Am 10.03.2023 um 07:00 schrieb Robert McBroom via users
<users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>:
On 3/10/23 00:41, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 12:36 AM Robert McBroom via users
> <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>> Installed CentOS-STREAM 8 ON A QEMU/KVM virtual machine. Initially the
>> reboot went only to a blank display. Editing the grub menu to give a
>> terminal boot was successful.
>>
>> Succeeded to get a graphical screen with xinit and a terminal to
>> explore the options. Was able to install xfce for a graphical desktop
>> but gnome fails. The display managers gdm and sddm both fail with a
>> blank screen with the mouse cursor. The others lxdm and lighdm don't
>> show as being available.
>>
>> How do I get the session to start properly?
> I do not see a problem with Fedora 37. The guest seems to run Ok.
> Perhaps a CentOS forum would be a better place for the question?
>
> Or, install Fedora Server and stop putzing around with the antique
> software RHEL and CentOS provides.
>
> My apologies if I mis-parsed something.
>
> Jeff
Fedora 37 is the host
Which Fedora variant?
I just installed CentOS Stream cloud following the Fedora Server documentation
(
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-server/virtualization/vm-inst...)
and it works seamlessly.
What did you do exactly?
Your description is typical of a mismatched console configuration between virtual machine
properties and guest OS configuration and independent of Fedora or any specific Fedora
release.
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