Just upgrade from f39 to f41 and startx doesn’t work, it immediately “disconnects”… I was using KDE desktop.
startx is intended to start x11 for the desktop. KDE no longer installs x11 support by default.
I am curious why you are using startx since the default boot brings the user to the graphical desktop?
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Before the ugrade (and for many months till now) for some reason (the login process appeared too slow imho) I decided to avoid the graphical login and I was typing startx from an initial terminal…
ChatGPT suggested a few things and I have typed sudo systemctl start sddm
now I am in GNOME on Wayland but I would prefer to return to KDE.
Eventually ChatGPT suggested startplasma-wayland which is maybe the solution to this problem.
Interestingly, startxfce4, which I was also using before the upgrade, remained untouched and is still working fine. It seems like the spins prioritize maintaining a smooth experience for their users, whereas the main Fedora developers might not mind risking some churn among users every now and then.
Actually I have found that startplasma is better than startplasma-wayland, in terms of stability (especially with youtube videos).