livedvd: implemented syslinux multilanguage menu

platforms/livedvd-root/settings.inc

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PRODUCT_NAME=livedvd
 MEDIA=squash_xz
-MULTITHREAD=1
+MULTILANGUAGE="en it es fr"
 
 if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
    KERNEL_EXTRAVER=mamba
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
    KERNEL_PLATFORM=""
    #KERNEL_ADDITIONAL="vboxvideo"   
    KERNEL_MORE_EXTRAVER=
-   MULTILANGUAGE="it en es fr"
 fi
 
 TARGET_HOSTNAME=openmamba-livedvd

platforms/livedvd/post.inc.sh

@@ -30,62 +30,85 @@ done
 buildinfo="`cat $MOUNTDIR/etc/openmamba-release` ${PLATFORM}"
 
 # configure isolinux boot loader
-cat > $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg << _EOF
+cat > $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg.utf8 << _EOF
 PROMPT 0
 TIMEOUT 20
 DEFAULT vesamenu.c32
 MENU TITLE ${buildinfo} (${KERNEL_MAJVER} kernel)
 MENU BACKGROUND openmamba.png
 MENU COLOR TITLE 1;32;49 #ff00993d #00000000 std
+
+LABEL -
+ MENU LABEL Please select system startup language:
+ MENU DISABLE
 _EOF
 
 ISOID=
-for K in $KERNEL_EXTRAVER $KERNEL_MORE_EXTRAVER; do
+for l in $MULTILANGUAGE; do
-   cat >> $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg << _EOF
+   case $l in
-LABEL default-${KERNEL_MAJVER}${K}
+      "en") LABEL="English"; LOCALELANG="en_US.UTF-8"; VCONSOLEKEYMAP="us" ;;
-MENU LABEL default (${KERNEL_MAJVER}${K})
+      "it") LABEL="Italiano"; LOCALELANG="it_IT.UTF-8"; VCONSOLEKEYMAP="it" ;;
- kernel /boot/vmlinuz${ISOID}
+      "fr") LABEL="Français"; LOCALELANG="fr_FR.UTF-8"; VCONSOLEKEYMAP="fr" ;;
- append initrd=/boot/initrd${ISOID}.gz root=live:LABEL=${MAKEDIST_TARGET}_${PLATFORM} ro selinux=0 quiet splash vga=792
+      "es") LABEL="Español"; LOCALELANG="es_ES.UTF-8"; VCONSOLEKEYMAP="es" ;;
+      *) LABEL="$l"
+   esac
+   cat >> $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg.utf8 << _EOF
+MENU BEGIN $l
+ MENU LABEL $LABEL
+ MENU TITLE ${buildinfo} (${KERNEL_MAJVER} kernel)
+_EOF
+
+   ISOID=
+   for K in $KERNEL_EXTRAVER $KERNEL_MORE_EXTRAVER; do
+      cat >> $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg.utf8 << _EOF
+ LABEL default-${KERNEL_MAJVER}${K}
+  MENU LABEL default (${KERNEL_MAJVER}${K} $l)
+   kernel /boot/vmlinuz${ISOID}
+   append initrd=/boot/initrd${ISOID}.gz root=live:LABEL=${MAKEDIST_TARGET}_${PLATFORM} ro selinux=0 quiet splash vga=792 locale.LANG=$LOCALELANG vconsole.keymap=$VCONSOLEKEYMAP
+_EOF
+      ISOID=$(($ISOID + 1))
+   done
+
+   echo "MENU SEPARATOR" >> $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg.utf8
+   ISOID=
+   for K in $KERNEL_EXTRAVER $KERNEL_MORE_EXTRAVER; do
+      cat >> $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg.utf8 << _EOF
+ LABEL vga800-${KERNEL_MAJVER}${K}
+  MENU LABEL VGA 800x600 no modeset (${KERNEL_MAJVER}${K} $l)
+   kernel /boot/vmlinuz${ISOID}
+   append initrd=/boot/initrd${ISOID}.gz root=live:LABEL=${MAKEDIST_TARGET}_${PLATFORM} ro selinux=0 quiet splash vga=789 locale.LANG=$LOCALELANG vconsole.keymap=$VCONSOLEKEYMAP nomodeset
+_EOF
+      ISOID=$(($ISOID + 1))
+   done
+
+   ISOID=
+   for K in $KERNEL_EXTRAVER $KERNEL_MORE_EXTRAVER; do
+      cat >> $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg.utf8 << _EOF
+ LABEL vga1024-${KERNEL_MAJVER}${K}
+  MENU LABEL VGA 1024x768 no modeset (${KERNEL_MAJVER}${K} $l)
+   kernel /boot/vmlinuz${ISOID}
+   append initrd=/boot/initrd${ISOID}.gz root=live:LABEL=${MAKEDIST_TARGET}_${PLATFORM} ro selinux=0 quiet splash vga=792 locale.LANG=$LOCALELANG vconsole.keymap=$VCONSOLEKEYMAP nomodeset
+_EOF
+      ISOID=$(($ISOID + 1))
+   done
+
+   echo "MENU SEPARATOR" >> $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg.utf8
+   ISOID=
+   for K in $KERNEL_EXTRAVER $KERNEL_MORE_EXTRAVER; do
+      cat >> $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg.utf8 << _EOF
+ LABEL debug-${KERNEL_MAJVER}${K}
+  MENU LABEL Debug mode (${KERNEL_MAJVER}${K} $l)
+   kernel /boot/vmlinuz${ISOID}
+   append initrd=/boot/initrd${ISOID}.gz root=live:LABEL=${MAKEDIST_TARGET}_${PLATFORM} ro selinux=0 locale.LANG=$LOCALELANG vconsole.keymap=$VCONSOLEKEYMAP rddebug nomodeset
+_EOF
+      ISOID=$(($ISOID + 1))
+   done
+   cat >> $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg.utf8 << _EOF
+MENU END
 _EOF
-   ISOID=$(($ISOID + 1))
 done
 
-echo "MENU SEPARATOR" >> $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg
+cat >> $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg.utf8 << _EOF
-ISOID=
-for K in $KERNEL_EXTRAVER $KERNEL_MORE_EXTRAVER; do
-   cat >> $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg << _EOF
-LABEL vga800-${KERNEL_MAJVER}${K}
-MENU LABEL VGA 800x600 no modeset (${KERNEL_MAJVER}${K})
- kernel /boot/vmlinuz${ISOID}
- append initrd=/boot/initrd${ISOID}.gz root=live:LABEL=${MAKEDIST_TARGET}_${PLATFORM} ro selinux=0 quiet splash vga=789 nomodeset
-_EOF
-   ISOID=$(($ISOID + 1))
-done
-
-ISOID=
-for K in $KERNEL_EXTRAVER $KERNEL_MORE_EXTRAVER; do
-   cat >> $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg << _EOF
-LABEL vga1024-${KERNEL_MAJVER}${K}
-MENU LABEL VGA 1024x768 no modeset (${KERNEL_MAJVER}${K})
- kernel /boot/vmlinuz${ISOID}
- append initrd=/boot/initrd${ISOID}.gz root=live:LABEL=${MAKEDIST_TARGET}_${PLATFORM} ro selinux=0 quiet splash vga=792 nomodeset
-_EOF
-   ISOID=$(($ISOID + 1))
-done
-
-echo "MENU SEPARATOR" >> $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg
-ISOID=
-for K in $KERNEL_EXTRAVER $KERNEL_MORE_EXTRAVER; do
-   cat >> $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg << _EOF
-LABEL debug-${KERNEL_MAJVER}${K}
-MENU LABEL Debug mode (${KERNEL_MAJVER}${K})
- kernel /boot/vmlinuz${ISOID}
- append initrd=/boot/initrd${ISOID}.gz root=live:LABEL=${MAKEDIST_TARGET}_${PLATFORM} ro selinux=0 rddebug nomodeset
-_EOF
-   ISOID=$(($ISOID + 1))
-done
-
-cat >> $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg << _EOF
 MENU SEPARATOR
 LABEL memtest
  MENU LABEL Memory test
@@ -97,13 +120,17 @@ LABEL -
  MENU DISABLE
 _EOF
 
+# convert isolinux.cfg from UTF-8 to CP437
+iconv -f utf-8 -t cp437 $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg.utf8 > $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg
+rm -f $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg.utf8
+
 # install isolinux binary
 [ -e $MOUNTDIR/usr/share/syslinux/isolinux.bin ] && cp $MOUNTDIR/usr/share/syslinux/isolinux.bin $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin ||
     { echo "Error: /usr/share/syslinux/isolinux.bin not found. Please install the syslinux package.";
       exit 1; }
 
 # copy syslinux addons to final root /boot dir
-cp $MOUNTDIR/usr/share/syslinux/{ldlinux,libcom32,libutil,vesamenu}.c32 $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/
+cp $MOUNTDIR/usr/share/syslinux/vesamenu.c32 $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/
 
 # install memtest
 [ -e $MOUNTDIR/boot/memtest.bin ] && cp $MOUNTDIR/boot/memtest.bin $MOUNTDIR2/boot/isolinux/memtest ||

platforms/livedvd/settings.inc

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 MEDIA=iso
-MULTITHREAD=1
+MULTILANGUAGE="en it es fr"
 DISTROMATIC=off
 
 if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then