Possibly a piece of code is missing. As you know the kernel has "modules" of code that are interdependent, and, my guess is there's a missing piece of code that caused this. (I usually mess up this way 3 or 4 times compiling a kernel.) WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.4-1.275/unsupported/drivers/video/sstfb.ko needs unknown symbol fb_find_mode WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.4-1.275/unsupported/drivers/video/aty/radeonfb.ko needs unknown symbol fb_find_mode WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.4-1.275/unsupported/drivers/video/aty/aty128fb.ko needs unknown symbol fb_find_mode WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.4-1.275/kernel/drivers/video/tridentfb.ko needs unknown symbol fb_find_mode /dev/mapper/control: open failed: No such file or directory Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel? Command failed grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template -- jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>