On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 23:57:11 +0000, Tommy Li wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I just compiled the latest gentoo-sources kernel (2.4.22-r1), but it
> won't boot. I prepared my system, including lilo, perfectly.
>
> When it boots - it will show lilo, and after selecting the new kernel,
> it will change resolutions, and just show a black screen. Normally, it
> will start booting, but not in this case.
>
> Any ideas why?
Sounds like missing video support. Try changing your lilo.conf to
vga=normal to get the default console. You can use the live cd to boot and
chroot into the new system modify lilo.conf and install it then reboot.
After your into the new system see if you enabled framebuffer support in
the kernel.