> On 20 Oct 2024, at 13:53, John Mellor <john.mel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have an older Fedora 40 machine that I tried to install Fedora 41 on, and > got a surprise. > > For a first attempt, I tried the as-documented dnf system-upgrade steps on a > fully working and stock Fedora 40. Upon reboot to actually do the install > steps, a black screen is presented and everything had to stop. > > For a second attempt, I elected to blow the Fedora-40 system away, and > reinstall from iso. The blackscreen was presented again, but this time there > was also a mouse pointer visible. Once again, there is no means of upgrading > available. > > This particular 2008 Dell machine has a vesa video card, and I am assuming > that there is a new problem with the drivers in Fedora 41. > > Is this a known problem, and is there going to be a fix before release? Or > is Fedora now dropping support for older machines?
Can you install inxi and post the output of `inxi -Fzxx` so we know your hardware details? Barry > > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
