Hi jay2005,
And welcome to forums.remote-exploit.org
It says after you try xconf to hit Ctrl+Alt+Plus if you get the black screen your talking about..try that.
Installing on old laptop
I am trying to install backtrack on an old compaq armanda laptop. I boot of the cd and i get "you passed an undefined mode number". I press enter and i have a few video mode options which i have tried with no success. i have also tried the scan for best video mode and i have also tried the xconf. Is there anything else i can try. it loads up and I can move the mouse but its just a black screen??
Hi jay2005,
And welcome to forums.remote-exploit.org
It says after you try xconf to hit Ctrl+Alt+Plus if you get the black screen your talking about..try that.
hello and welcome
what is your video card ati ? nvidia ? some may cause pb i read on forum
maybe it's only a video driver pb...
I got it working by typing flux. It wont work with startx.
Originally Posted by jay2005
have you tried manually setting it to something like vesa using "xorgconfig" at bash?
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Frank made me do it!
Try typing xconf after log in, then try starting X
Im running BT3 on my eee pc and I am getting this error. I also hit enter and If I choose 1, it will boot up fine, how can I automate this process so I don't have to enter 1 every boot?
Also, 1 is the only video option that works, otherwise I get a fatal error and have to reboot.
I too am using the eee PC, and receive the "You passed an undefined...". Been searching through the forum and can only find 3 posts. I'm gonna check out the eeeuser forums and see if there's anything documented there.
That is the only error I have been unable to over come as well. I have tried numerous different vga's and other things but to no avail. Its only a little annoying so who cares.
PH, did you try changing vga=0x317 in syslinux.cfg? 0x317 is 1024x768 framebuffer mode, you see. This is outside the range for the eee.
Try vga=0x311 (this is 640x480 16bit FB mode)
or, with the eee's 800x600 capability you could try
vga=0x314 (this is 800x600 16bit FB mode)
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