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. -- ======================================================================= There are more things in heaven and earth than any place else. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
