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 f37 , f38 , f39 , f40 , f41 , f42	0	8900	November 21, 2021
GNOME suspends after 15 minutes of user inactivity, even on AC power Common Issues f38 , suspend-resume , gnome , f39 , workstation	0	30213	March 22, 2023
Install media don't boot in UEFI mode on certain motherboards Common Issues f37 , f38 , uefi , boot , grub , f39	1	28391	March 22, 2024
Fractional display scaling in Workstation makes some apps incorrectly sized, impacts games Common Issues fonts , zoom , gnome , workstation , accessibility , f41 , f42	1	26928	October 29, 2024
Windows with encrypted disks (Bitlocker) can't be booted from the GRUB boot menu Common Issues f37 , f38 , dual-boot , boot , windows , grub , f39 , f40 , f41 , f42	1	21163	April 14, 2025
Proprietary video codecs are no longer hardware accelerated by default on AMD GPUs since Fedora 37 Common Issues f37 , f38 , amd , hardware , video , mesa	0	18402	November 21, 2022
Wayland session is unavailable with vendor-provided NVIDIA driver Common Issues f37 , f38 , wayland , gdm , gnome , nvidia , f39 , f40	0	14824	September 27, 2022
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	14036	November 10, 2023
Steam from Flathub might not start on Fedora 38 Common Issues f38 , flatpak , f39 , steam	0	12036	April 13, 2023
Chromium-based browsers display garbled web pages after Mesa is updated Common Issues f37 , f38 , chrome , chromium , mesa , f39 , f40	0	10873	May 29, 2023
DNF operations use large amount of RAM and may fail in low-memory environments Common Issues f35 , f36 , f37 , f38 , dnf , f39 , f40	1	10539	May 16, 2024
Popular third-party RPMs fail to install/update/remove due to security policies verification Common Issues f38 , rpm , security , beta , dnf	1	10526	March 7, 2023
Clipboard is not shared with KDE virtual machines Common Issues f36 , f37 , f38 , kde , virtualization , desktop , f39 , f40 , f41 , f42	1	8396	April 14, 2025
On-screen keyboard fails to open automatically in KDE on a touch device Common Issues f38 , kde , keyboard , touchscreen	1	7846	August 17, 2023
Flatpak install/update fails with "Need more input" or "Input buffer too small" Common Issues f38 , flatpak , rpm-ostree	2	7724	June 27, 2023
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 , f39	1	6472	March 22, 2024
Can't configure SSH VPN in GNOME Settings Common Issues f36 , f37 , f38 , ssh , vpn , gnome , f39 , workstation , f40	1	6296	September 16, 2024
Merely booting Fedora 42 Live media adds a "Fedora" entry to the UEFI boot menu Common Issues uefi , livecd , boot , f41 , f42	1	5822	April 15, 2025
Third-party RPMs with an invalid signing key might cause errors during package operations Common Issues f38 , rpm , security , dnf , f39	0	5605	March 28, 2023
VLC not exposing VA-API as a hardware acceleration option Common Issues graphics-acceleration , video , vlc , f39 , f40 , f41	1	5577	March 18, 2025
Compression not enabled for btrfs subvolumes renamed during install Common Issues f34 , f35 , f36 , f37 , f38 , btrfs , f39 , f40	1	5114	September 30, 2024
Dnf system-upgrade can fail on Raspberry Pi Common Issues f38 , raspberry-pi , f39 , f40 , f41 , f42	0	5086	October 11, 2023
All GNOME extensions need an update in Fedora 39 (GNOME 45) Common Issues gnome-extensions , gnome , f39 , workstation , f40	1	4846	March 25, 2024
Install media sometimes fail media check at 4.8% Common Issues installation , fedora-media-writer , usb , f40 , f41 , f42	0	4155	March 15, 2024
USB scanners appear as multiple devices and not all of them work, if driverless scanning is enabled Common Issues f34 , f35 , f36 , f37 , f38 , scanning , f39	1	4142	March 22, 2024
GNOME login screen might not start when mesa-va-drivers-freeworld from RPMFusion are installed Common Issues f37 , f38 , amd , rpmfusion , mesa , gnome	0	3814	April 30, 2023
F39 kernels fail to install when /boot/efi/$machineid is present Common Issues upgrades , boot , grub , kernel , f39 , f40	0	3755	November 16, 2023
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	3494	March 18, 2025
Boot might fail with "vmlinuz[…] has invalid signature" in atomic desktops Common Issues secure-boot , boot , f39 , kinoite , silverblue , f40 , atomic-desktops , sway-atomic , budgie-atomic	1	3285	May 6, 2024
The installer (and some other apps) might not start on systems with an Nvidia graphics card Common Issues f38 , installation , desktop , nvidia , workstation	0	3091	July 13, 2023