KDE initial setup is broken on Raspberry Pi 4

Problem

Graphical output of initial setup is broken when booting Fedora 40 KDE aarch64 image on Raspberry Pi 4 and 400:

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Cause

Not yet known.

Related Issues

Bugzilla report: #2270430

Workarounds

The bug can be worked around by booting with nomodeset kernel argument. You can edit the boot entry in the bootloader. In the bootloader, press Ctrl+e to edit the currently selected boot option, find the kernel line and add nomodeset at the end of the line. Finally, boot the system by pressing Ctrl+x . This modification will only apply to the current boot. After finishing the initial setup, you’ll see black screen and mouse cursor, to fix this reboot the system, this time don’t add nomodeset to the kernel line.

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This problem is resolved with Fedora 41 images.