Hi.

On Fri, 30 May 2025 15:24:10 -0500 Ranjan Maitra via users wrote:
>> I use openbox WM and the SLiM login manager.

>> I upgraded my F41 -> F42 machines, following the instructions on
>> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/upgrading-fedora-offline/
>> to the letter.

>> However, the machine comes up with a blank screen. It appears to me that
>> the system is trying to start X but is unable to do so. I tried getting a
>> login console (without a login manager display) but that prompt disappears
>> almost immediately.

At the grub menu, add systemd.debug_shell to the kernel parameters.
Suppress rhgb may also help.

You will normally get a root shell on tty9.

Then look at the logs from tty9: journalctl -b, /var/log/Xorg.0.log

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francis
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