The following worked for me.
1. Download the .tar not the .deb
2. untar the package.
3. mv it to /usr/share
3. cd /usr/share/gerix-wifi-cracker-ng-r20
4. sudo python gerix.py
5. put your card...

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Yes! Kismet is broken in this pre-final version but there seems to be a fix for it. I need 11 posts to submit the URL that has the fix. I wish both Ubuntu 9.04 and BT4 would get it right on Kismet. I...

After putting my card in promiscuous I put a desktop icon of Kismet on my Desktop. I set permissions to executable.
I then edited kismet.conf and added the following:
for my card "ncsource=wlan0...

It seems that "ncsource=wlan0" is all I need. That part looks OK for now.
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My problem is with the TCP listener for the...

root@bt:/usr/etc# kismet_server
ERROR: Kismet was started as root, NOT launching external control binary. This
is NOT the preferred method of starting Kismet as Kismet will continue
to run as root...