I try running yum and get errors every time:

:~# yum install bzip2
Setting up Install Process
No package bzip2 available.
Nothing to do

So I ran the following code to see if it needed a update:

:~# yum -check-update
CRITICAL:yum.cli:Config Error: Error accessing file for config file:///root/heck-update

(I am assuming that the above should have looked like this file:///root/check-update)

So I ran a "apt-get remove yum" and then "apt-get install yum" again, but I still seem to get this error. I can not use yum at all. all of the guides for fixing this problem that I have seen tell you to:

cd /usr/local/lib
mv libcurl.so.4.2.0 /root/libcurl.so.4.2.0.moved
ln -s /usr/lib/libcurl.so libcurl.so.4.2.0

so on and so forth, but these three steps right here alone I can not get passed because the file is not there:
usr/local/lib# mv libcurl.so.4.2.0 /root/libcurl.so.4.2.0.moved
mv: cannot stat `libcurl.so.4.2.0': No such file or directory

Any, and or all help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Cyfer Skyd

Backtrack is based on Ubuntu and therefore uses the APT package management system. Why do you try to run yum, a tool for the RPM system, on Backtrack?

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Oh wow, I feel like an idiot for asking this question and I should.

Alright, so yeah yum is out of the picture.

I really need to compile a file:

compat-wireless-2.6.38-rc4-1.tar.bz2

So I can get my wireless card working with Backtrack

I tried using bunzip compat-wireless-2.6.38-rc4-1.tar.bz2 and it says it already has a .bz2 suffix

So I was looking at how to get bunzip and all I could find was

yum install bunzip

That is why I was trying to run yum like an idiot.

Normally it is not necessary to install extra drivers in Backtrack. To help you installing an appropriate driver it would help to know which chipset your wireless device is using.
If it is an USB device please post the output of , if PCI/PCIe then please post the output of

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:~# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge Alternate
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 9602
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 42)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller (rev 40)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M880G [Mobility Radeon HD 4200]
01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS880 Audio Device [Radeon HD 4200]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
06:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)



I know it is usually not necessary. I have read that a lot of the Ath9k wifi cards need patches and I think I have almost stressed every option. I am up for many more until I get it fixed though.

The Atheros AR9287 should run out of the box in kernel 2.6.32 and newer. I don't know which kernel Backtrack 5R1 uses, but Backtrack 5R2 uses a 3.2.6 kernel. The chances that it will work after you upgrade your OS are very high.

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These were my settings:

:~# uname -a
Linux bt 2.6.38 #1 SMP Thu Mar 17 20:52:18 EDT 2011 i686 GNU/Linux


I had an up to date kernel, but I am going to go ahead and run the code below and get back with the results, thanks for everything!

apt-get update

apt-get dist-upgrade

Okay, I updated my os

:~# uname -a
Linux bt 3.2.6 #1 SMP Fri Feb 17 10:40:05 EST 2012 i686 GNU/Linux


now I can confirm that my wifi driver is working with the 3.2.6 Kernel!
(Which I have been searching for the last 3 days to fix my wireless driver because I thought the wireless driver would work on that Kernel according to Backtrack)

I can also confirm that my wifi driver does not work on the previous Kernel.

Thank you so much for your help!