upgrading to fc16 video or gtk3 problem?

[JD]

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> 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.
>

I will try one more solution suggested on the web, and failing that,
I think I will do a fresh install, and then install all the missing rpms
that I had on fc14 (assuming they have been ported to fc16.)
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