2-port3: cannot reset (err = -71)
2023-07-25T17:04:19.396947-07:00 kbox kernel: [106370.545016] usb 1-5.2-port3: cannot reset (err = -71)
2023-07-25T17:04:19.396949-07:00 kbox kernel: [106370.545145] usb 1-5.2-port3: cannot reset (err = -71)
2023-07-25T17:04:19.396950-07:00 kbox kernel: [106370.545152] usb 1-5.2-port3: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
2023-07-25T17:04:19.396952-07:00 kbox kernel: [106370.545282] usb 1-5.2-port3: cannot disable (err = -71)
2023-07-25T17:04:19.396954-07:00 kbox kernel: [106370.545395] usb 1-5.2-port3: attempt power cycle
2023-07-25T17:04:19.404711-07:00 kbox kernel: [106370.551256] ieee80211 phy120: rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request 0x07 failed for offset 0x1004 with error -71
2023-07-25T17:04:19.408761-07:00 kbox kernel: [106370.556319] usb 1-5.2: USB disconnect, device number 63
2023-07-25T17:04:19.592823-07:00 kbox ModemManager[39771]: <info> [base-manager] couldn't check support for device '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-5/1-5.2/1-5.2.1': not supported by any plugin
2023-07-25T17:04:19.712838-07:00 kbox kernel: [106370.858836] usb 1-5.2.1: USB disconnect, device number 64
2023-07-25T17:04:19.745727-07:00 kbox charon: 08[KNL] interface wlan1 deactivated
2023-07-25T17:04:19.745857-07:00 kbox charon: 16[KNL] interface wlan1 deleted
2023-07-25T17:04:19.746087-07:00 kbox NetworkManager[48142]: <info> [1690329859.7457] device (wlan1): state change: disconnected -> unmanaged (reason 'removed', sys-iface-state: 'removed')
2023-07-25T17:04:19.770136-07:00 kbox wpa_supplicant[744]: wlan1: CTRL-EVENT-DSCP-POLICY clear_all
2023-07-25T17:04:19.776477-07:00 kbox NetworkManager[48142]: <info> [1690329859.7762] radio killswitch /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-5/1-5.2/1-5.2.1/1-5.2.1:1.0/ieee80211/phy119/rfkill120 disappeared
2023-07-25T17:04:19.800768-07:00 kbox kernel: [106370.948060] usb 1-5.2.2: USB disconnect, device number 65
2023-07-25T17:04:19.809545-07:00 kbox wpa_supplicant[744]: wlan1: CTRL-EVENT-DSCP-POLICY clear_all
2023-07-25T17:04:19.809773-07:00 kbox wpa_supplicant[744]: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlan1 disabled_11b_rates=0
2023-07-25T17:04:19.849464-07:00 kbox charon: 06[KNL] interface wlan2 deactivated
2023-07-25T17:04:19.849891-07:00 kbox charon: 05[KNL] interface wlan2 deleted
2023-07-25T17:04:19.852125-07:00 kbox NetworkManager[48142]: <info> [1690329859.8508] device (wlan2): state change: disconnected -> unmanaged (reason 'removed', sys-iface-state: 'removed')
2023-07-25T17:04:19.863904-07:00 kbox ModemManager[39771]: <info> [base-manager] port wlan2 released by device '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-5/1-5.2/1-5.2.2'
2023-07-25T17:04:19.864141-07:00 kbox ModemManager[39771]: <warn> [plugin-manager] task 123,wlan2: failed: Operation was cancelled
2023-07-25T17:04:19.864251-07:00 kbox ModemManager[39771]: <info> [base-manager] couldn't check support for device '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-5/1-5.2/1-5.2.2': Operation was cancelled
2023-07-25T17:04:19.885998-07:00 kbox wpa_supplicant[744]: wlan2: CTRL-EVENT-DSCP-POLICY clear_all
2023-07-25T17:04:19.892628-07:00 kbox NetworkManager[48142]: <info> [1690329859.8924] radio killswitch /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-5/1-5.2/1-5.2.2/1-5.2.2:1.0/ieee80211/phy120/rfkill121 disappeared
2023-07-25T17:04:19.917668-07:00 kbox wpa_supplicant[744]: wlan2: CTRL-EVENT-DSCP-POLICY clear_all
2023-07-25T17:04:19.917919-07:00 kbox wpa_supplicant[744]: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlan2 disabled_11b_rates=0
2023-07-25T17:04:20.144985-07:00 kbox kernel: [106371.290574] usb 1-5.2: new high-speed USB device number 70 using xhci_hcd
2023-07-25T17:04:20.244804-07:00 kbox kernel: [106371.391204] usb 1-5.2: New USB device found, idVendor=1a40, idProduct=0101, bcdDevice= 1.11
2023-07-25T17:04:20.244838-07:00 kbox kernel: [106371.391225] usb 1-5.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
2023-07-25T17:04:20.244842-07:00 kbox kernel: [106371.391232] usb 1-5.2: Product: USB 2.0 Hub
2023-07-25T17:04:20.244844-07:00 kbox kernel: [106371.393454] hub 1-5.2:1.0: USB hub found
2023-07-25T17:04:20.244846-07:00 kbox kernel: [106371.393528] hub 1-5.2:1.0: 4 ports detected