The letters disappear after exit de X

[erwinvr]

hi guys after install bt2 in my laptop all works fine... i dont do nothing really nothing and now i startx and all works great but when i log out from X, i return to the command line and type whatever, i cant read anything, i press enter and works but i can't see what im typing.. any idea how can i fix it??

[balding_parrot]

hi guys after install bt2 in my laptop all works fine... i dont do nothing really nothing and now i startx and all works great but when i log out from X, i return to the command line and type whatever, i cant read anything, i press enter and works but i can't see what im typing.. any idea how can i fix it??

From what you have told us about your hardware, type of install and description of the problem, it is obvious what the problem is.

[erwinvr]

ok my laptop has a neomagic video card..
Method of instalation: (I found it @ the internet), please tell me if something its wrong..

Step 1: Boot Backtrack

Step 2: Login (root/toor) and run startx

Step 3: open a terminal and run mount to see if your HD is currently mounted (if so, run the umount <drive> command to unmount the drive)

Dual Step: run qtparted

Dual Step: select your HD, resize current partition to make space for BT (if not already partitioned, if so skip this step)

Dual Step: File > Commit > OK

Step 4: run fdisk /dev/sda

Step 5: Create Partitions:

    * p, enter
    * n, enter
    * p, enter
    * 1, enter 2 for dual-boot
    * 'default', enter
    * +64M, enter (this is the size of your boot partition, adjust as you want
    *
    * n, enter
    * p, enter
    * 2, enter 3 for dual-boot
    * 'default', enter
    * +512M, enter (this is your swap partition, typically double your RAM)
    *
    * n, enter
    * p, enter
    * 3, enter 4 for dual-boot (may auto go to this one)
    * 'default', enter
    * 'default', enter (the rest is alloted to everything else


Step 6: p, enter (display partition table to make sure correct), should be:

    * sda1 = boot sda2 for dual-boot
    * sda2 = swap sda3 for dual-boot
    * sda3 = main sda4 for dual-boot

Step 7: Change sda2 to swap: sda3 for dual-boot

    * t, enter
    * 2, enter 3 for dual-boot
    * 82, enter
    * p, enter (verify changes are correct)

Step 8: Write partitions, w, enter

Step 9: Create file systems (keep in mind, you can use the ones you prefer, this is only an example):

    * mke2fs /dev/sda1, enter sda2 for dual
    * mkswap /dev/sda2, enter sda3 for dual
    * swapon /dev/sda2, enter sda3 for dual
    * mkreiserfs /dev/sda3, enter sda4 for dual

Step 10: Create and mount directories:

    * mkdir /mnt/backtrack, enter
    * mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/backtrack, enter sda4 for dual
    * mkdir /mnt/backtrack/boot, enter
    * mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/backtrack/boot, enter sda2 for dual

Step 11: Copy files over (this replaces the BT Installer; which wasn't working and why doing it manually is needed):

    * cp --preserve -R /{bin,dev,home,pentest,root,usr,etc,lib,opt,sbin,var} /mnt/backtrack, enter (this command takes some time to run)
    * mkdir /mnt/backtrack/{mnt,proc,sys,tmp}, enter
    * mount --bind /dev/ /mnt/backtrack/dev/, enter
    * mount -t proc proc /mnt/backtrack/proc/, enter
    * cp /boot/vmlinuz /mnt/backtrack/boot, enter
    * chroot /mnt/backtrack /bin/bash, enter (may receive '/dev/pts/1: no such file or directory' error, ignore it)

Step 12: Configure Lilo:

    * nano /etc/lilo.conf, enter
    * remove all [video] comments including the uncommented 773. but keep vga=791 and uncomment it
    * change "boot" = "/dev/sda"
    * change "root" = "/dev/sda3" sda4 for dual
    * comment out the "message" line near the top
    * If you are not running dual-boot, delete the Windows boot options and leave only linux
    * save and exit
    * lilo -v, enter