I installed a fresh version of Fedora 36 a couple weeks ago, and at some point my installation has stopped working. Now, when I try to boot into Fedora, I am met with a blank gray screen instead of a login page:
I can’t find a way to login or anything. I was able to get to a console by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F3, and from there I was able to run sudo dnf update
which didn’t seem to fix the problem.
I also am unable to get my live Fedora USB to work. I can boot into the live environment, but I am stuck on the desktop without any access to apps:
I believe Fedora was working fine a few weeks ago. I’m also dual-booting Windows 11 on the same drive, and Windows is working fine.
grumpey
(Joe)
June 13, 2022, 12:02am
2
What happens if you unplug and replug in the monitor when it’s in that state?
Which kernel version are you on? (uname -a
)
I’ve got a similar issue but it appears to be fine in 5.17.12 but broken in 5.18.
I tried unplugging and replugging in my monitor(s), but that didn’t seem to change anything.
I’m on 5.17.13-300. I think I was on 5.17.5-300 before I ran sudo dnf update
earlier, and I was still getting the issue then.
t3kg33k
(Edward Crosby)
June 14, 2022, 10:19pm
4
So I believe there is a way to boot into lower graphics mode to troubleshoot the graphics card/driver but I am having a hard time finding that resource online right now.
Hopefully someone else smarter than me will pipe in and assist.
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grumpey
(Joe)
June 15, 2022, 1:05am
5
If you press shift during reboot and select an older kernel from the grub2 menu does it work correctly?
Can you post inxi -Fzx
Thanks
I selected 5.17.5-300 and it doesn’t work on this kernel either.
inxi -Fzx
:
System:
Kernel: 5.17.13-300.fc36.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 2.37-27.fc36
Console: tty 3 Distro: Fedora release 36 (Thirty Six)
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: A320M-S2H v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: A320M-S2H-CF v: x.x serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: F53 date: 01/05/2021
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+ rev: 2 cache: L1: 576 KiB
L2: 3 MiB L3: 16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2057 high: 3898 min/max: 1550/3400 boost: enabled cores: 1: 1564 2: 3898
3: 1564 4: 1272 5: 1272 6: 2793 7: 1551 8: 3882 9: 1555 10: 1269 11: 1275 12: 2796
bogomips: 81443
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 08:00.0
Device-2: Focusrite-Novation Scarlett 2i2 Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio
bus-ID: 1-5:3
Display: server: X.org v: 1.20.14 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.2 driver: gpu: amdgpu
note: X driver n/a - try sudo/root tty: 240x67 resolution: 1: 1920x1080 2: 1920x1080
3: 2880x1440
Message: GL data unavailable in console. Try -G --display
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 08:00.1
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 0a:00.3
Device-3: Focusrite-Novation Scarlett 2i2 Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio
bus-ID: 1-5:3
Device-4: Realtek USB Audio type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
bus-ID: 3-2.2:4
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.17.13-300.fc36.x86_64 running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.52 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169
v: kernel port: f000 bus-ID: 07:00.0
IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: TP-Link UB500 Adapter type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-9:4
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.38 TiB used: 1.36 TiB (40.3%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Mushkin model: MKNSSDPE500GB-D8 size: 465.76 GiB temp: 36.9 C
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 size: 1.82 TiB temp: 34 C
ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: A-Data model: SU650 size: 894.25 GiB temp: 40 C
ID-4: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Generic model: STORAGE size: 239.08 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 227.18 GiB used: 11.6 GiB (5.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 1022 MiB used: 13.9 MiB (1.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 16.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 50.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1866
Info:
Processes: 301 Uptime: 8m Memory: 15.53 GiB used: 1.1 GiB (7.1%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5
Compilers: gcc: 12.1.1 Packages: 12 note: see --pkg Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 inxi: 3.3.14
Thanks!
grumpey
(Joe)
June 15, 2022, 10:18am
7
Are you using a second monitor?
After a fresh reboot please post:
journalctl -rxb
Can you try restarting gdm.
systemctl restart gdm.service
Well, it looks like I’ve found a “solution” for my problem. I’ve had my Windows Mixed Reality headset plugged in (I’m dual-booting Windows for this), and I guess Fedora didn’t like that. When I unplug the headset, it seems to work fine. This isn’t ideal behavior, but I guess it is OK for now. Do you know where I might be able to report this bug/issue?
Anyway, here is the reply I was originally going to write before I found a solution:
Yes, I have two monitors and a VR headset plugged in.
Here’s journalctl -rxb
: journalctl.txt · GitHub
Restarting gdm just brings me back to the gray screen.
Thanks for assisting me with this issue!
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grumpey
(Joe)
June 16, 2022, 6:00am
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