[syslinux] Menu system bug - MENU DEFAULT not working

[Gene Cumm]

On Sep 6, 2012 3:54 PM, "Tomas M" <tomas at slax.org> wrote:
>
> To simplify everything, here is very small syslinux.cfg showing that
> MENU DEFAULT doesn't work for submenus correctly (at least for my case
> when I use GOTO). When the menu starts, the submenu test0 is shown,
> this is correct. If I choose OptionB from the menu, it should jump to
> test2 submenu with 2nd row default. It indeed switches to test2
> submenu, but menu default is ignored.

Inserting empty line breaks for clarity.

> UI vesamenu.c32
> PROMPT 0
>
> MENU BEGIN test0
>    MENU START

>    LABEL -
>    MENU DEFAULT
>    MENU LABEL OptionA
>    MENU GOTO test1

>    LABEL -
This is a non-unique LABEL.  Did you try to actually make it unique?
>    MENU LABEL OptionB
>    MENU GOTO test2

> MENU END
>
> MENU BEGIN test1

>    LABEL -
>    MENU LABEL OptionA1
>    MENU GOTO test0

>    LABEL -
Same.
>    MENU DEFAULT
>    MENU LABEL OptionB1
>    MENU GOTO test0

> MENU END
>
> MENU BEGIN test2

>    LABEL -
>    MENU LABEL OptionA2
>    MENU GOTO test0

>    LABEL -
Same.
>    MENU DEFAULT
>    MENU LABEL OptionB2
>    MENU GOTO test0

> MENU END

LABELs should always be unique.  "MENU LABEL"s are just descriptors.

--Gene