[syslinux] vesamenu back to text before booting

Ady ady-sf at hotmail.com
Thu Dec 4 05:45:21 PST 2014


> On Thu, 4 Dec 2014, Ady wrote:
> 
> > Perhaps there should be a new MENU-type directive, so to force the 
> > screen to text mode (as opposed to leaving it in graphics mode for as 
> > long as it can be)? Perhaps this could also be useful when exiting a 
> > vesamenu to Syslinux CLI?
> 
> Yes, please. To make this dependent *only* on the configuration of
> the menu entry started is, IMHO, the only way to go.
> 
 
If you want a per-label behavior, you could try adding a new menu 
entry:

LABEL change2menu
COM32 menu.c32

And replace your 'UI vesamenu.c32' with 'DEFAULT vesamenu.c32' (instead 
of your prior 'DEFAULT lunatics', and the LABEL lunatics should be 
placed as the first menu entry in your configuration file).

With these changes, your default behavior is vesamenu, with the option 
to reload the same menu but using menu.c32.

It is possible that these changes would allow you to launch the kernel 
as you wanted, without waiting for further developments.

Regards,
Ady.


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