Aw: 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.

I do not know how does it happened.Is it because gnome-shell-frippery? It happened on several installations.

How can I go back to the official fedora distro?

What do you have after the update?

I cannot tell you right now.

> 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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