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 f37 , f38 , f39 , f40 , f41 , f42 , f43 , f44	0	11716	November 21, 2021
Fractional display scaling in Workstation makes some apps incorrectly sized, impacts games Common Issues fonts , zoom , gnome , workstation , accessibility , f41 , f42 , f43	1	35726	October 29, 2024
Windows with encrypted disks (Bitlocker) can't be booted from the GRUB boot menu Common Issues dual-boot , boot , windows , grub , f39 , f40 , f41 , f42 , f43 , f44	1	29057	April 14, 2025
Third-party modules (e.g. Nvidia) are not rebuilt during system upgrade Common Issues kde , gnome , virtualbox , nvidia , kernel , f39 , 3rd-party-software , f40 , f41 , f42	0	18690	November 10, 2023
Systems with wine installed cannot be upgraded to Fedora 43 Common Issues upgrades , packages , wine , f43	1	11314	October 29, 2025
Merely booting Fedora 42 Live media adds a "Fedora" entry to the UEFI boot menu Common Issues uefi , livecd , boot , f41 , f42	1	11264	April 15, 2025
Clipboard is not shared with KDE virtual machines Common Issues f37 , kde , virtualization , desktop , f39 , f40 , f41 , f42 , f43 , f44	1	11012	April 14, 2025
Install media sometimes fail media check at 4.8% Common Issues installation , fedora-media-writer , usb , f40 , f41 , f42 , f43 , f44	1	9944	December 10, 2025
Fedora 43 KDE sometimes boots to a black screen Common Issues kde , amd , amdgpu , sddm , driver , gpu , framework , f43	1	9553	October 31, 2025
Dnf system-upgrade can fail on Raspberry Pi Common Issues f38 , raspberry-pi , f39 , f40 , f41 , f42 , f43 , f44	0	7826	October 11, 2023
VLC not exposing VA-API as a hardware acceleration option Common Issues graphics-acceleration , video , vlc , f39 , f40 , f41	1	7032	March 18, 2025
It's difficult to reformat a btrfs partition/subvolume in the installer Common Issues installation , partitioning , btrfs , f39 , f40 , f41 , f42 , f43 , f44	0	4445	September 4, 2023
Root mount options are ignored in Fedora Atomic Desktops 42 and later Common Issues mount , kinoite , silverblue , f42 , atomic-desktops , sway-atomic , budgie-atomic , f43 , f44	1	4320	April 16, 2025
Keyboard layout is always English when unlocking encrypted drives on Atomic desktops Common Issues f38 , keyboard , encryption , boot , f39 , kinoite , silverblue , f40 , f41 , atomic-desktops	1	3870	March 18, 2025
Kernel 6.16.3 causes intermittent network issues Common Issues networking , kernel , f41 , f42	2	3704	September 5, 2025
Qt-based apps use low-quality black and white emoji Common Issues f36 , f37 , f38 , qt , f39 , f40 , f41	1	3122	March 18, 2025
Systems with <=1 GB /boot partition may see "need more space" error during system update Common Issues dracut , updates , dnf , nvidia , kernel , f42 , f43 , f44	1	3043	October 29, 2025
GDM crashes after upgrade to Fedora 43 due to authselect migration Common Issues upgrades , gdm , crash , f43	1	2767	November 7, 2025
GNOME Software is unresponsive when a repository with repo_gpgcheck=1 exists Common Issues gnome-software , dnfdragora , dnf , workstation , f44	2	2372	May 12, 2026
GNOME login screen no longer supports X.org sessions Common Issues x11 , gdm , desktop , f42	2	2041	April 16, 2025
GTK4 apps and Fedora installer render badly on VirtualBox with 3D acceleration enabled Common Issues gnome , virtualbox , workstation , f40 , f41 , f42	0	2022	April 12, 2024
Easy reinstall of Fedora (keeping home) isn't available with the default disk layout of Fedora 42 and older Common Issues installation , partitioning , f43 , f44	1	2002	October 27, 2025
Installer crashes when btrfs subvolume gets reformatted while having nested subvolumes Common Issues installation , partitioning , btrfs , f43	2	1789	January 6, 2026
Upgrading to Fedora 44 breaks Nvidia driver for older GPUs (GeForce 10xx and older) Common Issues upgrades , graphics-acceleration , driver , nvidia , kernel , f44	1	1548	May 26, 2026
Poweroff/reboot doesn't work in GNOME, when an inhibitor is held Common Issues systemd , shutdown , gnome , rebooting , f42	1	1342	April 14, 2025
Fedora 42 Workstation installer only supports BIOS-style bootloader on the first disk Common Issues installation , boot , grub , anaconda , f42	1	1341	April 15, 2025
The installer might crash with "Password Too Weak" Common Issues installation , crash , f43	2	1262	February 16, 2026
Can't log in to GNOME when mouse keys accessibility option is enabled Common Issues wayland , gnome , silverblue , workstation , accessibility , f40 , f41	2	1128	April 3, 2025
System is frozen after resume from suspend, when a virtual machine is running Common Issues suspend-resume , systemd , virtualization , desktop , f41	1	1104	November 20, 2024
Live install occasionally gets stuck during "Software installation" phase Common Issues installation , f42	1	1090	April 14, 2025