Problem booting up in GUI , BackTrack 5 R2 64-bit on Acer Aspire 5742

[VickyVerona]

Hallo , Dear forum members .

I have found myself with a problem that I don't know the answer to .
So I would love some assistance & suggestions , on what to do next.

So what I did was : 'I download the ISO file from 'http://www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads/' BackTrack Version 5 R2, KDE Windows Manager and Architercture 64 bit , Download type was Direct.

After the download of the file I check the ISO on the MD5 With the tool 'hashcalc' at 'http://www.backtrack-linux.org/wiki/index.php/Downloading'

Then I burn the ISO Image with 'Ashampoo Burning Studio 11' at low speed 2.5 .

After all that I boot it on my Acer Aspire Laptop .

I boot in the Backtrack Live Environment.
At the bash prompt, I typed startx to enter the GUI.
Only problem was I get a black screen.

Doing nothing for the upcoming 30 sec or so then the computer/pc Shut-down.

I have try the same thing over a few times but I get same results I even try it on A USB-stick same story .

So I am thinking either this version I Download is something wrong with it . Or I misread something.

Because I would love to address this issues as soon as possible I posted this on the backtrack community forum. Hoping I would get some answers & suggestions .

Since I am new to backtrack . But am familiarly with Ubuntu Linux and Windows OS.

Thank you in advance!

[stepking2]

Hmm.. Wierd..

Have you tried with the GNOME iso of BackTrack?
And if the computer has less than 4GB of RAM, there is no reason of installing 64bit version, if so try with 32bit version ;-)

[charonsecurity]

Here are a few threads that seem to have the same issue and solution to what you have described:
http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...ad.php?t=48541
http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...ad.php?t=48727
http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...ad.php?t=49857

I hope that helps

[razor355]

I also have the same problem. I have tried kde ,gnome 4 32 bit, 5 r1 , 5r2 and finally 5r3. it works perfectly fine on my desktop but seems to have problem with my acer aspire laptop.
If any one know solution to this problem please let me know.

Thanks

[maverik35]

I belive It is a video issue. How about posting your video hardware?...

[razor355]

It was the display driver issue. that has been fixed by xforcevesa cmd