[syslinux] MENU HIDDENKEY help?

Geert Stappers stappers at stappers.nl
Sun Sep 2 09:47:06 PDT 2012


On Sun, Sep 02, 2012 at 04:42:23PM +0100, Matt Sephton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was hoping you could shed some light in usage of the directive MENU
> HIDDENKEY in syslinux (extlinux 4.04)
>
> The docs say: MENU HIDDENKEY key[,key...] command...
>
> So, in my conf I have:
>
> MENU HIDDENKEY Esc openelec
>
> Where openelec is the label of the boot option I want to run only if
> Esc is pressed.
>
> But pressing Esc on boot has no effect. Default is run. So, do I
> misunderstand the "command" part of the directive? If so, are there
> any examples I can learn from?
>
> My full conf is here: http://pastebin.com/RJuju4RF
>
> The effect I am after is a blank screen that will boot default if
> nothing is pressed, but if Esc is pressed it will boot an alternate
> or show the menu.
>
> Any help appreciated.

What happens when an alfanumeric key  ( digit, letter ) is used?

In other words: What happens when a special key as 'escape' is used?


Groeten
Geert Stappers
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