[syslinux] Problems with recompiling vesamenu.c32

[Geert Stappers]

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:09:53AM +0200, sagi shinfeled wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I'm using PXELinux with vesamenu.c32 to load a custom knoppix image I made
> and to allow access to the WDS menu.
> 
> The problem is that the PXElinux loads the menu automatically (unlike WDS
> which asks the user to press F12 before loading the menu) and I want  it to
> load only if the user presses F12 in 5 seconds.
> 
> So I tried using the hidden function of the menu with the timeout option and
> it works great but the only problem that remains is that any key press will
> unlock the menu and I want it to be a specific key
> 
> I went to the code and found the function do_hidden_menu in the file
> menumain.
> 
> I changed only the line which check's what key was pressed and re compiled
> but when I used the new vesamenu.c32 that was created the menu didn?t load
> at all, the computer got stuck after the loading of the default config file
> 
> My compiling environment is fedora 14 live cd with the latest gcc,binutils
> and nasm
> 
> Does someone know what went wrong?


What I read in the message from the original poster, is that
there is only one file re-compiled.

Syslinux files should be all from the same version.

My advise is compile all files  ( make spotless ; make )
and use _all syslinux files_ from the SAME version.


Groeten
Geert Stappers
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