Re: Fedora 41 Install: Black Screen

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> On 20 Oct 2024, at 13:53, John Mellor <john.mellor@xxxxxxxxx> 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

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