karmic alpha5 live cd does not boot at all

[j^]

trying to boot 64bit desktop image from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/9.10/alpha-5/
on Macbook 4,1 fails. After selecting cd to boot from, it spins up but i only get a blinking cursor, cd stops moving after some time. nothing ever happens.

[KyleSLinux (kspitz)]

This bug is still happening in the Release Candidate for me. I am able to boot the 32 bit live cd flawlessly, however the amd64 will not post after 'install ubuntu' or 'run without installing.'

Keyboard is unresponsive, no video, no audio. Nothing but a blinking cursor and a blank screen. I have tried all the options given from the F6 prompt, as well as removing spash and quiet. Even with that, I get no verbosity.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

j^, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a terminal, as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER

If reproducible, could you also please test the latest upstream kernel available (the one all the way at the top, and not the daily folder) following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example:
kernel-fixed-upstream-3.15-rc8

This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for syslinux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]