Hey guys,

So I just ran the liveDVD of BackTrack 4 from VMware and it turns out fine. There is no desktop distortion or anything. It looks like it did when I was using backTrack 3

This problem...

Hey guys,

Well like an idiot I actually did not check the MD5 sum. I figured since I was able to get the image to actually boot up it was fine. But I should go back and check.

I tried both KDE...

Hey,

I downloaded the Vmware image of BackTrack 4 beta Release.
I unrared the files and opened up the image in workstation. Once I start X server I get a weird desktop. There are no icons, no...

Thank you for the help.. I just needed a little kick in the butt to solve it myself :)

That is interesting.. When you say that do you mean that your wireless connection won't connect to wireless...

I managed to fix it ok
Sorry for the stupid post you can delete it if you want
Here is what I did though if anyone is interested:

1. I downloaded the self-extracting file from java.com:
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I attempted this and it didn't work. I got the self-extracting .bin file and ran it but firefox doesn't see it

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Well this is the weirdest thing. Some how Java on my installation of backtrack 3 has all of a sudden stopped working. I got a message from firefox telling me that I need to install the...

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I am attempting to get my wired ethernet card working. For some reason it doesn't work out of the box.. which is funny because typically its the wireless card that is a pain to get...

Hey guys..

I have been trying to get my touchpad working properly using the tutorial I found in the forums here: (I am unable to post links) but if you search for synaptics it should show up :)
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Yahoo.. Thanks Dr_GrEeN.. this script worked like a charm ;).
In about 30 seconds you can have mysql up and running perfectly.
I am using Backtrack 3 Final and it worked on here perfectly :)

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Hey guys..

Great little tutorial you have here. I attempted it but was unsuccessful at getting it to work :(. I was curious where I can go to view logs about what the error might be. I checked the...

Hmm.. well after a long time of trying to figure this out I have just given up. It isn't that big of a deal if I am unable to us fluxbox.

I should add though something strange that I have noticed...

Hey guys. Great tutorial. I followed something similar to this tutorial on this website: tom.postnix.org/?p=116

Like some of you though I was getting this error code:

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It seems that my display problem has fixed itself. I think that it might have been the hardware on the machine that I was working on at the time. I have moved my hard drive to a new machine and now I...

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I am new to backtrack. I heard about this distribution through my prof. I am using it for a internet security course that I have. I have backtrack 3 installed on a hard drive which was a...