I am a newbie to kernel compiling. I have a fujitsu siemens laptop and i am using slackware 9.1 on it. as u know, it comes with kernel 2.4.x and i want to update it 2.6.6 but i encounter problems.
First of all, i dont know the difference between saying yes or module while comfiguring kernel in gconfig or xconfig. How can compiling something as a module affect my system?
And when i first install slack it detects eveything well and it also opens the startup screen in a resolution of 1024x768 but after i compile kernel it goes back to its original state. I launch X11R6 and when i go back to shell, shell is shown like a mixing drink.
And my network does not work as a result i cannot connect to net.
Can anyone pls help me to keep my existing values from old kernel and compile only the needed parts and some extra parts like wireless support.
Thanks.
