grub vs. grub2

[T.C. Hollingsworth]

On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 1:48 PM, JD <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I can tell you my "Oh crap ...." after installing F16!
> The latest version of Gnome does not give the gnome login prompt. Only a
> black screen.
> My GPU is the legacy ATI  Radeon Mobility 9600/M10.
> So, I have no idea if the problem is with Gnome 3, or with the latest X
> driver for my chipset.

Did you by chance install the proprietary ATI driver from RPMFusion or amd.com?

Can you start X from the console?  (Add '3' to the kernel argument
line in GRUB when botting, login, and run `startx`.)

-T.C.