Since last update or the update prior, I’m having an annoying issue when I restart the computer (I usually restart every week with updates):
the login screen is totally empty except for the mouse (there is no user name appearing)
As a workaround, I restart the computer via the power button, then GRUB appears and I select the top first choice and then the login screen appears correctly (if I stay on the default option in Grub which is the 3rd, I end up with the same problem)
I’m on a Framework laptop 13 with AMD CPU and there has been a bios update recently (not sure if it is related)
To add some more details:
with GRUB, the choice with issue is the 3rd one called 6.11.4-301.fc41
the one that is not having the login problem is the 1st choice called 6.13.8-200.fc41
Impossible to know the version of the kernel when doing a standard reboot, as nothing appears on screen except the mouse (that can move). I can’t connect to the TTY console (ctrl-alt-F1 to F12 does nothing)
It would appear that your default kernel may be set to index kernel 2
Please show the result of sudo grubby --default-index and sudo grubby --default-kernel
If the index is anything other than 0 it would explain your statement
The default index for kernels is 0 which would be the first kernel in the grub list.
Grubby can also be used to set the default kernel (or index) for booting. man grubby or grubby --help to see how that is done.
I’ve set index at 0 as per your recommandation. I rebooted and it solved the login issue as well.
Do you know what could have caused this behavior?
Will I need to use this command each time there is a kernel update or with the 0 value it will stay with latest installed kernel?
That issue appears to have happened at some time in the past when a user reset the index from 0 to 2.
Only users of that system can tell you when or why that may have happened.
With the index at 0 it should always boot the latest installed kernel by default.