Ubuntu
syslinux package

No way to exit F6 <extra options> without reboot

Bug #47703 reported by Paul Sladen
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
syslinux (Ubuntu)
Expired
Medium
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Bug Description

The Desktop CD boot loader gives the option to choose extra options which is selected by pressing <F6>.

Pressing <F6> brings up a text entry box. Leaving this blank and pressing enter results in a crash

  "Disk something AX=.. BX=.."

and the only way out is a hard power-off.

Rebooting and trying <F6> <Esc> results in no action. Once <F6> is pressed, there appears to be no way out.

Simon Law (sfllaw)
Changed in gfxboot:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Paul Sladen (sladen) wrote :

Subscribing Simon Law as he confirmed this bug.

When I asked on IRC, he confirmed that he had had this problem himself and wasn't just triaging it.

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Adam Niedling (krychek) wrote :

No Ubuntu version specified. Is this still an issue in Hardy?

Changed in gfxboot:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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Andreas Schildbach (schildbach) wrote :

Yes, the issue is still present (tested on Intrepid). You cannot go back from the F6 extra options line.

Changed in gfxboot:
status: Invalid → Confirmed
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Sonny (aadityabhatia) wrote :

This is still an issue.

There's no way in the latest installer to select none of the "Other options" once you hit F6. If you hit F4 or F5, the defaults are Normal and None. In case of F6, you end up selecting acpi=off by default, or some other option; you can't return to normal state.

wangyan (253914333-g)
affects: gfxboot (Ubuntu) → gfxboot-theme-ubuntu (Ubuntu)
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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

Is anyone still able to reproduce this, because I can't?

affects: gfxboot-theme-ubuntu (Ubuntu) → syslinux (Ubuntu)
Changed in syslinux (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for syslinux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in syslinux (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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