[RESOLVED] GDM Issues (Fedora 42)
from Lime66@lemmy.world to linux@lemmy.ml on 05 Oct 09:31
https://lemmy.world/post/36913257

I’ve recently been unable to use my computer running Fedora 42 with gnome. It boots up, and GDM starts running, however it shows a flat grey screen with no login option. I can pull up a tty and login as normal (although using gnome-session to start a GUI session from there doesn’t work). I have tried to use systemctl to restart GDM from the tty, but that l brings me back to square one. What can I do from here to resolve this issue?

GPU: Radeon 7800xt, Open Source Drivers Window System: Wayland.

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oeuf@slrpnk.net on 05 Oct 10:25 next collapse

Have you tried booting from an older kernel? When I was on Fedora I had things like this happen from time to time and would always go back to one of the archived kernels and wait for another update.

Lime66@lemmy.world on 05 Oct 10:29 collapse

Will likely roll back in grub on the next boot. Thanks for reminding me I can do that

glitching@lemmy.ml on 05 Oct 10:32 next collapse

if you’re savvy enough to know about gdm, you’re savvy enough to know to include at least some details, like what graphics you’re running, X11/Wayland, etc.

Lime66@lemmy.world on 05 Oct 11:19 collapse

Edited to include now

rozodru@piefed.social on 05 Oct 11:13 next collapse

I’m not up to speed on GNOME, not a fan of it, but can’t you just try a different DM? like SDDM? would that work? seems silly that GNOME would lock you into their DM.

Lime66@lemmy.world on 05 Oct 11:26 collapse

It would work, but likely only as a temporary fix. Unless I intend to switch away from GNOME permanently, I’d be unable to lock my screen, since GNOME uses GDM specifically for screen locking.

rozodru@piefed.social on 05 Oct 12:30 collapse

eesh, that would be a deal breaker for me.

Lime66@lemmy.world on 05 Oct 11:50 next collapse

UPDATE: Resolved, it was an issue caused by a faulty display port cable. Different issues from this cable had happened recently, I just initially assumed it was a software issue due to the fact that only GDM was affected.

just_another_person@lemmy.world on 05 Oct 14:45 collapse

Can you mark title as resolved?

gi1242@lemmy.world on 05 Oct 13:39 collapse

honestly on single user machines I uninstall a display manager. autologin on console, and put a few lines in my zshrc to start my wm automatically