This experience when i installing backtrack 5, and i got a problem with wicd. Previously backtrack doesn’t include network manager as network tools.
See this screenshot:
For fixed this problem, following step by step:
1. Open your terminal or konsole
Then typed
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# dpkg-reconfigure wicd
3. Type again
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# update-rc.d wicd defaults
4. And then log out your backtrack desktop, if not fixed try to reboot your machine.
Thanks!