> On 3 Nov 2025, at 21:19, Stephen Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM Neal Becker <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> I ran the usual dnf update today, but this time it brought problems. I >>> rebooted (since it had some big updates to kde), but on reboot the >>> graphical mode showed the Fedora logo and the spinner, but then just froze. >>> I was able to get to a tty. At this point I'm just going to run the F43 >>> update which I hope will restore it. This is the first time I've seen an >>> update cause such an issue. I tried a quick look at journalctl in tty >>> mode, but didn't see anything interesting. >>> >> Update to F43 worked and graphical mode is working again. I had put off the >> update because I need xpra > 6, which is currently in updates-testing. I >> went ahead with the F43 update, which downgraded xpra, and then I removed >> xpra* and installed it from updates-testing. > Hi Neal, I've just posted another thread where I'm reporting the same issue > you have after I updated yesterday which also installed kernel 6.17.5, but > using nvidia drivers I checked journalctl for nvidia messages and found a > message that the nvidia module failed to load and it was falling back to > nouveau. I don't understand what the issue is because booting into kernel > 6.17.4, which was working, also gets the same issue. Under 6.17.4 I was able > to issue ctrl+alt+F2 to get a console to login with where is issued startx > which successfully loaded a Gnome desktop (I normally use KDE), hence the > journalctl results. I'm going to try an akmods build of the nvidia driver > again hoping it is that the module hasn't built properly rather than the > module has lost its Secure Boot signature. > > The journalctl nvidia message was: > > Nov 04 07:17:20 fedora systemd[1]: nvidia-fallback.service - Fallback to > nouveau as nvidia did not load was skipped because of an unmet condition > check (ConditionPathExists=!/sys/module/nvidia)
That means that the build of the akmods-nvidia failed or did not happen. Try `sudo akmods --force --all` to make sure the nvidia drivers are build for all kernels. Barry > > Without knowing exactly what the message means it looks to me like maybe a > KDE module has been changed by mistake to verify that path doesn't exist > rather than check that the path does exist (I would expect it to exist). > > regards, > > > > <steve_morris_au.vcf>-- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > 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/[email protected] > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
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