Wow, I truly hope I'm being retarded but I have been receiving the error "Can not initialize the PortAudio Library. Error: Host error" whenever I try to use the RTP player in Wireshark. In clicking...

Check out this thread -- http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/backtrack-5-beginners-section/42618-remastersys-changed-my-login.html
You can exclude certain directories (namely the /home/remastersys...

I hope I am not stating the obvious or attempting to be insulting but here are the steps I used to configure Remastersys' graphical user interface:

1. Launch the "Remastersys Backup" utility.
2....

The repository I mentioned worked for me and I did mention (twice) that Remastersys needs to be run on an installed BackTrack distro.
1. "Perhaps the best way to attack a customization problem...

The developers of BackTrack 5 have done an OUTSTANDING job of making the best pentesting distro but they cannot possibly anticipate all user needs and hardware configurations. Perhaps the best way...

Totally agree when it comes to OpenOffice/LibreOffice and routine use apps but VLC comes in handy when doing forensic analysis of files. VLC is just a really nice media player for reconstructed...

The following issue is related to BackTrack 5 GNOME 32-bit (good MD5 match) running on a HP EliteBook 8740w with 8GB of RAM.

I get a dead page (Apache calls out "Unable to connect: Firefox can't...

I have had the most success with the 3-step Ubuntu remaster script recommended by airfr8dog. However, I have noticed automount is "broken" with gnome 32-bit once my remaster is complete. Is anyone...

Thank you very much cgelici for the hex mod to VLC and to Azkrath for the tip about GHex. Everything worked fine for BT5 Gnome 32-bit version however the search string to modify in /usr/bin/vlc was...