Problem
In Fedora 44 Live images (all of them except Workstation, i.e. KDE, XFCE, LXDE, etc), the installer crashes when you enter the Storage Editor (available from the three-dots menu in top right) and interact with any drop-down lists. Example of a drop-down list:
When you interact with these drop-downs, there’s a high likelihood that the whole installer crashes.
Cause
A bug in QtWebView causes the crash.
Related Issues
Bugzilla report: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2483236
Workarounds
Don’t start the installer (or quit it if you started it already). Start terminal (Konsole in KDE) and edit a config file:
sudo nano /etc/anaconda/profile.d/fedora.conf
Find this part:
# The default browser for the Web UI.
webui_web_engine = slitherer
and change it to:
# The default browser for the Web UI.
webui_web_engine = firefox
Close the editor (Ctrl+X → Y → Enter), and run the installer, either from a desktop launcher, or from a terminal:
liveinst
The installer should no longer crash when using drop-down lists.