works on Dell R15. Thanks!Code:quiet splash i915.modeset=1
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works on Dell R15. Thanks!Code:quiet splash i915.modeset=1
After installing BT5 you should've one that: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...tml#post197240Quote:
Originally Posted by gabo181
hey guys,i am having problem installing backtrack 5 on my hdd,i want dual boot it with my windows 7 ultimate 64-bit,the problem i am facing is that while booting backtrack 5 i can see the whole thing loading but after some secs the whole screen goes black,i cant even see the startx screen...its black before that only,now after a lot of searching i came to know that its a graphics issue,i came to know that i have to disable my graphics but in my bios i cant find any option regarding the graphics card,i am using dell inspiron n4110 laptop with switchable graphics ATI Radeon HD 6470 and Intel HD Graphics 3000,i3 2.xx ghz 2nd gen processor,3gb ddr3 RAM
Please guys help me out installing backtrack 5 Gnome,64/32 bit anything will do..just want to install it,please help me out!!
After a week of frustration, yelling, threatening my laptop, and copious amounts of alcohol and drug usage to make me feel normal again, I finally got it installed. I just wanted to thank everyone for their input, suggestions, and effort to help n00bs like me get our foot in the door. For the record it was this link that helped me out. So yeah... just wanted to say thank you for everybody who posted a suggestion, you're good people.
Please note that the i915.modeset=1 parameter is only used for intel graphics cards.
From here.Quote:
nomodeset alternatives for other Graphic Cards:
According to our senior member oldfred at ubuntuforums.org, you need to replace nomodeset with some other parameters for different cards.
Older Intel video card: i915.modeset=1 or i915.modeset=0
nVidia: nomodeset
Generic: xforcevesa or nouveau.modeset=0
Radeon: radeon.modeset=0
Replace nomodeset with the appropriate parameter from listed one's.
need some immidiate assistance,,,,i have previously windows 7 on my laptop,,,,with three partition one for 7 and other two were ntfs(dynamic) partition for storing data
c: window partition 36 gb
d: dynamic part 80gb
e: dynamic partition rest of my hdd
i removed win 7 and installed backtrack5 r1 the os is running properly but there is a problem with my dynamic partition
when i run fdisk-l it gives the following op
root@bt:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x944a0823
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 5145 41325569 5 Extended
/dev/sda4 5146 38914 271242987+ 42 SFS
/dev/sda5 1 4521 36307968 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 4521 5145 5016576 82 Linux swap / Solaris
i tried mounting the sda4 partition by typing
sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sda4 /media/sda4 -o defaults,umask=04
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/sda4': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sda4' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition
do make sense because backtrack just merged my d: & e: partition
another problem is the sda4 partition is sfs not ntfs
ie/dev/sda4 5146 38914 271242987+ 42 SFS
i have very important data in these drives ,,,so i want to recover it ,,, please someone do help me
Install windows (or boot it from USB), save all your data to an external HDD and format the partition causing problems, preferably to NTFS (no dynamics nor SFS, whatever that is). This seems like your only option, because from what I've red in my quick research, Ubuntu doesn't support SFS (BT5 is based on Ubuntu...).
hey thnxx for reply ,,, bt i've troubleshooted it with HBCD a few days ago,,,Quote:
Originally Posted by Snayler
the actual problem was that I've lost my partition tables for ntfs system and due to sfs file system i was unable to access it ,,
so i did recovered it by booting in mini xp,,,and recovering the partition tables and backup all my data
so now its all fine ,,,,
I just fixed mine with BTr3. When you come to the splash create where you choose your boot environment press 'tab' then in the text field it creates simply type in i915.modeset=1 then press enter. It'll begin your typical black/text boot up and will get to root@bt. Then you can do 'startx' and you will get to the desktop.
The problem is :
/boot/grub/grub.cfg
Open file grub.cfg and find a line like this :
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38 root=UUID=1ecd35a8-0437-4c37-b*b72-63d014dd846e ro text splash nomodeset vga=791
Yes it's the problem, field vga not yet set.
Fixed
You can replace the line with :
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38 root=UUID=1ecd35a8-0437-4c37-b*b72-63d014dd846e ro text splash vga=0x791
You can do it through the console, before you type "startx" or with linux booting.
Have fun!