There is no flag or indicator in the empty space of the tray where the indicator lives.
No key combination works. Tried all sorts of Ctrl-Shift, Alt-Shift, Ctrl-Alt, Win-Space, Win-Shift/Ctrl/Alt whatever. Tried to cliick the indicator. Tried to right-click and use the pop-up menu. Even if alternative layouts are chosen, the input remains the default. Moving the alternative layout to the top does not help. Dead in the water.
This is a F41 VM in WS HyperV. We can’t go 42 because it does not have the software which we require, so stuck on F41.
Out of desperation, we wanted to try KDE, which the user does not like, so we went to Switching desktop environments :: Fedora Docs and followed the installation steps for KDE and the desktop switcher.
# dnf history list
ID Command line Date and time Action(s) Altered
7 dnf install switchdesk switchdesk-gui 2025-11-19 13:16:32 2
6 dnf install @kde-desktop-environment --allowerasing 2025-11-19 13:13:32 400
After both were installed, and the VM rebooted, there is no KDE in the switcher tool:
The KDE is still listed as available:
# dnf environment list --available | grep desktop
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
kde-desktop-environment KDE Plasma Workspaces no
When we look at the DM login screen, there is Plasma in the list, but it is not clear how to choose it because we log in through XRDP which takes us to MATE regardless.
I read that using this command, I should be able to switch the DM:
update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
However when I run it, there is no menu to choose from. It simply exits right away.
EDIT: Does it matter that the language selector shows a duplicate of every language? Is this the expected behavior? Did anyone test this before it was included in the Fedora OS releases?
