Screen resolution in Backtrack 5

[Slinkyfingers08]

I have an "MSi FX720 Laptop" and I am trying to enchance my resolution in backtrack5 r3. So far I can only get 1024x768 (4:3) and 800x600 (4:3) and it will not recognize my monitor. I am wanting the system to use my nvidia graphics. I have tried, time and time again, from different tutorials, and the end results become a "no screen" error when trying to log back into "startx" afterward. I am never able to recover from the error (as I am still learning) so I have to reinstall. I am running dual boot Backtrack 5 r3 alongside Windows 7 Professional.
GETTING FRUSTRATED!! PLEASE HELP!!!

This is a fresh install and I know I may have to update to the latest version, as I have done numerous times before, but
here is my system information:


MSi FX720 Notebook/Laptop

root@bt:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS Release: 10.04 Codename: lucid

root@bt:~# lspci -nn | grep -i

vga 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0df7] (rev a1)

root@bt:~# lshw -C display

*-display

description: VGA compatible controller

product: nVidia Corporation

vendor: nVidia Corporation

physical id: 0

bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0

version: a1

width: 64 bits

clock: 33MHz

capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom

configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0

resources: irq:16
memory:f6000000-f6ffffff
memory:e0000000-efffffff
memory:f0000000-f1ffffff
ioport:e000(size=128)
memory:f7000000-f707ffff

*-display UNCLAIMED

description: VGA compatible controller

product: 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller

vendor: Intel Corporation

physical id: 2

bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0

version: 09

width: 64 bits

clock: 33MHz

capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list

configuration: latency=0

resources:
memory:f7400000-f77fffff
memory:d0000000-dfffffff
ioport:f000(size=64)

Thanks for your time! Hopefully some one can help me resolve this issue....

**QUICKLY RUNNING OUT OF COFFEE, SUGAR, AND PATIENCE**

[lisati]

Thread renamed and moved.

Your other thread, which has been closed because of edits, had replies. It's getting confusing, not just because of the edits, but because of the multiple threads.

[Cheesemill]

Try using Kali Linux instead of BackTrack as it has much better support for newer hardware.