Re: Aw: Re: startx fails after update

On 6/30/26 12:42 AM, Patrick Dupre via users wrote:
> *Sent: *Tuesday, June 30, 2026 at 7:02 AM
> *From: *"Samuel Sieb" <[email protected]>
> *To: *"Community support for Fedora users" <[email protected]>
> *Subject: *Re: startx fails after update
> On 6/29/26 8:52 PM, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
>  > On 29 Jun 2026 at 20:24, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>  >
>  > Date sent: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:24:17 -0700
>  > Subject: Re: startx fails after update
>  > To: [email protected]
>  > From: Samuel Sieb <[email protected]>
>  > Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users
>  > <[email protected]>
>  >
>  >> On 6/29/26 4:31 PM, Michael D. Setzer II via users wrote:
>  >>> # dnf5 provides startx
>  >>> xorg-x11-xinit-1.4.3-4.fc44.x86_64 : X.Org X11 X Window System
>  >>> xinit startup scripts
>  >>> Repo : @System
>  >>> Matched From :
>  >>> Filename : /usr/bin/startx
>  >>>
>  >>> xorg-x11-xinit-1.4.3-4.fc44.x86_64 : X.Org X11 X Window System
>  >>> xinit startup scripts
>  >>> Repo : fedora
>  >>> Matched From :
>  >>> Filename : /usr/bin/startx
>  >>>
>  >>> Don't know if he has either of those installed on his system after
>  >>> upgrade?? Perhaps adding would add the startx. It exist on my
>  >>> machines.
>  >>
>  >> startx exists and he's running it. But you can't start Gnome with that
>  >> because it doesn't run on X any more.
>  >
>  > Subject says startx fails after update? So how can it be running?
>  > If the startx is there, and is starting the X11, could he not just
>  > install XFCE or MATE and use them? I've got things running with
>  > no issues with XFCE. Heard other using MATE, but haven't tried it.
> 
> The subject is misleading as is common on this list. :-)
> startx works, but Gnome won't run, so startx "fails".
> He wants to use Gnome.
> 
> I guess that it is correct.
> I used to stick with the standard packages of the distribution.
> Before the update:
> gnome-shell-common-48.8-1.rmy1.fc42.noarch, gnome- 
> shell-48.8-1.rmy1.fc42.x86_64

These are packages from the other repo.  Note the "rmy1" part.  What do 
you have after the update?

> I do not use the screensaver anymore after I faced issues several years ago.
> How do I launch gnome/wayland from the live distribution?

If you don't do anything, that's all it will do.  I switched the boot 
mode to console only for testing.  I logged in as the "liveuser", then 
ran "gnome-shell".

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