Menuconfig gives the Linux kernel configuration a long needed facelift.  Featuring text based color menus and dialogs, it does notrequire X Windows.  With this utility you can easily select a kerneloption to modify without sifting through 100 other options.Overview--------Some kernel features may be built directly into the kernel.Some may be made into loadable runtime modules.  Some featuresmay be completely removed altogether.  There are also certainkernel parameters which are not really features, but must be entered in as decimal or hexadecimal numbers or possibly text.Menu items beginning with [*], <M> or [ ] represent features configured to be built in, modularized or removed respectively.Pointed brackets <> represent module capable features.                                                             more...To change any of these features, highlight it with the cursor keys and press <Y> to build it in, <M> to make it a module or<N> to removed it.  You may also press the <Space Bar> to cyclethrough the available options (ie. Y->N->M->Y). Items beginning with numbers or other text within parenthesis can be changed by highlighting the item and pressing <Enter>.  Thenenter the new parameter into the dialog box that pops up.Some additional keyboard hints:Menus----------o  Use the Up/Down arrow keys (cursor keys) to highlight the item    you wish to change or submenu wish to select and press <Enter>.   Submenus are designated by "--->".   Shortcut: Press the option's highlighted letter (hotkey).             Pressing a hotkey more than once will sequence             through all visible items which use that hotkey.   You may also use the <PAGE UP> and <PAGE DOWN> keys to scroll   unseen options into view.o  To exit a menu use the cursor keys to highlight the <Exit> button   and press <ENTER>.     Shortcut: Press <ESC><ESC> or <E> or <X> if there is no hotkey             using those letters.  You may press a single <ESC>, but             there is a delayed response which you may find annoying.   Also, the <TAB> and cursor keys will cycle between <Select>,   <Exit> and <Help>o  To get help with an item, use the cursor keys to highlight <Help>   and Press <ENTER>.   Shortcut: Press <H> or <?>.Radiolists  (Choice lists)-----------o  Use the cursor keys to select the option you wish to set and press   <S> or the <SPACE BAR>.   Shortcut: Press the first letter of the option you wish to set then             press <S> or <SPACE BAR>.o  To see available help for the item, use the cursor keys to highlight   <Help> and Press <ENTER>.   Shortcut: Press <H> or <?>.   Also, the <TAB> and cursor keys will cycle between <Select> and   <Help>Data Entry-----------o  Enter the requested information and press <ENTER>   If you are entering hexadecimal values, it is not necessary to   add the '0x' prefix to the entry.o  For help, use the <TAB> or cursor keys to highlight the help option   and press <ENTER>.  You can try <TAB><H> as well.Text Box    (Help Window)--------o  Use the cursor keys to scroll up/down/left/right.  The VI editor   keys h,j,k,l function here as do <SPACE BAR> and <B> for those   who are familiar with less and lynx.o  Press <E>, <X>, <Enter> or <Esc><Esc> to exit.Final Acceptance----------------With the exception of the old style sound configuration,YOUR CHANGES ARE NOT FINAL.  You will be given a last chance toconfirm them prior to exiting Menuconfig.If Menuconfig quits with an error while saving your configuration,you may look in the file /usr/src/linux/.menuconfig.log forinformation which may help you determine the cause.Alternate Configuration Files-----------------------------Menuconfig supports the use of alternate configuration files forthose who, for various reasons, find it necessary to switch between different kernel configurations.At the end of the main menu you will find two options.  One isfor saving the current configuration to a file of your choosing.The other option is for loading a previously saved alternateconfiguration.Even if you don't use alternate configuration files, but you find during a Menuconfig session that you have completely messedup your settings, you may use the "Load Alternate..." option torestore your previously saved settings from ".config" without restarting Menuconfig.Other information-----------------The windowing utility, lxdialog, will only be rebuilt if your kernelsource tree is fresh, or changes are patched into it via a kernelpatch or you do 'make mrproper'.  If changes to lxdialog are patchedin, most likely the rebuild time will be short.  You may force acomplete rebuild of lxdialog by changing to it's directory and doing'make clean all'If you use Menuconfig in an XTERM window make sure you have your $TERM variable set to point to a xterm definition which supports color.Otherwise, Menuconfig will look rather bad.  Menuconfig will not display correctly in a RXVT window because rxvt displays only oneintensity of color, bright.Menuconfig will display larger menus on screens or xterms which areset to display more than the standard 25 row by 80 column geometry.In order for this to work, the "stty size" command must be able to display the screen's current row and column geometry.  I STRONGLYRECOMMEND that you make sure you do NOT have the shell variablesLINES and COLUMNS exported into your environment.  Some distributionsexport those variables via /etc/profile.  Some ncurses programs canbecome confused when those variables (LINES & COLUMNS) don't reflectthe true screen size.NOTICE:  lxdialog requires the ncurses libraries to compile.  If you         don't already have ncurses you really should get it.         The makefile for lxdialog attempts to find your ncurses         header file.  Although it should find the header for older         versions of ncurses, it is probably a good idea to get the         latest ncurses anyway.          If you have upgraded your ncurses libraries, MAKE SURE you         remove the old ncurses header files.  If you don't you         will most certainly get a segmentation fault.WARNING: It is not recommended that you change any defines in         lxdialog's header files.  If you have a grayscale display and         are brave, you may tinker with color.h to tune the colors to         your preference.COMPATIBILITY ISSUE:         There have been some compatibility problems reported with         older versions of bash and sed.  I am trying to work these         out but it is preferable that you upgrade those utilities.******** IMPORTANT, OPTIONAL ALTERNATE PERSONALITY AVAILABLE ****************                                                     ********If you prefer to have all of the kernel options listed in a singlemenu, rather than the default multimenu hierarchy, you may edit theMenuconfig script and change the line "single_menu_mode="  to "single_menu_mode=TRUE".This mode is not recommended unless you have a fairly fast machine.*********************************************************************Propaganda----------The windowing support utility (lxdialog) is a VERY modified version ofthe dialog utility by Savio Lam <lam836@cs.cuhk.hk>.  Although lxdialogis significantly different from dialog, I have left Savio's copyrightsintact.  Please DO NOT contact Savio with questions about lxdialog.He will not be able to assist.William Roadcap was the original author of Menuconfig.Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec@shout.net> is the current maintainer.<END OF FILE>