Re: Updated Debian Ports installation images 2025-12-06

Hi Darren,

CC'ing Magnus who is actively working on resolving bugs on Alpha upstream.

On Sun, 2026-03-08 at 21:24 +1100, Darren Goossens wrote:
> > > Please test and report back
>=20
> Thanks for the media.
>=20
> I have an alphaserver 1200. 1gb ram, 2 CPUs, ev56, so has bwx.

Great!

> To try new images, I have to add qlogic firmware to the initrd on the iso=
,
> but when I do that I get a successful installation.

Including non-free firmware to the installer images for Debian Ports is sti=
ll
on my TODO list. I have already done some work in this regard, but it's not
trivial.

> Installation went smoothly and I can add software from the repo. No unali=
gned
> trap stuff. Very clean. Thanks!

Good to hear, thanks for the feedback!

> I find it that the aboot installation did not work automatically and I di=
d it
> manually by exiting the installer to the command line, but that might hav=
e been
> my error.=C2=A0

aboot needs indeed some work, yes. But we're aware of it and already did so=
me work.

> I have yet to try SMP kernel, I think I read somewhere it is not working?=
 Its in
> the repo and I will try it, it is a 2 processor machine. SMP would be pre=
tty nice.

SMP should work fine these days if you are using a recent kernel (6.16 or n=
ewer IIRC).

> As you might imagine, xorg server is not working. Not really important. I=
 have tried
> old matrox g200 and cirrus. Just to see. I also have a trio64 somewhere..=
=C2=A0 The matroxfb
> framebuffer does work, fwiw, but that's as far as I got. Actual MGA and c=
irrus xorg
> drivers I could not get to work.=C2=A0 =C2=A0I don't know much about that=
 stuff.

Check the log in /var/log/Xorg.0.log and see if you can find any messages w=
ith "(EE)".

X.org should work.

Adrian

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