I just ran a live cd of F44 on a new box. The live cd booted to gnome, and automatically created a DUPLICATE Secondary Display (of the same monitor, an old Vizio 19" LCD TV w/ HDMI as input). The only interfacing that was available to break out to the primary display, was to opposite click the mouse, and choose “display settings” from the context menu. Then I had access to the full gnome interface.
After installation, I have the same EXACT issue (just a gnome default wallpaper, and a movable mouse cursor), BUT there is no context menu when I opposite click. So I cannot break out of the duplicate second display, and access ANY interfacing at all.
I’ve also tried superkey + up|down|left|right arrows, every function key, but am unable to get ANY interfacing. Anybody have an idea on how to solve this?
Hi, can you try just tapping the super key by itself? That should pull up what you are looking for.
Tap the super key.
The “Show Apps” button looks like a waffle. (Click on that)
You can choose “Settings” from there and modify your displays.
I use KDE and am only running GNOME on a VM on my tester machine, so my display options are limited. You should have what you need there. GNOME has limited settings, so you can look through all settings pretty quickly if needed.
I already tried just hitting the superkey, it doesn’t do anything on secondary displays I guess. I literally have zero interface, besides the default gnome wallpaper, and a movable mouse, that has no context menu on opposite click.
Steve - that shortcut does not appear to exist on GNOME, but that did make me think of something.
To Steve’s point, GNOME has a “Multitasking” section in settings. You can choose “Workspaces on all displays” under “Multi-Monitor”. That may resolve your problem based on what I looked at, if I am understanding correctly. You should see your workspaces that way, but I am not sure about anything else - like the app bar.
Superkey+p worked great, thanks Steve. Gnome on F44 seems a bit of a QA issue, as after finishing the initial install setup wizard on the main display (which is same monitor incorrectly added as second monitor), I just rebooted to a grey screen (no wallpaper), and movable mouse, AND superkey+p now does nothing at all. Lost cause, going to reinstall with a KDE spin instead.
That might be a better route in your case. KDE has been pretty good for me, but I can see how GNOME may be preferred on a laptop. The built-in customization options in KDE are a plus, and granularity is always a good thing. I hope you like it!
For anybody at RH or in the Fedora community that runs QA on installs, who’s interested in replicating this really odd issue, basic hardware specs below…
Just for documentation here, I did find a more complete solution…
So when the gray screen shows, after installation / reboot, if I hit the return / enter key, and then type my password, it logs me in, and shows the gnome desktop just fine (still an extra duplicate monitor registered, but superkey+p lets me get around that). So obviously it’s a gnome (login) display manager issue.
I installed KDE via dnf, and assured the kdelogin package was included, then switched the login screen to use KDE’s login screen manager:
# Disable using GDM login screen
# (buggier than KDE Plasma login screen)
# (MUST RUN AFTER KDE IS INSTALLED!)
sudo systemctl disable gdm.service
# Enable KDE Plasma login screen
sudo systemctl enable plasmalogin.service
The KDE login screen manager has no issues displaying on my device at all, and I can visually login without issues.
