i upgraded a working guest fedora 39 instance running under vmware workstation 17.5 on a windows 10 host. the upgrade was error-free and uneventful. on reboot, the sign-in screen was black. i believe this is sddm using wayland, right? i was able to ssh into the guest without a problem. i instal…

After 39->40 upgrade sddm login screen is black

mtk (Mark T. Kennedy) April 29, 2024, 3:23pm 7

ah, i just discovered /etc/sddm.conf and its ‘DisplayServer’ parameter. changed it from ‘wayland’ to ‘x11’ and now EVERYTHING WORKS again. sigh. so at least for me on this failing platform, the problem was wayland.

SDDM only works with External Monitor

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After 39->40 upgrade sddm login screen is black

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