** Description changed: - Hi, - The menu entry on the Ubuntu UMPC live image from today is cut "Try Ubuntu UMPC without any c" (change). - Bye + IMPACT: + Distributed VFAT images made bootable in a hardy environment continue to expose previously addressed syslinux issues in gfxboot, resulting in malformed menus and reduced functionality. Most significantly, descriptions are truncated and alternate install modes are unavailable. + + DEVELOPMENT SOLUTION: + Two patches were applied to gfxboot: the first to avoid a crash when both gfxboot and com32 were in use. The second to force a gfxboot prompt if gfxboot is configured. + + TEST CASE: + Construct a vfat installation image (This must be done with intrepid or jaunty debian-cd) + Run syslinux on the vfat binary on a hardy system + Boot the result, and observe menu truncation + + REGRESSION POTENTIAL: + VFAT images made bootable in a hardy environment that rely on the bug to not use gfxboot despite configuration may suddenly have an alternate menu interface presented, which may not match user expectations. + + The VFAT images currently distributed on cdimage.ubuntu.com + (intrepid, jaunty alphas) will no longer match the images that would be + constructed afresh in an environment including this bugfix. As none of + these images are expected to be reissued, users may be confused by + differences between self-constructed images and distributed official + images.
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