gentoo + 2.6.3 kernel compile = error

[gwalters]

Trying to install gentoo from stage1....While compiling the kernel (2.6.3) I get a nice error, every time.

  CC      net/core/link_watch.o
  CC      net/core/filter.o
  CC      net/core/netfilter.o
  LD      net/core/built-in.o
  CC      net/ethernet/eth.o
  CC      net/ethernet/sysctl_net_ether.o
  LD      net/ethernet/built-in.o
  CC      net/ipv4/utils.o
  CC      net/ipv4/route.o
  CC      net/ipv4/inetpeer.o
  CC      net/ipv4/protocol.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ip_input.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ip_fragment.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ip_forward.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ip_options.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ip_output.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.o
  CC      net/ipv4/tcp.o
  CC      net/ipv4/tcp_input.o
  CC      net/ipv4/tcp_output.o
  CC      net/ipv4/tcp_timer.o
  CC      net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.o
  CC      net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.o
  CC      net/ipv4/tcp_diag.o
  CC      net/ipv4/raw.o
  CC      net/ipv4/udp.o
  CC      net/ipv4/arp.o
  CC      net/ipv4/icmp.o
  CC      net/ipv4/devinet.o
  CC      net/ipv4/af_inet.o
  CC      net/ipv4/igmp.o
  CC      net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.o
  CC      net/ipv4/fib_frontend.o
  CC      net/ipv4/fib_semantics.o
  CC      net/ipv4/fib_hash.o
  CC      net/ipv4/proc.o
  CC      net/ipv4/fib_rules.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ip_nat_dumb.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ipmr.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ipip.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ip_gre.o
  CC      net/ipv4/syncookies.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ipcomp.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ipconfig.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_core.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_sched.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_app.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_est.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_proto.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_icmp.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_tcp.o
  CC      net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_udp.o
  LD      net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs.o
  LD      net/ipv4/ipvs/built-in.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_standalone.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_proto_generic.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_proto_tcp.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_proto_udp.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_proto_icmp.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_standalone.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_rule.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_core.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_helper.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_proto_unknown.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_proto_tcp.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_proto_udp.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_proto_icmp.o
  LD      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_filter.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_mangle.o
  LD      net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_nat.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_helper.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_limit.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_mark.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_mac.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_iprange.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_pkttype.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_multiport.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_owner.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_tos.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_recent.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_ecn.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_dscp.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_ah.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_esp.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_length.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_ttl.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_state.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_conntrack.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_tcpmss.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_REJECT.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_TOS.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_ECN.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_DSCP.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_MARK.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_MASQUERADE.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_REDIRECT.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_NETMAP.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_SAME.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLASSIFY.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_LOG.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_ULOG.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_TCPMSS.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/arpt_mangle.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/arptable_filter.o
  CC      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_queue.o
  LD      net/ipv4/netfilter/built-in.o
  CC      net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.o
  CC      net/ipv4/xfrm4_state.o
  CC      net/ipv4/xfrm4_input.o
  CC      net/ipv4/xfrm4_tunnel.o
  LD      net/ipv4/built-in.o
  LD      net/ipv6/netfilter/built-in.o
  LD      net/ipv6/built-in.o
  LD      net/irda/built-in.o
  LD      net/irda/ircomm/built-in.o
  LD      net/irda/irlan/built-in.o
  LD      net/irda/irnet/built-in.o
  LD      net/key/built-in.o
  CC      net/netlink/af_netlink.o
  LD      net/netlink/built-in.o
  CC      net/packet/af_packet.o
  LD      net/packet/built-in.o
  CC      net/sched/sch_generic.o
  LD      net/sched/built-in.o
  LD      net/sctp/built-in.o
  CC      net/sunrpc/clnt.o
  CC      net/sunrpc/xprt.o
  CC      net/sunrpc/sched.o
  CC      net/sunrpc/auth.o
  CC      net/sunrpc/auth_null.o
  CC      net/sunrpc/auth_unix.o
  CC      net/sunrpc/svc.o
  CC      net/sunrpc/svcsock.o
  CC      net/sunrpc/svcauth.o
  CC      net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.o
  CC      net/sunrpc/pmap_clnt.o
  CC      net/sunrpc/timer.o
  CC      net/sunrpc/xdr.o
  CC      net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.o
  CC      net/sunrpc/cache.o
  CC      net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.o
  CC      net/sunrpc/stats.o
  CC      net/sunrpc/sysctl.o
  LD      net/sunrpc/sunrpc.o
  LD      net/sunrpc/built-in.o
  CC      net/unix/af_unix.o
  CC      net/unix/garbage.o
  CC      net/unix/sysctl_net_unix.o
  LD      net/unix/unix.o
  LD      net/unix/built-in.o
  LD      net/wanrouter/built-in.o
  CC      net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.o
  CC      net/xfrm/xfrm_state.o
  CC      net/xfrm/xfrm_input.o
  CC      net/xfrm/xfrm_algo.o
  CC      net/xfrm/xfrm_output.o
  CC      net/xfrm/xfrm_export.o
  LD      net/xfrm/built-in.o
  CC      net/sysctl_net.o
  LD      net/built-in.o
  HOSTCC  lib/gen_crc32table
  GEN     lib/crc32table.h
  CC      lib/crc32.o
  CC      lib/zlib_deflate/deflate.o
  CC      lib/zlib_deflate/deftree.o
  CC      lib/zlib_deflate/deflate_syms.o
  LD      lib/zlib_deflate/zlib_deflate.o
  LD      lib/zlib_deflate/built-in.o
  CC      lib/zlib_inflate/infblock.o
  CC      lib/zlib_inflate/infcodes.o
  CC      lib/zlib_inflate/inffast.o
  CC      lib/zlib_inflate/inflate.o
  CC      lib/zlib_inflate/inftrees.o
  CC      lib/zlib_inflate/infutil.o
  CC      lib/zlib_inflate/inflate_syms.o
  LD      lib/zlib_inflate/zlib_inflate.o
  LD      lib/zlib_inflate/built-in.o
  LD      lib/built-in.o
  CC      lib/bitmap.o
  CC      lib/bust_spinlocks.o
  CC      lib/cmdline.o
  CC      lib/ctype.o
  CC      lib/div64.o
  CC      lib/dump_stack.o
  CC      lib/errno.o
  CC      lib/extable.o
  CC      lib/idr.o
  CC      lib/int_sqrt.o
  CC      lib/kobject.o
  CC      lib/parser.o
  CC      lib/radix-tree.o
  CC      lib/rbtree.o
  CC      lib/rwsem.o
  CC      lib/string.o
  CC      lib/vsprintf.o
  AR      lib/lib.a
  LD      arch/i386/lib/built-in.o
  AS      arch/i386/lib/checksum.o
  CC      arch/i386/lib/dec_and_lock.o
  CC      arch/i386/lib/delay.o
  AS      arch/i386/lib/getuser.o
  CC      arch/i386/lib/memcpy.o
  CC      arch/i386/lib/strstr.o
  CC      arch/i386/lib/usercopy.o
  AR      arch/i386/lib/lib.a
  GEN     .version
  CHK     include/linux/compile.h
dnsdomainname: Unknown host
  UPD     include/linux/compile.h
  CC      init/version.o
  LD      init/built-in.o
  LD      .tmp_vmlinux1
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0xb1216): In function `splash_getraw':
: undefined reference to `vesafb_ops'
make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1

any ideas?

**edit, added more info before the error**

[jasonlambert]

looks like you need to add VESA VGA graphics support in the kernel, or remove "Bootup splash screen".

From here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-u.../msg29388.html

Jason