HOWTO : Back|Track 5 r3 on Gigabyte TouchNote T1028X/M1028
Gigabyte TouchNote T1028X/M1028 equipped with Intel Atom N280 and eGalax touch screen. It runs Back|Track 5 r3 flawlessly except touchpad. This tutorial is telling you how to overcome this problem.
The kernel version of Back|Track 5 r3 is 3.2.6 and the touch screen is functioning flawlessly.
Touchscreen Hardware
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Step 1 :
Boot up the 32-bit version of Back|Track 5 r3 USB stick which is created by Unetbootin or DVD-ROM. On the menu screen, press "Tab" and append the following to the end of the line.
Then install as usual and then reboot.
Step 2 :
After login, enter the following :
Append "
It will look like this :
Save and exit.
Then execute the following commands :
Then power off the computer and switch it on again.
That's all! See you.
The kernel version of Back|Track 5 r3 is 3.2.6 and the touch screen is functioning flawlessly.
Touchscreen Hardware
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lsusb" shows the following :Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0eef:0001 D-WAV Scientific Co., Ltd eGalax TouchScreenStep 1 :
Boot up the 32-bit version of Back|Track 5 r3 USB stick which is created by Unetbootin or DVD-ROM. On the menu screen, press "Tab" and append the following to the end of the line.
i8042.noloop=1 reboot=bThen install as usual and then reboot.
Step 2 :
After login, enter the following :
nano /etc/default/grubAppend "
i8042.noloop=1 reboot=b" to "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT".It will look like this :
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i8042.noloop=1 reboot=b"Save and exit.
Then execute the following commands :
update-grub
fix-splashThen power off the computer and switch it on again.
That's all! See you.