Fedora 42 Workstation login screen doesn't appear

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I am working with Fedora since version 2. After each upgrade I could successfully log in in the Workstation Login-screen.
Yesterday, after upgrading to version 42, I received a grey screen without login-window.
Searching on my tablet, I found that I could login with: Ctrl + Alt + F2 and putting in: $ startx in order to receive the very nice Fedora screen picture, and I could work with Fedora Workstation as before.
But now please my question: In future, should I have to login every time starting with Ctrl + Alt + F2 after every new start or restart for Fedora Workstation?
From http://glb.id.fedoraproject.org/ I received the following hint:
It sounds like your Desktop Manager is not working. You should not need to use the old startx launcher. I’m surprised that still works. Reinstalling the Desktop Manager or installing a different one might resolve the problem. Please use https://ask.fedoraproject.org/ for further technical help.
So please my second question: If I have to reinstall the Destop Manager, please how can I do it? Or perhaps I have to do another action?
Many thanks in advance for each answer,
Kind regards..

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see 2358741 – Support for GNOME X sessions was dropped outgrowing the previously accepted scope of the Wayland transition

you can install the updated package with this command

assuming arch is x86_64:

sudo dnf upgrade https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/gdm/48.0/3.fc42/x86_64/gdm-48.0-3.fc42.x86_64.rpm  
sudo systemctl restart gdm

any specific reason why Wayland is not enabled on your system?

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Hello, Thank you very much for your splendid hint and very happy that the problem is solved.
Concerning your question, there is not any specific reason, because in the past, I had not any problem to work with Fedora Workstation.
Kind regards,

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I would have expected the system to boot to the GDM login screen, unless your HW is very old and its gfx drivers do not support Wayland.

Check /etc/gdm/custom.conf if wayland has been disabled. Search for WaylandEnable=false and comment out this line if necessary.

default looks like this:

[daemon]
# Uncomment the line below to force the login screen to use Xorg
#WaylandEnable=false
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Again many thanks for your reply.
I have checked :
$ cat /etc/gdm/custom.conf
…
[daemon]
WaylandEnable=false
DefaultSession=gnome-xorg.desktop
…
When I change it into a comment-line:
#WaylandEnable=false
Then I receive again that grey screen without login window.
So, I have removed # again.
It was interesting to do it.
Thanks for the good communication.
Kind regards.

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Dear Mark,
Because I like to ask another new topic, please a question about your typed text:
How did you type the small copied text form the terminal?
I suppose with a code at the beginning and also at the end of the text?
Many thanks in advance for your answer.
Kind regards,
Gaston Verhulst.

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it’s a code block, usually started by an empty line followed by three backticks ` or tilde ~

you can also mark 2 or more lines and then click on the pre-formatted text icon above or press Ctrl+e
optionaly, you can enable syntax highlighting i.e. sh

~~~sh
#!/bin/sh 
# comment
echo "hello world"
~~~

results in this:

#!/bin/sh 
# comment
echo "hello world"
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I have to thank You very much for the fine hint.
So, I can write my next question.
Kind regards.