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chrisj

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Re: BackTrack 4 Final Release is out

« Reply #15 on: January 27, 2010, 09:41:34 AM »

Quote from: termight on January 26, 2010, 02:13:13 PM

My BT4 final is very slow, i downloaded it on sunday morning opened it in vmware. the specs 10 gig hdd, 512 mem, dual core. but after installing it started slowing down. i thought i was the only person experiencing this problem until a friend called me complaining of the same problem. i went to the backtrack-linux forum and someone did mention the same thing. also this thread is saying the same thing. I did install the vmware tools but to no avail.
i don't know whether to install it on my main laptop or stick to the BT4 pre.

need advise

I installed it on my test box at work, using the iso and VirtualBox. It works pretty smooth. I haven't seen any slowness issues at all. 10 gig hard drive, 512m of mem, and only 1 processor.


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Re: BackTrack 4 Final Release is out

« Reply #16 on: January 27, 2010, 09:57:06 AM »

I have been using the VM version since its release with no issues, I think there is a good improvement of the pre.
I have also just updated my 4Gb MicroVault that I use on my AspireOne for doing wireless stuff, and it works a treat. I created it using the ISO and unetbootin.


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Re: BackTrack 4 Final Release is out

« Reply #17 on: January 28, 2010, 11:57:24 AM »

I've not had issues with mine, either, and it's been performing up to snuff with the pre-... so not certain what you might be running into. Perhaps looking at the log files might help, to see if there are any erroneous errors?


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Re: BackTrack 4 Final Release is out

« Reply #18 on: April 15, 2010, 08:56:56 AM »

Quote from: alucian on January 19, 2010, 09:12:03 AM

I downloaded the virtual machine and installed it on my laptop. I am using vmware player, Turion 64 TL-60, 2 GB RAM. I don`t know why but backtrack 4 final is running extremely slow (the mouse barely move on the screen, if you open a terminal it takes 20 sec to really open...) .

I tried to use the ISO, started it as a live cd, but it is still slow.

Contrary, Backtrack 3 is running very well.

So, I supose that the final version needs a better CPU, or it is an incompatibility with the video card.

I had exact same situation. I took VMware and stripped out everything except CD drive (for image file), CPU, monitor, and RAM then it started working fine...

I slowly added stuff in and came to the conclusion that it was the audio which was causing my system to consume all the resources and cause BT4 to slow WAY down.

If you start BT4 and have no audio, that may be the reason and a simple uninstall/disconnect of the audio in VMWare will solve this problem.

P.S. I have SigmaTel audio


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« Reply #19 on: April 16, 2010, 04:38:12 AM »

good find! have you reported it on the backtrack forums yet? my guess would be that there are more people are struggling with this. maybe muts can even fix it?


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Re: BackTrack 4 Final Release is out

« Reply #20 on: April 16, 2010, 05:32:12 AM »

Audio and VM issues are a known issue and appear quite a bit in the forum. It also comes quite a bit in the IRC channel!

May be slow to fix it. I highlighted a bug with Hydra and HTTP-Post that was 1 year old and raised in Pre-Final, but still appears in final.


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Re: BackTrack 4 Final Release is out

« Reply #21 on: April 16, 2010, 11:10:35 AM »

Thats why its better to learn Linux and develop your own "attack OS", rather than having to wait around (sometimes for years) for someone to fix something. Developing a chosen distro with all your favorite tools is not difficult to do and the reward will be significant.


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Re: BackTrack 4 Final Release is out

« Reply #22 on: April 17, 2010, 05:20:37 AM »

Or you could just patch it yourself as I did...


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Re: BackTrack 4 Final Release is out

« Reply #23 on: April 19, 2010, 04:13:43 AM »

Quote from: n1p on April 16, 2010, 05:32:12 AM

i understand that some bugs wont get fixed fast cause of the nature of the project. Also the type of bug influences the priority. Working audio not a prio 1 that has to be fixed to ensure quality level of the product or something like that...


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