Sometimes at Monitor mode pressing CTRL+C cause program exit

[frantisekz]

Sometimes at Monitor mode pressing CTRL+C cause program exit

[derv82]

I ran into this bug during development but I could not reproduce it consistently.

What operating system are you running? What version of python (python -V)?

I will let you know if I find a fix for this in the mean time.

[frantisekz]

Ubuntu 12.04 Beta (almost Beta 2 :D), x86_64, stock kernel with pacthes through DKMS (driver for cpu fan, etc.)
Python 2.7.3rc2
And yes, this bug cannot be reproduced :(

[alecspopa]

You could change the shortcut to 'q' instead of CTRL+C even if you can't reproduce the bug (I think it will solve it).
BTW great work on this.

[sabate1]

Had the same problem here with CTRL+C on Ubuntu 12.04 beta2. But today with the latest updates it seems to be solved

[derv82]

I'll leave this issue open in case other people have similar problems.

Thanks everyone for having patience on this issue.

[loiphin]

I have the same issue. Pretty annoying! I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Python 2.7.3. Can we not just change the key to say CTRL + R (ready) for example.

[+] scanning (mon0), updates at 5 sec intervals, CTRL+C when ready.

NUM ESSID CH ENCR POWER WPS? CLIENT

---

1  (00:1F:1F:xx:xx:xx)  158  WPA   99db    no 
2  xxxxx                11  WPA2  64db   wps 
3  xxxxxxxxxx         4  WPA2  52db    no 
4  xxxxxxxxx         11  WPA   38db    no   client

(^C) interrupted

[+] quitting

:(

[intech]

+1, i have hotkey 'q'

[TheBengineer]

I am currently working on a module that will replace the Try: Except KeyboardInterrupt: way of breaking a loop. Kind of busy so it might take a while.

Sounds good, but seriously, no rush.

[TheBengineer]

Update: I found the source of the bug, it was me using gksudo to run a bash script on my desktop.

Running:
$ gksudo python wifite.py
crashes on Ctrl+C
while running:
$ sudo python wifite.py
does not crash on Ctrl+C.

Also, the porting in a new input method was really buggy, hoaky, and dumb. Abandoning the mod.

[555STi]

Hi guys, I'm having this issue right now.
Whenever I press CTRL+C to stop scanning, wifite closes itself.

I tried running wifite with the following commands:

$ wifite
$ python wifite.py
$ python2.7 wifite.py

but nothing seems to work.

this is my output.

thor@Mjolnir:~/wifite$ sudo python2.7 wifite.py 

  .;'                     `;,    
 .;'  ,;'             `;,  `;,   WiFite v2 (r87)
.;'  ,;'  ,;'     `;,  `;,  `;,  
::   ::   :   ( )   :   ::   ::  automated wireless auditor
':.  ':.  ':. /_\ ,:'  ,:'  ,:'  
 ':.  ':.    /___\    ,:'  ,:'   designed for Linux
  ':.       /_____\      ,:'     
           /       \             


 [+] scanning for wireless devices...
 [+] available wireless devices:
  1. wlan0      Atheros     ath9k - [phy1]
  2. wlan1      Atheros     ath5k - [phy0]
 [+] select number of device to put into monitor mode (1-2): 2
 [+] enabling monitor mode on wlan1... done
 [+] initializing scan (mon0), updates at 5 sec intervals, CTRL+C when ready.
 [0:00:04] scanning wireless networks. 0 targets and 0 clients found   

[+] scanning (mon0), updates at 5 sec intervals, CTRL+C when ready.

   NUM ESSID                 CH  ENCR  POWER  WPS?  CLIENT
   --- --------------------  --  ----  -----  ----  ------
    1  ARRIS******            1  WPA2  15db    no 
    2  DIRECT*****            1  WPA2  13db    no 
    3  D****C*****            1  WPA2  13db    no 
    4  ARRIS-*****            1  WPA2  10db    no 
    5  J.**********.          1  WPA   10db    no   client
    6  D-Link_DIR-615         1  WPA2   9db    no 
    7  Prue*****              1  WPA2   9db    no 

^C0:00:11] scanning wireless networks. 11 targets and 2 clients found   

 (^C) interrupted

 [+] disabling monitor mode on mon0... done
 [+] quitting

thor@Mjolnir:~/wifite$ 

I tried using wifite and wifite-ng by aanarchy, and it doesn't work properly either.
Can you help me?

Thanks in advance.