Installing BT4 via usb drive on new netbook - issue

[munchlax]

I'm installing backtrack to use for a project for my wireless networking class. I have an Acer Aspire One netbook and I'm installing from bootable USB stick.

When I type "startx", it goes through the motions of giving me a bunch of text, followed by: "Fatal server error: no screens found"

On the other hand, if I try to run install.sh, I get

"Copying allin1.py to /usr/bin
cp: cannot stat 'allin1.sh' : No such file or directory
Finished installation
Start with allin1_gui.py"

Trying to run allin1_gui.py obviously does not work either.

What gives? This is a fairly new laptop I guess, but why is this happening? How can I solve this?

[xX_Spiidey_Xx]

Have you tried running the fixvesa command? That should be a first step.

EDIT: I did the searching for you *slaps own wrist*. Here:

http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...esolution.html

Also unless I run "fixvesa" I get "no screens found" error when I run "startx"

Now, for the install.sh script, it calls the Ubiquity installer. The Ubiquity installer requires X to be running. Since your Xserver isn't running, Ubiquity can't launch. Since Ubiquity can't launch, you can't install via the script.