Bug 21810

Summary:	Unable to boot from LiveCD 1.4 rc1 on ALpha
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	Stephen Torri <storri>
Component:	Everything	Assignee:	Alpha Porters <alpha>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	major
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Stephen Torri 2003-05-27 23:52:52 UTC

When I tried to boot from a LiveCD made from a 1.4 rc 1 ISO for the Alpha cpu I
got to the point where the framebuffer console (a.k.a. Place where you normal
see little Tux on screen) the console display was complete mess. A complete mess to
me was little tiny white pixles all over the place which I assume was mean to be
output. Once the white pixels appear nothing happened. The computer was not
responsive to any keys being pressed on the keyboard.

The system specs are:

PC164 Motherboard
Alpha ev56 533MHz CPU
TGA video card

Comment 1 Pieter Van den Abeele (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-06-08 07:31:42 UTC

reassigning to bug-wranglers. Not sure if alpha uses the same scripts as ppc.

Pieter

Comment 2 Tavis Ormandy (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-06-11 09:01:15 UTC

The alpha LiveCD doesnt contain framebuffer support.

I think we already discussed this in #gentoo-alpha, and decided that a generic kernel wouldnt support your machine (A future version will), so marking INVALID. 

Please REOPEN if you have any further info.