So I have a new installation of fedora, which I reinstalled because gdm would freeze and prevent me from logging in and using my computer. I then noticed the same problem on the new installation. I noticed that using an older kernel worked, but system upgrades will break gdm again. I don’t want to have to never update my system. New distro? Suggestions to fix this? I ideally want an relatively bleeding edge distro.
Have you tried replacing gdm? That’s what I’d start with.
we would need more info. There are so many possible factors
Exit to TTY (ctrl+alt+F2) and do the typical things, dmesg etc.
Also without any hardware info we cant help
Opensuse Tumbleweed is what you should try and see if you have the same issue.
If not, stick with that. It’s a rolling release but typically very reliable.
And it’s not a corporation like Fedora/IBM Red Hat
I have to agree with the commenter suggesting a different display manager. SDDM or LightDM.
Otherwise, I’d try a few LiveUSBs and see which distro doesn’t bork on you. If you want to stick to Fedora, I’d suggest Nobara
This may just as well be a kernel or mesa or whatever bug, switching random components without any info doesnt make sense.
