[syslinux] Problems with recompiling vesamenu.c32

[sagi shinfeled]

I am using syslinux 4.03 source code, I tried compiling again using make
spotless and make
and the same thing happens when the menu  is supposed to be loaded the
screen freezes

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Geert Stappers <stappers at stappers.nl>wrote:

> 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
> --
> > And is there a policy on top-posting vs. bottom-posting?
> Yes.
>
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