How about posting what type of card you have in that laptop along with relevant information such as what you have tried so far. Nobody is going (yeah, well, then again, someone probably will) to...

Thank you for pointing that out to the OP thorin. While I almost never help anyone that has made that kind of statement (OP: look at it this way, if you aren't willing to put in the countless hours,...

Answer to question 1: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/backtrack-howtos/836-how-autologin-auto-startx-auto-booting.html

Answer to question 2: Search the forums, Google and/or boot from...

Have you followed this to install BT4r2 to your usb?

Persistent USB - BackTrack Linux

How about telling us what type of wireless card is in that laptop for starters? And also, how are you running BackTrack (VM, HD install, USB, Live) and are you using the latest BackTrack (BT4r2 as of...

Have you tried this: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/usb-boot-cd-for-ubuntu-810/

It's geared towards Ubuntu/Kubuntu 8.10 which is technically the base for BT4. Never tried it though, just throwing...

Perhaps you should look at the No Script options in FireFox to ensure it isn't blocking flash videos from playing.

In a way you are correct, the only way you will fully understand linux is by playing with it. If that means borking your entire system and reloading it a hundred times, so be it. Nobody is telling...

@ joker5bb: Got it to finally hit 30 30dbm! Let me know how the test on the oscilloscope goes, I'd be interested to see if there is a significant difference from the 20dbm to 30dbm. Thanks for the...

@ macphail: Couldn't have stated it any better then that!

@OP, As I posted elsewhere in the forums, you can use the kernel that comes stock with BackTrack 4r2 and and the current compat-wireless...

Really?!? Show me how. Upload a screenshot of your alfa awus036nh at txpower 31: iw config , iw list, kernel you are running on, etc.. without doing the questionable iw reg set BO nonsense. I would...

Discussed on the forums before here: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/beginners-forum/35244-bt4-r2-syanptic-bug-repo.html?highlight=synaptic

Again, no information for us to help you. Have you even searched the wiki or the forums or even Google for that matter?? How about a screen shot of the problem, it really goes a long way towards...

Really now? I must be one of the l33t one's that can do it cause I have a triple boot Win7/Gentoo/BT4 on one of my laptops.

Seriously now, come on, people dual-boot Win7 and Ubuntu, Gentoo,...

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ81y9JX_wmvTlebchymGpIvjsrreeNZP-iN8n7jRP_zxrJY55qag

Maybe you should be searching out one of these huh?

Just install the latest compat-wireless (http://wireless.kernel.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2011-01-17.tar.bz2)

Follow the guide on the Aircrack-ng forum...

On the 2.6.36.3 stable kernel (not the one in BT4r2) and with current compat-wireless (compat-wireless-2011-01-17.tar.bz2) the TXpower can finally go up to 20 and makes a significant difference in...

Basic networking 101 and nothing to do with BackTrack. Op, I suggest you start here and get an idea of how things work in Linux from a CLI perspective: ...

@OP Try:

cd /usr/local/bin
mv python python-old


Now try to run W3af and see if it works. If it doesn't, your best bet is probably to do what everyone else is suggesting, just re-install....

@ Archangel-Amael: Op states he is using BT4 r2 in his first post so I will go at that.

@ OP: Type and post:


apt-cache policy python-gtk2Should look similar to this:

python-gtk2:
...

@OP Answer to number 2 is right at the beginning of the forum you posted to:
...

Running BackTrack 4 r2 kernel 2.6.35.8 installed on 250gb partition, alfa AWUS036NH:


root@bt:~# airmon-ng


Interface Chipset Driver

wlan0 Ralink RT2870/3070 ...

There are a bunch of tools in BT 4r2 under Radio Network Analysis>RFID for Mifare and some other tags. You can also look at RFDump (http://www.rf-dump.org/) as well as checking out the Proxmark...

I agree with MacPhail, as I too own an AWUS036NH and it has worked flawlessly out of the box on BackTrack 4r2 and on BackTrack 4r1 with compat-wireless and the chan patch. I have NO problems with...

Is this YOUR network that you are attacking?? Because if it is and you knew what you were doing, you should have no problems getting on the net.