On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 12:46:46 -0700, H. Peter Anvin via Syslinux wrote:>Is that true for vesamenu only, or even for text mode syslinux?Hi, I'm using menu.c32 (text mode only), this is the complete config: [root at archlinux ~]# cat /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg # http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Doc/menu PROMPT 0 TIMEOUT 600 UI menu.c32 MENU HIDDEN MENU CLEAR MENU COLOR screen 0;30;40 MENU COLOR border 0;30;40 MENU COLOR title 1;37;44 MENU COLOR unsel 0;37;40 MENU COLOR hotkey 1;37;40 MENU COLOR hotsel 7;37;40 MENU COLOR sel 7;37;40 MENU COLOR disabled 1;37;40 MENU COLOR scrollbar 0;30;40 MENU COLOR tabmsg 0;30;40 MENU COLOR cmdmark 0;31;40 MENU COLOR cmdline 0;37;40 MENU COLOR timeout_msg 0;37;40 MENU COLOR timeout 1;37;40 # Used hotkeys: ^8 ^A ^e ^H ^L ^M ^P ^Q ^R ^t ^V DEFAULT Pussytoes MENU TITLE HAL 9000 LABEL Toolbox MENU LABEL Toolbox MENU DISABLE MENU SEPARATOR LABEL Hardware MENU LABEL ^Hardware Detection COM32 hdt.c32 LABEL Memtest MENU LABEL Memtest^86+ LINUX /.boot/ubuntu_moonstudio/boot/memtest86+.bin LABEL Reset MENU LABEL R^eset COM32 reboot.c32 MENU SEPARATOR MENU SEPARATOR LABEL Arch Menu MENU LABEL Arch Linux MENU DISABLE MENU SEPARATOR LABEL Threadirqs MENU LABEL Arch Linux ^threadirqs LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux APPEND root=LABEL=archlinux ro threadirqs INITRD ../initramfs-linux.img LABEL Pussytoes MENU LABEL Arch Linux Rt ^Pussytoes LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux-rt-pussytoes APPEND root=LABEL=archlinux ro INITRD ../initramfs-linux-rt-pussytoes.img LABEL Persianrug MENU LABEL Arch Linux Rt Persian ^Rug LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux-rt-persianrug APPEND root=LABEL=archlinux ro INITRD ../initramfs-linux-rt-persianrug.img LABEL Rt MENU LABEL Arch ^Linux Rt LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux-rt APPEND root=LABEL=archlinux ro INITRD ../initramfs-linux-rt.img LABEL Arch MENU LABEL ^Arch Linux LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux APPEND root=LABEL=archlinux ro INITRD ../initramfs-linux.img MENU SEPARATOR MENU SEPARATOR LABEL Other Menu MENU LABEL Other Linux MENU DISABLE MENU SEPARATOR LABEL Moonstudio MENU LABEL Ubuntu X ^Moon Studio lowlatency LINUX /.boot/ubuntu_moonstudio/boot/vmlinuz-lowlatency APPEND root=LABEL=moonstudio ro INITRD /.boot/ubuntu_moonstudio/boot/initrd.img-lowlatency LABEL Light MENU LABEL Ubuntu ^Q LightScribe Rt LINUX /.boot/ubuntu_q/boot/vmlinuz-3.6.5-rt14 APPEND root=LABEL=q ro nomodeset INITRD /.boot/ubuntu_q/boot/initrd.img-3.6.5-rt14 LABEL Suse MENU LABEL ^Vintage SUSE 11.2 Rt LINUX /.boot/suse11.2/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.6-rt19 APPEND root=LABEL=suse11.2 INITRD /.boot/suse11.2/boot/initrd-2.6.31.6-rt19 [root at archlinux ~]# Regards, Ralf
On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 4:33 PM, Ralf Mardorf via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:> On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 12:46:46 -0700, H. Peter Anvin via Syslinux wrote: >>Is that true for vesamenu only, or even for text mode syslinux? > > Hi, > > I'm using menu.c32 (text mode only), this is the complete config:What about the simpler case without a menu? PROMPT 1 TIMEOUT 600 DEFAULT Pussytoes LABEL Pussytoes MENU LABEL Arch Linux Rt ^Pussytoes LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux-rt-pussytoes APPEND root=LABEL=archlinux ro INITRD ../initramfs-linux-rt-pussytoes.img Do you see anything with just this? On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 7:53 AM, Ralf Mardorf via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:> Hi, > > my primary monitor is a LCD HDMI2 and the secondary monitor is a CRT > VGA1. The CRT monitor is only turned on on demand, but always connected > by VGA. > > The BIOS is shown on both monitors, but the syslinux menu only on the > CRT, as long as the CRT is connected by VGA. Even if it's turned off, > the syslinux menu isn't shown on the LCD connected by HDMI.It's a BIOS or EFI CSM situation really. Did you try powering off the PC, unplug the VGA monitor, then boot? This would be another thing to test in addition to the above config.> [root at archlinux ~]# pacman -Q syslinux > syslinux 6.03-7Thanks for the info.> Is there a way to get the syslinux menu displayed on both monitors or at > least only on the LCD monitor?It's a BIOS situation really.> FWIW xrandr shows HDMI1 and HDMI2, but there is only one HDMI output > assigned to HDMI2.Sometimes other outputs might be labeled strangely like a DVI as HDMI1. -- -Gene
On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:34:45 -0400, Gene Cumm wrote:>PROMPT 1 >TIMEOUT 600 >DEFAULT Pussytoes > >LABEL Pussytoes > MENU LABEL Arch Linux Rt ^Pussytoes > LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux-rt-pussytoes > APPEND root=LABEL=archlinux ro > INITRD ../initramfs-linux-rt-pussytoes.img > >Do you see anything with just this?Hi, I'll test it ASAP, but I doubt that this would make a difference.>Did you try powering off the PC, unplug the VGA monitor, then boot?Yes, if the VGA monitor is disconnected, the menu is shown on the HDMI monitor, I don't need to power off the computer. However, only the syslinux menu is affected, the BIOS is displayed on both monitors, the HDMI monitor doesn't receive a signal, as soon as the syslinux menu comes into play + the VGA monitor is connected with or without power on.>It's a BIOS situation really.But the BIOS is shown on both monitors at the same time.>> FWIW xrandr shows HDMI1 and HDMI2, but there is only one HDMI output >> assigned to HDMI2. > >Sometimes other outputs might be labeled strangely like a DVI as HDMI1.The back panel of the mobo, a Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H (Intel CPU/GPU), provides D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI. The CRT monitor D-Sub only. The LCD monitor in addition to HDMI, also Display Port, DVI-D und D-Sub. Unfortunately I neither have a DVI-D to DVD-D, nor a DVI-D to HDMI cable at hand. Regards, Ralf PS: My mailman account's settings are set to avoid duplicated mails, so if you send a reply to me, too, instead of sending it to the mailing list only, I receive a mail without a mailing list header and the reply to mailing list option of my MUA doesn't work.