3 (probably) Simple Problems

[Tekcap]

Hey!

My first post here by the way

Just got myself an acer aspire one d150 and just finished installing a touchscreen, which was a nightmare. My next move was to install Backtrack! Turned my USB stick into a bootable version of Backtrack 3 with Unetbootin.

Now once at the boot screen I choose the VGA backtrack since I didn't know which was the appropriate one. Seemed like it didn't like my display or something since it eventually dropped me at command line of Backtrack. Not a problem I thought to myself. I proceeded by putting my wifi card in monitor mode. Everything went smoothly for a while up untill it was time for
airodump-ng -w --channel --ivs --bssid ath0
Not that it didn't work but I was stuck at that screen untill I press ctl-c to quit. The problem is, while that runs I'm supposed to be running
aireplay-ng --fakeauth 0 -e -a -h ath0

My first question is.. how do I get around this? I'm guessing I need to somehow minimise that other command prompt?(Sorry for my windows words)

My Second problem is, while running the airodump command from earlier, I did not see my MAC Adress under the Station column. How do I go about configuring it so I see it there?

Third question and very sad...
what is the command like in DOS dir /p?
When I do LS and its other switches I can not find one that lets me read everything on the screen. Maybe this is a problem from earlier when booting into Backtrack?

Lookin forward to any advice!

ohh and usually I like to do things myself but I'm leaving for the weekend so I don't have time to play with Backtrack untill monday

[Gitsnik]

1. Alt+F(x) keys let you swap between different consoles. So Alt+F1 will be your airodump screen, Alt+F2 will take you to another. This doesn't work the same way within a GUI, only at the command line.

2. Make sure you are monitoring the appropriate channel (try airodump-ng -c 11 ath0 to listen on channel 11 for your ath0 interface, substitute the appropriate things in for your card and network). Note that you have to put a number after the --channel/-c switch.

3. Use a piping system, try

ls | more

You should get to know "less" rather than "more", but as you come from a windows background you may be more familiar with more. IF YOU ARE NOT, go straight into using less:

ls | less

Hit the q key or the end of the file to close less or more.

[TAPE]

I have a feeling that the OP meant that he only was presented with the command line.. and therefore couldnt open a different prompt for the aireplay session.

If this is the case Tekcap, then on starting up and reaching the prompt, type startx..

[purehate]

Please do not double post. You already have a thread on the same subject here

[Tekcap]

Last few days have been productive, thank you for the reply Gitsnik (helped quite a bit). Ive tested my card and injection seems to work, I connected to my home wifi with a bit of messing around with .conf files to support my DNS. Have not been able to crack my home wifi yet, but its advancing slowly. I still have the same problem with not having my MAC Adress under the station column. It actually shows a random MAC which isnt mine... very strange. Still have not been able to fire up the GUI.. might be a problem with my BIOS. For now its no big deal though cause I enjoy the command line

Does anyone knows why a random MAC would show under the station column and why the IV count does not go up when I start injecting?

Scratch out the second question. Gonna try this command tonight to see if it works. aireplay-ng -1 6000 -o 1 -q 10 -e <essid> -a <bssid> -h <smac> ath0