10. Configure the new kernel

Now instead of using make menuconfig, I have a godsend of an option. Check this out: copy your current .config file into /usr/src/linux. Now use "make oldconfig". It will run through your old config file and see what's been updated so that you don't have to find all the new options. For everything to do with ACPI (about the first 5 questions for me, but possibly more for you if you've never configured a pre-patched kernel) say M for module. There are an extra 3 or so things after that which I said "no" to.

In point form, this is how the kernel should be configured:

Now go in to the config file with make menuconfig. I want you do check and make sure you have your APM (the old stuff) turned off. Under "General Setup", make sure that:

exit and save the new configuration