It seems a lot of us have hardware installs of Backtrack, and unfortunatly, managing Linux isnt all that easy.
I figured I'd start this thread so we can all share tips, tricks, and commands to keep Backtrack healthy on our laptops, desktops, cardashboards, wherever we have it.
I've mentioned a few things
here and I've more to add. On my laptop (Inspiron 6000) the screen shuts off when the lid is closed. To turn it back on, pressing Ctrl+Alt+F8 then Ctrl+Alt+F7 will bring it back on. Weird I know, but it works. Does anyone have an explanation for this?
Currently, I have an uptime of 1 day and 14 hours. This I found via the top command. Backtrack started (once in X) using just under 200MB of RAM, according to leetmode, and now sits at a hungry 465MB. Im guessing I've got processes running I shouldnt need. Again, top reports 64 tasks, and ps -ef shows that list in full.
If there's a process you need to kill, I tend to use kill -s 9 PID. Replacing PID with the Process Identification of the process you want to kill. Usually a 4 digit number.
Sound. I disabled all sounds for now, by going into settings -> Control Center -> Sound & Multimedia -> System Sound, and unchecking Enable the sound system. I very much dislike the boot up sound once X is started and all the sound controls on my laptop are software so I've no way of adjusting it. Which brings me to the next question, has anyone gotten software sound control to work on a Dell laptop? or any laptop?
Post your questions, tips and tricks if you please.
Pilot