Wi-Spy DBx and Spectool_gtk

[ZenN00b]

I got it to run fine using the apt-get install method, but it will not allow me to select a device. There is no WiSpy devices to select and when adding a device, none are detected.

When I run scantool_gtk from commandlinke, I see the following messages are generated:

(spectool_gtk:6335): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid uninstantiatable type `(null)' in cast to `GObject'


I do manage to see a stream of info when I run scantool_raw, so I assume it's working.

I am able to boot into WinXP and it runs fine in Channelizer, so I know the USB and WiSpy are working.

Any ideas?

[ZenN00b]

I am running a Ubuntu 9.04 distro called LinuxMint 7. I am using Wi-Spy DBx.

Although I see a wispy device in the udev rules area, it seems to be for wispy 1. Is that correct?

$cat /lib/udev/rules.d/99-wispy.rules

# Two vid/pid pairs for Wispy1 USB dongle
ATTRS{idVendor}=="1781", ATTRS{idProduct}=="083e", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04b4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0bad", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="1781", ATTRS{idProduct}=="083f", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev"

Dmesg output:

[59990.684057] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
[59990.808061] usb 4-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[59991.036045] usb 4-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[59991.252062] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
[59991.466805] usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[59991.498641] generic-usb 0003:1DD5:5000.0003: hiddev96,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Device [MetaGeek Wi-Spy DBx] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-1/input0

/var/log/messages:

Nov 24 08:18:52 Linux-Laptop kernel: [59990.684057] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
Nov 24 08:18:53 Linux-Laptop kernel: [59991.252062] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
Nov 24 08:18:53 Linux-Laptop kernel: [59991.466805] usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Nov 24 08:18:53 Linux-Laptop kernel: [59991.498641] generic-usb 0003:1DD5:5000.0003: hiddev96,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Device [MetaGeek Wi-Spy DBx] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-1/input0

[ZenN00b]

It seems that after looking at it a while, I realized that the version available using Apt-get (which is version Spectools-2007-10-R2) does not support WiSpy DBx.

I downloaded the latest version from http://kismetwireless.net/spectools/ (version Spectools-2009-06-R1) and compiled.

It seems to run, but the spectool_gtk still will not recognize it as a device.
I run spectool_net, then fire up spectool_gtk and add a network device (attaching to 127.0.0.1). It identifies it is Wi-Spy DBx, but all the graphs say "device calibrating", and (because I ran the gui from the command line) I see all kinds of errors flying by in the terminal:

** (spectool_gtk:10224): CRITICAL **: wispy_planar_button_press: assertion `wwidget->sweepcache != NULL' failed
** (spectool_gtk:10224): CRITICAL **: wispy_channel_button_press: assertion `wwidget->chanopts->chanset != NULL' failed


Along with the original post's errors:

debug - channel new 0x8450010 widget 0x8450010
debug - channel 0x8450010
debug - planar 0x8452008

(spectool_gtk:10224): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid uninstantiatable type `(null)' in cast to `GObject'
debug - topo 0x8466010

(spectool_gtk:10224): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid uninstantiatable type `(null)' in cast to `GObject'
debug - spect 0x8450298

(spectool_gtk:10224): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid uninstantiatable type `(null)' in cast to `GObject'

Also, here's the output from the command line that fires off the spectools_net:

$sudo spectool_net -a 127.0.0.1
Found 1 wispy devices...
Initializing WiSPY device Wi-Spy DBx USB 0 id 5
USB error: could not detach kernel driver from interface 0: No data available
TCP server listening on 127.0.0.1 port 30569


WTH?? I feel like I am sooooooo close

[ZenN00b]

It seems that I did not have the dev packages for gtk2 installed. It was preventing the spectools_gtk from compiling. I installed all the gtk dev stuff I could find in Synaptic and I was off to the races.

I hope this helps anyone in the same boat.

[Trent]

Thank you for posting this. I'm sure it will help some people.

[ABBIE26]

Interesting post dude....Forums are always helpful in one way or the other. Thanks for giving out information. It’s really nice and mean full.

[walkermore]

sounds good to me