Ask Fedora Common Issues

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. 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.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Common Issues category Common Issues f34 , f35 , f36	0	3614	November 21, 2021
Proprietary Nvidia driver shows a black screen instead of a virtual terminal or a graphical session Common Issues f36 , nvidia	0	8658	May 16, 2022
Install media don't boot in UEFI mode on certain motherboards Common Issues f36 , f37 , f38 , uefi , boot , grub	0	7727	November 10, 2022
Fonts in GTK 4 apps look different, more blurry Common Issues f36 , fonts , gnome , workstation	0	7474	May 4, 2022
Wireless keyboards might not work in GNOME Initial Setup on aarch64 Common Issues f35 , aarch64 , gnome	2	6935	March 28, 2022
Proprietary video codecs are no longer hardware accelerated by default on AMD GPUs on Fedora 37 Common Issues f37 , f38 , amd , hardware , video , mesa	0	5972	November 21, 2022
Video hardware acceleration fails in Firefox 98 and later Common Issues f34 , f35 , f36 , firefox , video , desktop	1	4791	June 17, 2022
Cannot use some functions of extensions.gnome.org: "Your native host connector do not support following APIs: v6" Common Issues f35 , f36 , gnome-extensions	3	4689	September 19, 2022
Official Dropbox package doesn't install in Fedora 37 Common Issues f37	1	4654	January 24, 2023
Windows with encrypted disks (Bitlocker) can't be booted from the GRUB boot menu Common Issues f36 , f37 , f38 , dual-boot , boot , windows , grub	0	4168	March 17, 2022
No sound after upgrade Common Issues f35 , pipewire , audio	1	3872	December 5, 2021
SELinux-related errors when updating packages or using certain tools, after upgrade to Fedora 36 Common Issues f36 , upgrades , flatpak , selinux , dnf	2	3803	May 6, 2022
Battery charge indicator broken on certain ASUS motherboards, automatic suspend doesn't work Common Issues f35 , f36 , acpi , kernel	1	3689	September 19, 2022
When using a secondary keyboard layout in the installer, the layout frequently switches to the primary one Common Issues f35 , kde , wayland , installation , gnome	2	3574	March 28, 2022
Disabling camera or microphone access in GNOME Settings does not work Common Issues f35 , f36 , f37 , gnome	0	3101	December 4, 2021
Clipboard is not shared with KDE virtual machines Common Issues f35 , f36 , f37 , f38 , kde , virtualization , desktop	0	3046	December 4, 2021
KDE fails to boot on certain Nvidia graphics cards in UEFI mode Common Issues f36 , kde , wayland , amd , uefi , intel , nvidia	0	2884	May 9, 2022
Wayland session is unavailable with vendor-provided NVIDIA driver Common Issues f37 , f38 , wayland , gdm , gnome , nvidia	1	2538	October 4, 2022
Compression not enabled for btrfs subvolumes renamed during install Common Issues f34 , f35 , f36 , f37 , f38 , btrfs	0	2525	December 3, 2021
GNOME Software claims your OS is unsupported and prevents updates in F36 Silverblue Common Issues f36 , gnome-software , updates , silverblue	1	2487	May 14, 2022
"Fedora Flathub Selection" third-party repository can't be easily enabled if you don't enable it initially Common Issues f35 , gnome-software	1	2444	April 21, 2022
Can't configure SSH VPN in GNOME Settings Common Issues f36 , f37 , f38 , ssh , vpn , gnome , workstation	0	2427	May 9, 2022
Non-GNOME initial setup utility does not require you to create a root password or admin account Common Issues f35 , f36 , f37 , arm	0	2258	December 3, 2021
USB printers stop working if they use a classic driver while driverless printing is supported and enabled Common Issues f34 , f35 , f36 , f37 , f38 , printing	0	2232	March 31, 2022
Mouse cursor position is incorrect if you change display resolution in a virtual machine Common Issues f35 , virtualization	0	2228	December 3, 2021
Bluetooth mouse doesn't reconnect after resuming system from sleep Common Issues f35 , f36 , suspend-resume , bluetooth	1	2125	August 18, 2022
Audio device not visible or usable in KDE Settings until a profile is assigned Common Issues f35 , kde , audio	0	2101	December 3, 2021
Upgrading to Fedora 37 with GNOME Software shows a small empty dialog and doesn't continue Common Issues f35 , f36 , f37 , upgrades , gnome-software	2	2085	September 29, 2022
Some third-party software might be missing in GNOME Software initially Common Issues f35 , gnome-software , beta	1	1965	December 5, 2021
Shipped versions of PHP and Zabbix (frontend) are incompatible Common Issues f35 , f36	1	1927	January 30, 2023