[syslinux] gpxe + SYSLINUX menus = Fail?

[Andrew Stuart]

On 3/15/2010 3:36 PM, Andrew Stuart wrote:
> I am attempting to setup a test gpxe(linux.0) http site, to test among
> other things the recent dynamic option 252 solution.
>
> In the process of investigation I stumbled across
> http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/appnotes/authmenus which indicates the
> gpxe can launch vesamenu.c32 directly. Various other pages on
> etherboot's site indicate menu.c32/vesamenu.c32 can be used
> independently as well.
>
> Has this changed? I have spent quite a bit of time trying to get the
> authmenus example working, and it is one failure after another.
>
> I have tried checking syntax, trying different menu configs, all without
> success. I even took the one from
> http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Menu. gpxe just outputs
> something that I can't see, then wipes the display and shows
>
> "
> ok
> . ok
> "
>
> using menu.c32 in place of vesamenu.c32 actually outputs an error:
> "Initial menu has no LABEL entries!
> ok
> . ok"
>
>
> Now, if I modify the setup to fetch pxelinux.0, and have that specify
> (vesa)menu.c32, with absolutely no other changes... it works! but the
> authentication stuff breaks.
>
> So my question is, does (vesa)menu.c32 require (g)pxelinux.0 these days?
>
--snip--

This works up to syslinux 3.82, I haven't had a chance to go between 
testing releases, but it breaks with 3.83+ (currently using 3.86-pre1)

-Andrew