Upgraded to f40 from f39. In doing so, the text on the desktop and file manager are blank, no text whatsoever. Could not find any answer to fix the problem.
A useful test for problems like this is to create a new user login and see it it gives the same behaviour. If the new login does not exhibit the issue you can focus on customizations applied to your login.
Please provide more details: your desktop environment (Gnome, KDE), whether you are using Xorg or Wayland, and how you did the update (e.g., using Gnome Software, the dnf-plugin-system-upgrade, or something else).
When having issue it is best to apply all available Fedora updates so you aren’t chasing a solved problem and so it is easy for others to duplicate your configuration.
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It may be totally unrelated but on Fedora KDE “spin”, since it moved from QT5 to QT6, you must use an icon theme that is QT6 compatible, otherwise “widget” icons on panels aren’t shown.
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Welcome to Fedora @profmk
As you can see we do speculate which desktop you are using. Please add the Tag while editing your title, to show us which Type of Fedora you are using.
The command hostnamectl will reveal you this information.
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I’m using the Workstation Edition, @L.S. Gnome, X11 windowing.
Added workstation
Are you using the default theming?
Gtk3 has been updated to GTK4. Might be that your theme is missing the GTK4 CSS?
Is it just in the Files apps you have this issues?
Hi. I’m using the X11 windowing system. The upgrade was made through the Gnome software app following a CLI update.
All windows have this fault, with a few windows providing limited info, Settings, for example. Both qt and gtk are up to date. Since I can’t read the icons nor text in GUI, I assume the theme is the default.
@profmk did you try a new user to see if it is within your profile the problem?
I have the same issue, broken icons, for example the rating stars in software.
A newly created user does not have the issue. What can I clear to solve this?
It is generally to ensure the system is fully updated so you aren’t chasing a solved problem.
This is often due to an outdated/unmaintained Gnome extension, but can also be caused by environment settings. You can compare the new and old configurations using the env and gnome-extensions list commands in a terminal by switching users with the su command. An example using Gnome extensions:
% su alternate
Password:
alternate@f40:/home/gnw3$ gnome-extensions list
alternate@f40:/home/gnw3$ exit
exit
[gnw3@f40]~% gnome-extensions list
apps-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
background-logo@fedorahosted.org
launch-new-instance@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
places-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
window-list@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
suspend-button@laserb
I was able to remove all extensions except:
apps-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
Still have the issue though. New user is working fine.
Missing stars
Missing WIFI icon
don’t know if this fixes your issues, try:
sudo dnf reinstall shared-mime-info
and maybe a logoff/logon
Background:
sometimes I run VirtualBox Testbuilds and everytime I uninstall VB I see similar issue like yours
This extension is used by gnome classic. You will not be able to remove.
gnome-extensions show apps-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
apps-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
Name: Apps Menu
Description: Add a category-based menu for apps.
This extension is part of Classic Mode and is officially supported by GNOME. Please do not report bugs using the form below, use GNOME's GitLab instance instead.
Path: /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/apps-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell-extensions
Enabled: No
State: INITIALIZED
@sixpack13 : thanks, but reinstalling and logoff login did not work. Same ussues.
@ilikelinux
So I still think it is some user setting somehow, but very hard to debug.
Also the icons in Libreoffice are white on white background (so not visible).
Are you using default theme or did you install a own ?
Problems like this are one reason I generally prefer fresh installation over
upgrades.
Having had experience with similar desktop issues over the years on colleague’s systems, I agree. To restore proper function I changed the user login to something like “broken” with new UID and the old GID, then recreated the user login with default settings, and migrated mission-critical files to the remade login by having the user copy them from the “broken” login, checking for issues as they go. Sometimes this
would identify the directory with the problematic configuration; often the problem didn’t reappear.
In an enterprise environment, I don’t like heavy customization user Desktops as it can cause obstacles to collaboration when mission-critical tools don’t work (or fail!) the same way for everyone. I think the linux
community can also benefit from keeping as designed configurations available. For personal workstations you can leave the initial login with defaults and create a second login customized for your regular use.
@ilikelinux : i don’t have any themes installed, how can I check? I dont see any custom theme possibilities in the settings.
@gnwiii : yeah fresh install might be the only true remedy 