There is a patch for this in the ubuntu bugtracker. Attaching the patch with this mail.
diff -u kismet-2008-05-R1/debian/control kismet-2008-05-R1/debian/control --- kismet-2008-05-R1/debian/control +++ kismet-2008-05-R1/debian/control @@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ -Description: Wireless 802.11b monitoring tool - Kismet is a 802.11b wireless network sniffer. It is capable of sniffing - using almost any supported wireless card using the Airo, HostAP, Wlan-NG, - and Orinoco (with a kernel patch) drivers. +Description: 802.11 wireless network sniffer/intrusion detection system + Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and + intrusion detection system. It will work with any wireless card + that supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode and can sniff 802.11b, + 802.11a, and 802.11g traffic. . - Can make use of sox and festival to play audio alarms for network events - and speak out network summary on discovery. Optionally works with gpsd - to map scanning. + It can use sox and festival to play audio alarms for network events, + can speak out network summary on discovery, and optionally works with + gpsd to map scanning.
