So if you run Fedora 44, and try to install another desktop (trust me I have), you get a black screen. Press Super (win, or win start if you are on a old keyboard from windows) and then, the taskbar appears. Close an app? Taskbar disappears.
Now, here’s a bunch of Inxi information from the desktop that was causing this until I switched to XCinnamon (get it).
brownridgea@Anakin-PC:~$ inxi -Fzxx
System:
Kernel: 7.1.4-204.fc44.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 16.1.1
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.7 tk: GTK v: 3.24.52 wm: Muffin dm: LightDM
Distro: Fedora Linux 44 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 34352JU v: ThinkPad X230 Tablet
serial: Chassis: type: 10 serial:
Mobo: LENOVO model: 34352JU serial:
part-nu: LENOVO_MT_3435 Firmware: UEFI vendor: LENOVO v: GCETB5WW (2.75 )
date: 09/25/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 1.5 Wh (100%) condition: 1.5/62.2 Wh (2.5%)
alert: bad battery? volts: 12.46 min: 11.1 model: LGC 45N1079
serial: charging: status: full control: start: 0% end: 100%
cycles: N/A
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5-3320M bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Ivy Bridge rev: 9 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1197 min/max: 1200/3300 cores: 1: 1197 2: 1197 3: 1197
4: 1197 bogomips: 20752
Flags-basic: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Ivy Bridge mobile GT2 [HD Graphics 4000] vendor: Lenovo
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2,
HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0166
Device-2: Bison ThinkPad Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 2-1.6:6 chip-ID: 5986:02d2
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.24 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.13 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: LG Display 0x02d8 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 125
diag: 318mm (12.5")
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus device: 1 drv: swrast
gbm: drv: crocus surfaceless: drv: crocus x11: drv: crocus inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.2 vendor: intel mesa v: 26.1.5 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)
device-ID: 8086:0166
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.341 surfaces: N/A device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
driver: mesa intel device-ID: 8086:0166 device: 1 type: cpu
driver: mesa llvmpipe device-ID: 10005:0000
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info x11: xdriinfo,
xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20
API: ALSA v: k7.1.4-204.fc44.x86_64 status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.6.8 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: 6080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502
IF: enp0s25 state: down mac:
Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0085
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac:
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0 [ThinkPad] driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 2-1.4:5
chip-ID: 0a5c:21e6
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 4 state: up address: bt-v: 4.0
lmp-v: 6 sub-v: 220e
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 341.46 GiB used: 88.95 GiB (26.0%)
ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 model: N/A size: 59.69 GiB type: Removable
serial:
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Crucial model: CT240BX500SSD1 size: 223.57 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: temp: 48 C
ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Verbatim model: STORE N GO size: 58.2 GiB type: USB
rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 serial:
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 220.98 GiB used: 30.44 GiB (13.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3
ID-2: /boot size: 1.9 GiB used: 444.7 MiB (22.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-3: /boot/efi size: 598.8 MiB used: 20 MiB (3.3%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda1
ID-4: /home size: 220.98 GiB used: 30.44 GiB (13.8%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda3
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 3.63 GiB used: 3.32 GiB (91.5%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 59.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 3999
Info:
Memory: total: 4 GiB available: 3.63 GiB used: 3.04 GiB (83.6%)
Processes: 376 Power: uptime: 21h 42m wakeups: 2 Init: systemd v: 259
default: graphical
Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm pm: flatpak pkgs: 9 Compilers:
gcc: 16.1.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.41
So, if you have this problem or anyone knows how to fix this, let me know. Becuase this is a Wayland problem, as ummmmmm… GNOME had problems with distorted things as well The GNOME widgets are all distorted on boot - see here. That’s not with my hardware so hmm… I had the top dash disappear all of the time, when mixing KDE with GNOME. I just can’t find the best! And I need more desktops! Not even a KDE problem, and not a graphics problem, a Wayland problem.
Below is an automated goodbye script. thanks!
Thanks,
Anakin (feel free to check out where things aren’t closed all the time where I post My KDE page)
