On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Jamie Ostrowski wrote: > I'd like to recompile my kernel (version 2.4.17) so version support > is disabled. Can anyone tell me which option I need to configure in > menuconfig? I've tried: > [MAIN MENU] > Loadable Module Support-> > and unchecked "Set version information on all module symbols. > I left the other two options under Loadable Module Support checked. > This is the correct procedure. > > The kernel will compile, but then the system doesn't boot. The errors I > am getting SEEM to indicate a problem with loading modules when it is > booting. > Ask yourself three questions, if the results are negative on any of these that is your first point for a fix: 1. Did you recompile your modules? (All of them, not just the ones in the main tree but ALSA &c. also) 2. If you are running with initrd, does the initrd image you are using have unversioned modules? 3. Are you certain that you are really booting your new kernel? -- Daniel Taylor dante at plethora.net