You don't need to backup driver before initiating ppa/glasen. The original driver is part of the BT repositories.
If you want to revert to the original, do the following
1) Delete the file that...

Hi again, one last suggestion which is worth to try: Get rid of the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file! :)
Explanation: the newer versions of Xorg (bt5r3 has such an Xorg version) are using HAL(hardware...

To quickly answer your question: modprobe command is not permanent, meaning that after reboot you have to execute it again (from cmd line, before doing startx).
To make it permanent, add the...

As far as I could read, there is no i965 kernel driver, see here for example: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2010-December/008943.html

So, first, zigmos will need to do the...

I cant deduce exactly from what you wrote above, therefore I must say: you must make sure that when you issue "modprobe i915 modeset=1" command, you are completely in text mode (aka command line...

See what maverik35 said, he's right.

The method I poster works only if you have Intel graphic card.

Hi,



Check out point 2) in my post here:
http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/showthread.php?t=57928

Glad to hear it fixed your problem too! :D
I hope zevoox will also benefit from this...

The BIOS settings of your Alienware m14x laptop should have settings that allow you to control your VGA adapters.
I think the most straight-forward approach is to try to disable the Nvidia card...

Hi,
Your problem is quite common. I had a similar problem(identical VGA adapter "00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics...

Hi,
Your output looks as if you tried to install something before vlc, but haven't succeed..
But it's just a guess.
Are you using the official BT repositories? Please paste the output for these...

Hi,
First of all, make sure you have this line in the "lspci -vvs 00:02.0" output:


I can't see it in your previous post...I'm thinking it might be a copy/paste typo? Anyway...

1) If you...

Hi,
Thanks Snafu, your solution works like a charm on bt5r3 kde 64bit

Jacho said he tried this:


It shouldn't make any difference if it's downloaded from torrent or from official page. And since the boot menu appeared(and he booted "BackTrack Text - Default Boot...

Hi,
the problem with Acer Aspire 5553G keyboard and touchpad in Linux is not new. Try to google for "Ubuntu linux on Acer Aspire 5553G keyboard not working" (remove the quotes when googling). It's...

Hi, I assume you have an Intel graphic card, identified by lspci as something like this:


If this is the case, edit /etc/modules and add:


#added for native resolution
i915 modeset=1

Hi,
Try checking your /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules file, maybe also /etc/default/dhcp3-server(to see which interface is configured to be used by dhcp server).

Udev system changes...

The name was misspelled.
Wifihoney exist and installs just fine on bt5r2 64bit kde.


# apt-cache search wifi |grep -i honey
wifihoney - This script automates the process of determining what...

Hello,
I managed to get flash and java applets working on my Backtrack 5 R2 KDE 64bit on Thinkpad T420 laptop I'll describe what I did:

1) For firefox flash plugin, go to...

Hello,
This is my first post on BT forums, I hope it will solve this old problem. :)

So, I had the same problem and I managed to solve it by updating the Xorg display driver for intel adapters...