Backtrack BT3 screen resolution

I've been able to get BT3 to boot into KDE VESA mode which gives me 800 x 600 all the other boot options don't give me xwindows. Has anyone been able to get a 1024 x 600 resolution in Backtrack? At least I'm getting the 800 x 600 which is a step above the 800 x 640 from my EEE PC.....

 

I haven't been able to get BT3 to work in anything other than 800x600. Most if not all the xorg.conf files i've checked out use the intel driver for video. I've tested changing the driver setting to intel but end up with an error:

(WW) intel: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:0) found.

Which I then add in the line BusID PCI:0:2:0 to my xorg.conf file which leads to a second message, the same as above except for "[...] (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found." Instead of 0:2:0

 

This is a question I'd dearly like to see answered!

surely it must be possible to run BT3 at 1024x600....

I'm darned if I can figure it out though :?:

 

Re: Backtrack BT3 screen resolution - SOLVED

You need a copy of the correct video driver module.

You can get it from:

http://rs237.rapidshare.com/files/138927294/901_net_gfx.lzm

Put it into the following folder:

/BT3/Optional

Now you need to edit the following file:

/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg

Add in the following text AFTER the first three lines:

Code:

LABEL aa1
MENU LABEL BT3 Acer Aspire One Mode
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND vga=785 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw changes=/changes/slaxsave.dat load=901_net_gfx  autoexec=kdm

so the file now looks like:

Code:

PROMPT 0
TIMEOUT 40
DEFAULT /boot/vesamenu.c32

LABEL aa1
MENU LABEL BT3 Acer Aspire One Mode
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND vga=785 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw changes=/changes/slaxsave.dat load=901_net_gfx  autoexec=kdm

LABEL cubez
MENU LABEL BT3 Graphics mode (Compiz) - Experimental
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND vga=0x317 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw chexpand=256 load=cubez autoexec=xconf;cubez;startx

LABEL cubez
MENU LABEL BT3 Graphics mode (Compiz Nvidia) - Experimental
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND vga=0x317 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw chexpand=256 load=cubez,nvidiadriver autoexec=xconf;startnvidia.sh;startx


LABEL xconf1
MENU LABEL BT3 Graphics mode (KDE)
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND vga=0x317  initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw autoexec=xconf;kdm

LABEL xconf2
MENU LABEL BT3 Graphics mode (Flux)
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND vga=0x317  initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw autoexec=xconf;flux

LABEL startx
MENU LABEL BT3 Graphics mode (VESA KDE)
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND vga=0x317 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw autoexec=kdm

LABEL BT3
MENU LABEL BT3 Text mode Frame Buffer
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND vga=0x317 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw

LABEL BT3_no_DHCP
MENU LABEL Run BT3 no DHCP
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND vga=0x317 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw nodhcp

LABEL BT3_no_HD
MENU LABEL Run BT3 no Hard Disk
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND vga=0x317 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw nohd

LABEL BT3_Safe
MENU LABEL Run BT3 Safe Mode
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND vga=normal initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 
root=/dev/ram0 rw

LABEL pchanges
MENU LABEL BT3 Graphics mode with Persistent Changes
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND vga=0x317 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw changes=/changes/slaxsave.dat autoexec=xconf;kdm

LABEL copy2ram
MENU LABEL BT3 Graphics mode, Copy To RAM
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND vga=0x317 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw copy2ram autoexec=xconf;kdm

LABEL msramdmp
MENU LABEL msramdmp
 com32 /boot/msramdmp.c32

LABEL memtest86
MENU LABEL Run Memtest utility
KERNEL /boot/mt86p

Reboot into backtrack and select [BT3 Acer Aspire One Mode] and it should boot into KDE at 1024x600

 

Thanks so much cheops. That is really nice to have.

Cheers.

 

Thank u very much Cheops i was looking for that answer for about 5 days, its works perfectly.

 

Working great here also, thanks for the info.

 

you're welcome

 

im new to linux so i need a little help...how do u you edit the fie? do i edit it while in linux or can i do it from windows?
thanks

 

I'd use a Linux text editor, like mousepad, because Windows editors write end of line characters differently than Linux editors.

Cheers.

 

hahaha yea i got it basically right after i posted lol, so now i'm just trying to figure out how to use all the effects!

 

Thank you, this worked first time on my aoa 150-1576, using notepad to edit.
cheers

 

Hi,

can anyone help with performing this fix for a BT3 install that is on the AAO internal hard drive? I have the system set as a dual boot.

I cant find a BT3 folder to install to?

 

I also thought I would try this on the BT3 live CD, it has the BT3 and BOOT folder, but how do you edit files on a burnt CD?

I am really not understanding Linux very well

 

Thx a lot !!

This is just plainly great

 

yay thanks guys for working out the thing...works great

 

Not to highjack to your very informative thread but does anyone know the steps to fixing the issue in BT4? I can run the x enviroment fine utilizing vesa 800*600 but would much rather run at native resolution if possible. My thanks in advance.

 

Thanks cheops! Worked perfectly!

 

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Is there a way to get this working in BT4 ?
The X server will not launch with the bt3 changes implemented.