Summary: | Blank screen after initial initrd selection | ||
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Product: | Gentoo Release Media | Reporter: | Jim Cooper <Jim.Cooper> |
Component: | Everything | Assignee: | Bob Johnson (RETIRED) <livewire> |
Status: | RESOLVED CANTFIX | ||
Severity: | blocker | ||
Priority: | High | ||
Version: | unspecified | ||
Hardware: | x86 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
Whiteboard: | |||
Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- |
Description
Jim Cooper
2003-06-03 08:04:47 UTC
hold shift, then type "nofb" you either have one of the motherboards that isnt supporting framebuffer well, or hitting the 1gig mem + fb bug. I'm glad that there is a workaround (and yes, it did work for me), but this is NOT fixed. From the GentooGames page: "The initial efforts of Gentoo Games will be focused around the Gentoo GameCD technology, which allows anyone with a modern PC to put a CD in their computer, turn it on, and have the GameCD boot directly into the game." This is not happening. There is no mention on that page about holding shift and typing 'nofb', which means novices will be unable to see the games, and will conclude that they wasted their time getting the ISO... defeating the purported aim of the site. As for my personal situation, I would bet on it being the "1gig mem + fb bug" - I have a Gigabyte 7VAXP and an MSI GeForce Ti4200-AGP8X. I also have 1G RAM. we can't fix it without releasing a nofb only CD, which would involve further work and time. |