[syslinux] Problems with gfxboot.c32

[Sebastian Herbszt]

Matt Fleming wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Jul, at 03:02:19PM, Andreas Heinlein wrote:
>> I had to add at least one boot entry to get a working config, so I
>> ended up with this isolinux.cfg:
>> 
>> label live
>>   menu label ^Try Ubuntu without installing
>>   kernel /casper/vmlinuz
>>   append  file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper
>> initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
>> menu background splash.png
>> ui vesamenu.c32
>> 
>> This works. Now just substitute 'ui vesamenu.c32' with 'ui gfxboot
>> bootlogo', and I get the described behaviour. I used
>> isolinux-debug.bin this time, but the last line I get is
>> "Initializing gfx code...", and then the screen goes black.
> 
> Right, unfortunately gfxboot.c32 is making use of the COMBOOT API which
> was deleted in 5.00 (it's done directly from 16-bit assembly so I didn't
> catch it when doing the removal). Which means that it's missing large
> parts of functionality, like being able to open and read/write files. 
> 
> I'll take a look at fixing this.

gfxboot.c32 is supposed to work as expected if you put all required files
inside the bootlogo archive.

Sebastian