Screen getsblack after startx and Caps lock LED start flashing

[inrikey]

i tryed the command before typing ''startx'' just type ''fixvesa'' it will work.good luck.

[amsteroid]

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”text splash vga=791 i915.modeset=1″

For me, it's working...Thank you nmiller0113 !

[Crazytom23]

sorry to post after so long, but I am having the same issue after installing Backtrack as the sole operating system on my thinkpad. After installation I can login using root:toor and it gives me the root prompt and the option to type startx to start the gui. I get a solid cursor that never goes away if I type startx. if I attempt to navigate away from root I get "No such file or directory." when I type ls, the only folder I can navigate to is "Desktop" I can't access the hard drive at all to attempt to edit the grub file in that awesome tut that nmiller0113 posted.

Thank you for all your assistance.

[RoninUTA]

Lenovo X201 - this worked for me...

finally got the solution

edit grub menu, delete the word splash and write i915.modeset=1 keep everything as it is....

then before startx

rm /root/.kde/cache-root/icon-cache.kcache
rm /root/.kde/cache-root/plasma_theme_Volatile.kcache
rm /root/.kde/cache-bt/icon-cache.kcache
rm /root/.kde/cache-bt/plasma_theme_Volatile.kcache

and finally backtrack runs on hard disk...

and then make permanent changes in grub menu after backtrack starts
go in /etc/default/grub, delete the word splash and write i915.modeset=1

thats it..

This worked for me on a Lenovo X201 laptop. I did not have to dump the cache directories, but getting past the blinking caps was a real pain. Thanks for the assist and thanks for the answer!