X doesn't start

[ParticleX]

I've downloaded Backtrack 5 KDE, 64 bit and X doesn't start at all. I've tried other methods already (fix-vesa (fix-vesa says command not found), dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and fix-splash 800 ). The notebook runs Ubuntu 64 bit just fine (since this is based on Ubuntu), and also other 64 bit *nix OSes (Gentoo and openSUSE specifically).

check list:

• md5 hashes match
• burned it slowly to a dvd
• fix-vesa[(fix-vesa says command not found)
• dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
• fix-splash 800

System specs:
HP 6910p laptop
Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0GHz
4GB RAM
Broadcom a/b/g WLAN
Intel 82566MM Gigabit
ATI Mobility Radeon X2300
SoundMAX HD Audio

This is the first time that i'll run Backtrack (wonder if that helps), but i ran other linux OSes for the past 5 years. i can't say that i'm a hardcore linux expert, but i have a pretty good background of it though.

Thanks in advanced, and goodluck to the BackTrack team!

[Chinese]

I can't see your images.Is that error is No device detected ?

[ParticleX]

I can't see your images.Is that error is No device detected ?

i re-upped the images with another image host, sorry about that.

here's the error:

The XKEYBOARD keymap cimpiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
(EE) SIGMACH1P USB Keyboard: failed to initialize for relative axes.

waiting for X server to shut down. ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log

i'm using an external keyboard with the laptop. seems like the error is related to the usb keyboard, but i actually did rebooted and unplugged the usb keyboard, booted BT5 again, this time no errors are shown... but still X doesn't start. it just falls back to the console.

it actually tries to load X (it says loading, with the 4 chinese characters on red bg), but after a while, it goes back to the console again.

64 bit gentoo and opensuse worked fine out of the box, same as 64 bit ubuntu. wonder why BT5 doesn't

[zilong]

I got the same error...
I made an experiment with Qemu and VMWare before burn my ISO and both results are same, X doesn't start. The GNOME version seems OK (I didn't burn this one yet).
After I burnt it, X doesn't start in both my desktop PC and notebook, but Ubuntu 10.04-2 worked well with both.

My desktop PC uses an NVIDIA 9500GT graphic card with an HDMI-connected monitor. (As a comparison) it has OpenSUSE 11.4 x86_64 installed and works well with Full-HD resolution.
My notebook has ATI Radeon HD 5470, runs the same version of OpenSUSE in my PC.

[choza77]

I have the same problem and I tried the same solutions in desktop... I cant make it work either...

So im using Virtual PC to use it temporarly!

[ParticleX]

I got the same error...
I made an experiment with Qemu and VMWare before burn my ISO and both results are same, X doesn't start. The GNOME version seems OK (I didn't burn this one yet).
After I burnt it, X doesn't start in both my desktop PC and notebook, but Ubuntu 10.04-2 worked well with both.

My desktop PC uses an NVIDIA 9500GT graphic card with an HDMI-connected monitor. (As a comparison) it has OpenSUSE 11.4 x86_64 installed and works well with Full-HD resolution.
My notebook has ATI Radeon HD 5470, runs the same version of OpenSUSE in my PC.

you're saying the KDE version do gave the same error, and the GNOME version doesn't?? weird. could you post some screenshots buddy, i think it would help.

[fpalla]

same error...
it may be caused by a previous error
infact while bt is starting up, thousands errors of failed allocation or something like (too fast for read) flash on my display...
configuration:

root@bt:~# lshw -sanitize
computer
    description: Portable Computer
    product: Studio 1555
    vendor: Dell Inc.
    version: A13
    serial: [REMOVED]
    width: 32 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.5 dmi-2.5 smp-1.4 smp
    configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=portable cpus=2 frontpanel_password=unknown keyboard_password=unknown power-on_password=disabled uuid=44454C4C-5200-104B-8059-B7C04F514A31
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: 0C234M
       vendor: Dell Inc.
       physical id: 2
       version: A13
       serial: [REMOVED]
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: Dell Inc.
          physical id: 1
          version: A13 (04/02/2011)
          size: 113KiB
          capacity: 1984KiB
          capabilities: pci pnp upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot smartbattery biosbootspecification netboot
     *-cpu:0
          description: CPU
          product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     P8600  @ 2.40GHz
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 5
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: 6.7.10
          serial: [REMOVED]
          slot: U2E1
          size: 800MHz
          capacity: 800MHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 1066MHz
          capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm ida tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority cpufreq
          configuration: id=1
        *-cache:0
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: 6
             slot: L1 Cache
             size: 64KiB
             capacity: 64KiB
             capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back data
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: 7
             slot: L2 Cache
             size: 3MiB
             capacity: 3MiB
             capabilities: burst internal write-back instruction
        *-logicalcpu:0
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 1.1
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:1
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 1.2
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 15
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 2GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: SODIMM Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns) [empty]
             physical id: 0
             slot: DIMM_A
             clock: 800MHz (1.2ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: SODIMM Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
             product: EBE21UE8ACUA-8G-E
             vendor: 7F7FFE0000000000
             physical id: 1
             serial: [REMOVED]
             slot: DIMM_B
             size: 2GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 800MHz (1.2ns)
     *-cpu:1
          physical id: 0
          bus info: cpu@1
          version: 6.7.10
          serial: [REMOVED]
          size: 2401MHz
          capacity: 2401MHz
          capabilities: vmx ht cpufreq
          configuration: id=1
        *-logicalcpu:0
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 1.1
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:1
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 1.2
             capabilities: logical
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 07
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
             version: 07
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
           *-display UNCLAIMED
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: M92 [Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series]
                vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
                configuration: latency=0
           *-multimedia
                description: Audio device
                product: RV710/730
                vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
                physical id: 0.1
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 module=snd_hda_intel
        *-usb:0
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
        *-usb:1
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.1
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
        *-usb:2
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.2
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
        *-usb:3
             description: USB Controller
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a.7
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.7
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm debug bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 module=ehci_hcd
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1b
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
             version: 03
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 module=snd_hda_intel
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
           *-network
                description: Wireless interface
                product: WiFi Link 5100
                vendor: Intel Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
                logical name: wlan0
                version: 00
                serial: [REMOVED]
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlagn driverversion=2.6.35.8 firmware=8.24.2.12 ip=[REMOVED] latency=0 link=yes module=iwlagn multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
        *-pci:3
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.3
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
[...]

any idea?
thanks

[ParticleX]

i fixed the error by reading http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...x-problem.html

hth