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Fedora KDE suddenly wont boot properly in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] Ezek@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

UPDATE: I checked the logs & found a few relevant entries. But it basically says that for some reason it cant initialise OpenGL backend, then stops wayland followed by all Qt processes failing causing any GUI elements to completely fail after that. What should i do now? I can't use dnf since the wifi isnt connected yet in the tty3 so should I try a repair from the live boot?

Fedora KDE suddenly wont boot properly in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] Ezek@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, I hadn't realised those were there. I'll see if I can get the GUI back up through the terminal. Do you have any idea what might've causes it to fail in the first place, though?

Fedora KDE suddenly wont boot properly in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] Ezek@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

I know I can press esc to check the startup logs, which might hive a few more details. But I'm out right now, so I can't check till later.

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Fedora KDE suddenly wont boot properly (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Ezek@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I am running Fedora KDE 40 alongside Windows 11 23H2, (the PC in question is also sometimes used by a few other family members, which is the reason I still have Windows) When I tried restarting into Fedora today, everything appeared fine, I selected the normal boot fedora option in GRUB, and the normal loading screen showed up. to be then followed by the cursor appearing for a while before it simply disappears, the screen goes black & turns back on stuck on a screen which is completely black with a terminal-like cursor in the very top left, It will then stay stuck thet way until you forcibly turn off the power. This hasn't happened before. I tried a live boot and checked the partition... It dosen't seem any different than normal. One thing I did notice is that yesterday on the login screen the sleep and restart option where bugged out, but I wouldn't think that's relevant? Can anyone help. I'm not sure what could be happening.

EDIT: here are some pics of the logs, I still dont know why this happened or really what to do, I'm still fairly new to this

Fedora 40 installer stuck at initramfs generation on dual boot setup in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] Ezek@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

The dual boot is simply there because I still on occasion need to use windows-only software. Otherwise, everything'll be on Fedora. All I need to do is migrate some of my projects

Fedora 40 installer stuck at initramfs generation on dual boot setup in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] Ezek@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

UPDATE: issue fixed. My USB drive was probably an older format since after trying again unsuccessfully, I plugged it into another USB port which must be a backwards compatible port sonce after that it worked smoothly

Fedora 40 installer stuck at initramfs generation on dual boot setup in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] Ezek@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

i let it sit there for about 25 mins how long should it normally be taking? isnt initramfs a vey basic component this is strange since everything else takes only up to 5mins to install

and by the installation is fine I mean up until that step everything has been working fine. installing software/bootloadet

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Fedora 40 installer stuck at initramfs generation on dual boot setup (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 month ago by Ezek@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I am trying to install Fedora KDE 40 on my HP laptop alobside windows 11 on a 40 GB partition. for some reason, installation works fine but gts stuck at 'Generating initramfs' i cant see any other issues and USB access is fine. what could be going wrong?

Tried to dual boot W11 & Ubuntu & bricked my PC in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] Ezek@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

okay, installed with all the right options & it works. Thanks for your help

Tried to dual boot W11 & Ubuntu & bricked my PC in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] Ezek@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

Okay so Just leave some unallocated space of tge size needed tge option to install alongsode windows will be tgere select that and itll install to the unallocated memory, without touching windows?

Tried to dual boot W11 & Ubuntu & bricked my PC in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] Ezek@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

Let me check if I have this right. Once i have the USB and disc partition set up boot from the USB & go to the installer. Then select download alongside and chiose tge partition to install linux to?

Tried to dual boot W11 & Ubuntu & bricked my PC in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] Ezek@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

okay, that's done. Now what do I do? I am assuming we need to tell the PC to install linyx into that partition (& only that partition without erasing the entire drive)

Tried to dual boot W11 & Ubuntu & bricked my PC in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] Ezek@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

about 90GB is left on C:\ but I'll only need 30GB for my linux partition. Besides, I can always resize the partition later, right?

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Tried to dual boot W11 & Ubuntu & bricked my PC (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 months ago by Ezek@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Not sure if this is the right place to ask or if anyone can help me, but today, I installed the ubuntu ISO & converted it to a bootable format on an 128GB SD card (All my USBs are too small) I ran the installer as normal & here's where I think I messed up. I allocated a 27GB partition for linux but that option didnt apper on the installer upon being asked where to install to. Thinking nothing of it, I ran the installer clicking on the install to drive option & halfway through it failed saying something like Error16 Drive is busy & the installation was only half done. now on attempt to restart windows is completely gone & all I can do is boot up a very fragmented Ubuntu without internet & firefox works very slowly. If anyone can help, then it's appreciated. I've always wanted to try Linux & just got an SD card large enough to do it, but now this happens.