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Hi, I just compiled the 2.6.3 kernel and everithing went fine (I followed the instructions on the sticky topic). But when I rebooted my computer and selected Linux in LILO, it said Loading Linux........... and the screen goes blank (black). So I looked at my hdd LED, and it was blinking. So I waited a bit, and then login (doing it blindly), tried startx (didn't work), tried CTRL-ALT-F2, didn't work.
So I did su, and halt. My computer stoped.
So I guess it's just a display problem, but I have no idea how to fix it...
Yes, I had a similar problem. For me it was related to choosing the framebuffer devices when configuring the kernel. They did not display, so I had a black screen until GDM came up. Since GDM came up normally, I could easily see that it wasn't an X problem. You may not be in the same boat, given that you are unable to start X (though you may not be waiting long enough to try to do so).
I can't tell you exactly how I fixed it (since I don't know, I just tinkered a bunch until it worked)-- but I can give you a workaround.
Open /etc/lilo.conf as root (in nano, pico or vim if you can't get into a gui, and via a Knoppix/Mepis/Mandrake Move CD if you can't even start a text editor), and change any "vga=###" to "vga=normal". You will have big 'ol text instead of charming neat framebuffer text for the boot messages, but at least you can see them. When you solve any X/framebuffer problems you may have created with your kernel settings, you can change the entry in lilo.conf back.
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