SL4x0R:

Thanks, yo. That's actually the exact solution that worked for me as well.

However, this essentially limits BackTrack to using the lower-quality integrated chip rather than the...

Sounds like you have switchable graphics (aka hybrid graphics) on your laptop.

Reamer's advice is probably best, but check out this thread for tons of info on hybrid graphics and linux:...

All:

Problem (somewhat) solved!

Here's what I did:

#vi /etc/default/grub

Edit GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT to say:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text splash nomodeset i915.modeset=1...

Here's another super sweet thread on the issue: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/ati-radeon-fglrx-driver-install-893973/

There is a problem with installing display drivers for my ATI Radeon HD 6470m on Ubuntu 10.04.



# lspci -nn | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd...

Will the same apply to a hard drive install of BT5?

My monitor wont' let me go higher than 1024x768 and it makes my eyeballs bleed.


...psylence...

I'm with ya. That might actually be the most annoying sound in the world.

Looks like you're running an ATI graphics card...? I've had similar problems with the drivers. After reading around forums for two days, I think there's a problem with Ubuntu 10.04 and ATI Radeon...

I'm having the same exact problem. I haven't tried editing the boot commands, though. Installing/Reinstalling the drivers didn't work. I'll let you know.

All:

A fresh hard-drive install of BT5 is giving me graphics troubles, but interestingly enough, it works fine when run off the Live CD. Anyways, with the hard-drive installation, I'm forced into...