new kernel, menuconfig

majro · 03-19-2007, 01:42 PM

Hello,

I need to extract the ipv6 completely out my the kernel because of crappy router firmware and I decided to compile my own kernel. I downloaded the latest stable kernel from www.kernel.org (2.6.20.3), extracted it, but when I ran

Code:

make menuconfig

some important options are disabled.
I don't know how to enable them , they can't be changed to '*' or 'M'.

Here is the screenshot:
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/7278/consoledz4.png
Look at the "VGA Text Console" for example.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

pljvaldez · 03-19-2007, 01:46 PM

Did you enable "Experimental" features in one of the early prompts? If you say no, it just grays out a bunch of boxes...

majro · 03-19-2007, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pljvaldez

Did you enable "Experimental" features in one of the early prompts? If you say no, it just grays out a bunch of boxes...

If you mean "Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers" in the first submenu "Code maturity level options" then, yes.

I have it enabled and there are still some important options like "VGA Text Console" that are greyed out.

reddazz · 03-20-2007, 12:40 PM

Moved: This thread is more suitable in Linux Kernel and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.