Hi and welcome to LQ!
When you type in all caps it appears as if you are yelling, you must be mighty frustrated, I am sure. I know I was at first too.
Anyway, yeah, short of a recompiled kernel, Fin hit it. I unfortunately have to build a new kernel (or copy over an old one) each time I install slack onto my box, but by now it's no big deal really.
Good Luck
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