Kismet won't start with the curses interface, just with the panels, because it is not compiled in, although it seems to be enabled in the ebuild. Results after finishing the configuration process: Configuration complete: [...] Terminal Control: ncurses Curses interface: no Panels interface: yes [...] Imagemagick support: no Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge =kismet-2005.04.1 2. configure /etc/kismet_ui.conf to use the curses user interface: gui=curses 3. start: kismet_server 4. start: kismet_client Actual Results: $ kismet_client ERROR: Curses support not compiled in. Expected Results: Get kismet started with the curses UI.
Fixed in net-wireless/kismet-2005.04.1-r1. Thank you for reporting this.