Good to know. I'll include this in my original post.

Ah yeah, you beat me to it. I noticed it afterward and was going to edit my post. Glad you figured it out.






Good stuff, thanks! I also found a helpful tip to make apps look better under...

The red glow around windows can be changed in: Settings > System Settings > Workspace Appearance > Window Decorations ; you'll see a list of windows decorations, you can choose a new one, or scroll...

For BT5 32bit go to: https://launchpad.net/~timothy-redaelli/+archive/drizzt/+build/1758139
For BT5 64bit go to: https://launchpad.net/~timothy-redaelli/+archive/drizzt/+build/1758138

Download...

Firstly, I know this is a "How-To" and not a fix but when I tried to start a thread in the "How-To's" section it said I have insufficient privileges, so mods feel free to move this thread if you...

Try

grub-install /dev/sda --recheck && update-grub

Not that I'm aware of. I think a usb install with Unetbootin causes come confusion for grub. Once you are able to boot into Backtrack again from hard drive, try running:

grub-install /dev/sda ...

You could try uninstalling the ATI proprietary drivers by:

aticonfig --uninstall

And seeing whether that's causing the issue.

Re-run Backtrack live from either usb or disk (disk might be better) and try this in a terminal:

grub-install /dev/sda

If that doesn't work see this link:...

Try burning the iso to a disc and see what happens. By the way, what program did you use to make the iso bootable on a flash drive? I did the same with UNetbootin and it worked fine.

It might help by letting people know the following:

1) Which version of Backtrack are you trying to run? KDE vs. Gnome? 32 or 64 bit?

2) Are you booting from the default or other option?

3)...

I have a similar problem with both x32 & x64 KDE. Notably, when I click on minimized firefox in the KDE panel it freezes completely. Also, choppy when connecting to network via wicd. I've disabled...

Nice post and nice blog. Keep it up!

I'm having some trouble changing the txpower from 20 to 30 on my ALFA AWUS036H using the command above. I issued the following commands:

ifconfig wlan1 down
iwconfig wlan1 txpower 30
and I...

I believe the original poster forgot to add:


apt-get install linux-source-2.6.30.9

nicely done. thanks!

This helped me as well. Thanks!

OK, I'm trying to follow you here...

I'm also trying to figure out a way to install BT4 Pre-Final to my hard drive using Unetbootin instead of the install.sh script in BT4.

So, for myself and...

No problem, I understand. I've seen others on the forum say that they're running backtrack4 with 9.04 and since I've been using it as my primary OS I thought I'd try it, but it doesn't seem to be...

I'm running on a Backtrack 4 Pre-Final hard drive install and upgraded to ubuntu 9.04

The only problem I'm having is when I run:

sslstrip -a -k -f

I recieve the following error:
...

My apologies.

You'll generally get more overall speed running Backtrack from a hard drive install. And perhaps try with the latest edition of Backtrack (4 Pre-Final), then updating to the current...

Try searching the forums for Xploit's video tutorials -- or others on Youtube.

airmon-ng start wifi0

"One of the most magnificent features of an online forum is that as time goes by, there is generally more information available. What this means is that your best resource is the search feature. Most...

Thanks, Eatme! I'll start playing with this today and post my results.