[syslinux] Menu system bug - MENU DEFAULT not working

Tomas M tomas at slax.org
Wed Oct 10 12:54:14 PDT 2012


Actually the config provided, even if it looks difficult, is the
simplest config to cover all possible options and cursor positions for
the generated menus.


Tomas M


On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Matt Fleming <matt at console-pimps.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 23:09 +0200, Tomas M wrote:
>> > Where xxx is a *different* menu. I count 4. Are you able to reproduce
>> > the problem with a simpler config file?
>>
>> yes, I sent simplified config to this list few weeks ago.
>> It can be seen in the mailing list archive:
>> http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2012-September/018012.html
>>
>> Thank you for the time you spend on this
>
> With that config I can reproduce the original bug you reported, where
> the MENU DEFAULT directive is ignored, but I can't reproduce the random
> default jumping around bug that happens with the config file you posted
> yesterday (9th Oct). It's the random default bug that I think needs a
> simpler config file. Is there any way that you can make the syslinux.cfg
> you posted yesterday smaller?
>
> --
> Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
>



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