u gotta enable the emegency shell to be able to start htop where u see WTF is goin' on here. so edit /boot/loader/entries/6d4563cab1024dd5a3f007b53aa59cb2-5.12.5-300.fc34.x86_64.conf e.g. like so: options root=UUID=0f1b6060-7eb4-40ef-b968-147079494df6 ro rootflags=subvol=root rhgb mitigations=off systemd.debug-shell=1 rd.plymouth=0 plymouth.enable=0 and see whether gdm or kwin_x11 got going et cetera _______________________________________________ kde mailing list -- kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to kde-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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/kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure