loftrat

Me too..... Unless Rick is an uber l33t h4x0r and the lyrics are a coded message :D

Possibly behind a router/firewall that is dropping the ICMP echo packets rather than responding to them? You could try nmap with the -P0 switch and see if that comes back with anything, failing that you could also add the TCP ACK option on port 80 (-PT80) and see if you get a response that way - that will only tell you that the host is up, something that you say you already know. Be wary though. You could always be scanning some proxy that they have sat between themselves and you. Also, ensure that you have their permission before launching random scans against their boxes - you never know if you're going to crash a service that they have running, or possibly fall foul of the legal system in your country.

Awesome, nicely done, and thanks for posting back with the solution - I'm sure you're not going to be the last person to get this issue :)

If you read the screen that comes up just before you log in to Back|Track there's a configuration command that you can issue, i think it's something like: xconf This automatically adjusts the settings to account for your hardware, try running this before you issue the startx command and see if it helps.

I fear that you may have missed the sarcasm in the earlier posts ;)

.....or just the stupidity of some of the people we share it with ;)

$870? Really? Wow. Can you remember the item number? I've been after one of those little Aspire Ones for a while now and that's the best price I've seen by far. If you can let me have the details I'll rush out and buy one now. I might even buy 2 because it's such a bargain. </sarcasm>

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