Ask Fedora Common Issues

Proposed Common Issues If you know of a problem in a Fedora Linux release which affects a lot of people in a serious way, you’ve come to the right place! This category is where we collect and organize suggested Common Issues. When they’re in good shape, we publish them to the main Common Issues category. Archived Common Issues This is a collection of Common Issues from past Fedora Linux releases. This format started with Fedora Linux 36. For common bugs pages from earlier than that, see this list of links to pre-F35 Common Bugs pages.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Common Issues category Common Issues f36 , f37 , f38	0	4325	November 21, 2021
Install media don't boot in UEFI mode on certain motherboards Common Issues uefi , f38 , f37 , f36 , grub , boot	0	11258	November 10, 2022
Proprietary video codecs are no longer hardware accelerated by default on AMD GPUs since Fedora 37 Common Issues mesa , video , f37 , f38 , amd , hardware	0	9097	November 21, 2022
Official Dropbox package doesn't install in Fedora 37 Common Issues f37	1	5492	January 24, 2023
Windows with encrypted disks (Bitlocker) can't be booted from the GRUB boot menu Common Issues f36 , grub , windows , boot , dual-boot , f37 , f38	0	5137	March 17, 2022
GNOME suspends after 15 minutes of user inactivity, even on AC power Common Issues f38 , workstation , gnome , suspend-resume	0	3702	March 22, 2023
Clipboard is not shared with KDE virtual machines Common Issues f35 , desktop , f38 , f37 , f36 , kde , virtualization	0	3555	December 4, 2021
Wayland session is unavailable with vendor-provided NVIDIA driver Common Issues f38 , nvidia , f37 , wayland , gdm , gnome	1	3554	October 4, 2022
Disabling camera or microphone access in GNOME Settings does not work Common Issues gnome , f35 , f37 , f36	0	3552	December 4, 2021
Popular third-party RPMs fail to install/update/remove due to security policies verification Common Issues security , rpm , beta , f38 , dnf	1	3232	March 7, 2023
Compression not enabled for btrfs subvolumes renamed during install Common Issues f36 , f34 , f35 , f37 , f38 , btrfs	0	2987	December 3, 2021
Can't configure SSH VPN in GNOME Settings Common Issues workstation , f37 , f38 , ssh , vpn , f36 , gnome	0	2948	May 9, 2022
USB printers stop working if they use a classic driver while driverless printing is supported and enabled Common Issues f38 , f37 , f36 , f35 , f34 , printing	0	2808	March 31, 2022
DNF operations use large amount of RAM and may fail in low-memory environments Common Issues f38 , f35 , f36 , f37 , dnf	0	2622	September 12, 2022
Non-GNOME initial setup utility does not require you to create a root password or admin account Common Issues f36 , f37 , arm , f35	0	2593	December 3, 2021
Upgrading to Fedora 37 with GNOME Software shows a small empty dialog and doesn't continue Common Issues gnome-software , upgrades , f37 , f36 , f35	2	2490	September 29, 2022
USB scanners appear as multiple devices and not all of them work, if driverless scanning is enabled Common Issues f37 , f35 , scanning , f34 , f38 , f36	0	2138	May 16, 2022
Steam from Flathub might not start on Fedora 38 Common Issues flatpak , steam , f38	0	1757	April 13, 2023
Third-party RPMs with an invalid signing key might cause errors during package operations Common Issues dnf , rpm , f38 , security	0	1215	March 28, 2023
ABRT on KDE can't store any passwords: Secret Service is not available Common Issues abrt , f36 , f37 , kde	1	1199	November 17, 2022
GNOME sometimes crashes when users log out Common Issues gnome , workstation , f38 , gnome-shell	0	847	April 14, 2023
GNOME login screen might not start when mesa-va-drivers-freeworld from RPMFusion are installed Common Issues f37 , gnome , mesa , rpmfusion , amd , f38	0	822	April 30, 2023
Fedora 37 installation fails on Mac devices Common Issues macbook , installation , f37	0	789	February 22, 2023
Qt-based apps use low-quality black and white emoji Common Issues qt , f36 , f37 , f38	0	404	April 17, 2023
Keyboard layout is always English when unlocking encrypted drives on Silverblue/Kinoite/Sericea Common Issues boot , kinoite , silverblue , f38 , keyboard , encryption	0	384	April 19, 2023
Non-GNOME initial setup utility does not require you to create a root password or admin account Common Issues f38 , installation , arm , f37 , f36 , f35	0	373	April 14, 2023
Installer launcher in XFCE is claimed to be untrusted Common Issues xfce , f38 , installation	0	353	April 14, 2023
LXQt spin installation defaults to a Weston desktop instead of the LXQt desktop Common Issues f38 , lxqt	0	347	April 19, 2023
Chromium-based browsers display garbled web pages after Mesa is updated Common Issues chrome , mesa , f37 , f38 , chromium	0	335	May 29, 2023