I just updated tonight to the latest updates-testing packages on my
Fedora 41 Beta Workstation install and I could no longer log into my X11
session after logging out.
Checking https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=2548720
it seems that in the latest GDM version bump that X11 support was
dropped. Downgrading GDM brings back the "GNOME on X11" option in GDM
and I can log back in just fine with X11.
This is going to cause a lot of problems for users that use Fedora for
things such as gaming on Linux. Some games do not work well with Wayland
just yet and have many issues. Screen sharing on things like Zoom have
had major issues too in the past which will impact people who use Fedora
as their daily driver at work.
I don't recall seeing that X11 support was going to be dropped from GDM
at all in
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/WaylandOnlyGNOMEWorkstationMedia
or any of the other Change requests. The
WaylandOnlyGNOMEWorkstationMedia change stated that users could install
the packages if they wanted to still run X11 over Wayland.
Dropping X11 support entirely from GDM change prevents anyone from using
X11 on Fedora 41. Can support for X11 be added back into GDM 47.0 and
can we have a better communication and rollout plan to be put in place
for a future Fedora release before dropping support for X11 entirely?
I really feel we should not be preventing users from having the choice
to run X11 over Wayland when upgrading to Fedora 41 and this change is
going to cause a lot headaches for people when they upgrade.
Thanks,
Joe
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