[issue1262] no timeout in syslinux on grml64-full_2013.02.iso

[MartinŠlouf]

MartinŠlouf <martinslouf at users.sourceforge.net> added the comment:

one more note -- for usb creation I used my laptop -- debian unstable, so:

martin at chocholous /home/martin
$ uname -a
Linux chocholous 3.9-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.9.4-1 x86_64 GNU/Linux

martin at chocholous /home/martin
$ dpkg -l syslinux grml2usb
Požadované=Neznámé/Instalovat/Odinstalovat/Vyčistit/Podržet
| Stav=Ne/Instalován/Konfigurační soubory/Rozbalen/Nezkonfigurován/Nekompletní
| instalace/Očekávané spouštěče/Nevyřízené spouštěče
|/ Chyba?=(nic)/Nutná přeinstalace (Stav,Chyba: velké písmeno=chyba)
||/ Název                 Verze            Architektura     Popis
+++-======================-================-================-================================================
ii  grml2usb               0.13.8           amd64            install Grml system / ISO to usb device
ii  syslinux               3:4.05+dfsg-6+de amd64            collection of boot loaders

m.

On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 04:45:22PM +0000, Michael Prokop wrote:
>
> Michael Prokop <mika at grml.org> added the comment:
>
> * MartinŠlouf wrote in grml's BTS on 20130608 / 16:52:
>
> > i believe i have found a bug in (otherwise great :-) GRML distribution.
>
> [...]
> > 6. As it seems, current grm2usb script has an error
>
> > $ diff /usr/sbin/grml2usb /usr/sbin/grml2usb~
> > 1387c1387
> > <     syslinux_config_file.write("timeout 300\n")
> > ---
> > >     syslinux_config_file.write("TIMEOUT 300\n")
>
> > Problem is that "TIMEOUT" is given with uppercase letters; change to
> > lowercase and you are fine.
>
> This never was an issue so far, AFAIK syslinux also shouldn't
> care about upper case vs. lower case, so I'm wondering why this
> happens to you but no one else (so far).
> Are you using grml2usb directly from the grml64-full_2013.02 ISO
> with the syslinux version shipped with grml64-full_2013.02?
>
> (I'm happy to adjust the timeout setting accordingly, but I'd like
> to understand what's going on.)
>
> Thanks!
>
> regards,
> -mika-
>
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assignedto: mika
files: grml-hwinfo-2013-06-08--16-43-42-CEST.tar.bz2
messages: 4574, 4576, 4577, 4578
nosy: martinslouf, mika
priority: bug
status: need-eg
title: no timeout in syslinux on grml64-full_2013.02.iso

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