I updated/upgraded the kernel to from version 5.5.16-100.fc30.x86_64 to version 5.6.7.100.fc30.x86_64 and after restart en login my desktop is black and I can only see the mouse pointer, which I can still move.
From another similar discussion (upgrade of Fedora) I performed the command:
journalctl -b -1 -p4 --no-pager
Output:
-- Logs begin at Wed 2018-09-05 12:33:29 CEST, end at Fri 2020-05-15 15:01:01 CEST. -- May 15 14:47:20 some_name kernel: DMAR-IR: This system BIOS has enabled interrupt remapping on a chipset that contains an erratum making that feature unstable. To maintain system stability interrupt remapping is being disabled. Please contact your BIOS vendor for an update May 15 14:47:20 some_name kernel: core: CPUID marked event: 'bus cycles' unavailable May 15 14:47:20 some_name kernel: MDS CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.html for more details. May 15 14:47:20 some_name kernel: #5 #6 #7 May 15 14:47:20 some_name kernel: pmd_set_huge: Cannot satisfy [mem 0xf4000000-0xf4200000] with a huge-page mapping due to MTRR override. May 15 14:47:20 some_name kernel: pci 0000:00:1c.4: ASPM: current common clock configuration is broken, reconfiguring May 15 14:47:20 some_name kernel: r8169 0000:07:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control May 15 14:47:20 some_name kernel: MXM: GUID detected in BIOS May 15 14:47:21 some_name kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: TMDS table script pointers not stubbed May 15 14:47:24 some_name systemd-vconsole-setup[641]: KD_FONT_OP_GET failed while trying to get the font metadata: Invalid argument May 15 14:47:24 some_name systemd-vconsole-setup[641]: Fonts will not be copied to remaining consoles May 15 14:47:26 some_name kernel: printk: systemd: 23 output lines suppressed due to ratelimiting May 15 14:47:26 some_name systemd-vconsole-setup[681]: KD_FONT_OP_GET failed while trying to get the font metadata: Invalid argument May 15 14:47:26 some_name systemd-vconsole-setup[681]: Fonts will not be copied to remaining consoles May 15 14:47:26 some_name kernel: ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000000428-0x000000000000042F conflicts with OpRegion 0x000000000000042C-0x000000000000042D (\GP2C) (20191018/utaddress-204) May 15 14:47:26 some_name kernel: lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich May 15 14:47:26 some_name kernel: kvm: VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL does not work properly. Using workaround May 15 14:47:26 some_name systemd-vconsole-setup[902]: KD_FONT_OP_GET failed while trying to get the font metadata: Invalid argument May 15 14:47:26 some_name systemd-vconsole-setup[902]: Fonts will not be copied to remaining consoles May 15 14:47:26 some_name systemd-vconsole-setup[903]: KD_FONT_OP_GET failed while trying to get the font metadata: Invalid argument May 15 14:47:26 some_name systemd-vconsole-setup[903]: Fonts will not be copied to remaining consoles May 15 14:47:28 some_name colord[1075]: failed to get edid data: EDID length is too small May 15 14:47:28 some_name colord[1075]: failed to get session [pid 1060]: No data available May 15 14:47:28 some_name colord[1075]: failed to get session [pid 1060]: No data available May 15 14:47:28 some_name colord[1075]: failed to get session [pid 1060]: No data available May 15 14:47:31 some_name kernel: kauditd_printk_skb: 68 callbacks suppressed May 15 14:49:03 some_name avahi-daemon[1156]: Disconnected from D-Bus, exiting. May 15 14:49:05 some_name kernel: printk: systemd-shutdow: 58 output lines suppressed due to ratelimiting
I cannot make heads or tails from this output.
But if I restart with nomodeset in the boot menu the resolution is lower than normal (1600x1200).
Somehow the problem solved itself by rebooting again without nomodeset.
However, if I perform the same command
journalctl -b -1 -p4 --no-pager
I get a way longer output with some lines in red, which I have trouble reading it on a black background. An example of a line with red font: Glib-CRITICAL: g_child_watch_add_full: assertion 'pid > 0' failed
Should I do something?
EDIT: I should do something, but what?
After another reboot, and after login I got again a black desktop with only a mouse pointer visible.
And after another reboot, the program windows look they have a sepia filter over it.
If I open Terminal in Gnome Desktop it is complete black with only a blinking cursor. I can close Terminal with exit command. It works but is not readable.
So I started right away to experiment and I believe so.that something is missing indeed. Somewhere the boot stops. I boot the system with quiet removed in grub
