thanks a lot.  
CTRL-ALT-F3 did bring the login prompt.  i have been using nvidia proprietary drivers so i guess this was the problem.
how should i proceed from here?  yum install ???
thanks again,
monty

--- On Fri, 5/27/11, Greg Woods <woods@ucar.edu> wrote:

From: Greg Woods <woods@ucar.edu>
Subject: Re: fc14->fc15 via preupgrade hangs during first boot
To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Date: Friday, May 27, 2011, 9:12 PM

On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 13:24 -0700, Monty Clift wrote:
>  the screen is stuck for more than an hour and the last line written
> was:
>
>
> Started LSB: Start up the OpenSSH server daemon
> and there is a blinking cursor

There are plenty of possibilities, but this could mean that the video
driver did not start. Try hitting CTRL-ALT-F3. If that produces a text
console with a login prompt, then this is your problem.

In particular, if you had been using the nvidia proprietary drivers, you
will need to install it again for your new kernel.

--Greg


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