Re: upgrading to fc16 video or gtk3 problem?

[Aaron Konstam]

On Wed, 2012-04-25 at 11:51 -0600, JD wrote:
>  After upgrading from fc14 to fc16 using DVD iso,
>  I booted up after the upgrade, and tried to log in
>  on the gnome welcome screen.
>  Well, I got the blue screen but my desktop never
>  came up and a banner popped up
>  Oooops - something went wrong ... logout and try again.
>  
>  I was never able to go beyond that no matter how many
>  times I retried.
>  
>  Then I performed the updates.
>  After the updates, I rebooted.
>  
>  Now I get no gnome welcome screen.
>  The screen stays  blank, and the
>  disk activity light on the computer remains on,
>  until I press the Return key. After that the
>  disk activity light goes out, and screen remains blank.
>  
>  PS: my graphics chip is the legacy Radeon Mobility 9600/M10
>  
>  I tried to switch to any one of the vty's 
>  (Control-Alt F2 or F3 or F4) to no avail. Nothing happens.
>  
>  Any ideas what to look at and fix in single user mode?
>  
>  Thanx,
>  
>  JD 
My prejudice would not to upgrade but to install F16 as a new
installation. There so many differences between F14 and F16 that I would
not trust an automatic upgrade to work. 
But on the other hand some people do this and it works.
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