window before the main window, displaying the contents of access.pcx at
the bottom of the screen. If the timeout expires on this screen, then
the default menu item will be booted without ever showing the main menu;
conversely, any key press will show the main menu. The idea of this is
to avoid everyone having to see a complicated main menu, while offering
a visual indication that you need to press a key to get to it.
(including translated strings). We've been having odd problems with
gfxboot hanging on Kubuntu CDs, and, while unfortunately we didn't quite
get to the bottom of them, our best guess is that we're close enough to
the top of available memory that the rules have changed. Ripping this
3000 lines of cruft out seems to be more than enough to get things going
again. Thanks to Kees Cook for several hours of staring at assembly code
and pointing me in useful directions.
NAME" options in gfxboot.cfg. These are used to implement a new Modes
menu, which replaces the video menu on F4. The intent is that that this
should reduce the bewildering array of top-level menu options, while
still allowing the less usual options to be selected easily. Many
strings have been changed accordingly.