Bug 2219180

Summary: Latest 6.5 RC0 kernel update prevents me from opening my xfce desktop
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: ValorCat <ben>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description ValorCat 2023-07-02 18:40:36 UTC 
When I type in my password on Lightdm too start my xfce desktop session it won't start :(

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot system
2.login on lightdm xfce
3.
Comment 1 Albert Stone 2023-10-04 21:43:42 UTC 
I'm seeing this problem also, and it is specific to the 6.5.5-200 kernel; booting an older 6.4-based kernel (6.4.14-200 or 6.4.15-200) works fine.

The only clue I can find so far is that the Synaptics driver is no longer found by X11 when I try to log in.  This results in a blank screen, and a reboot is then required to get the system back.  LightDM and XFCE are trying to start, but failing due to something missing.

This is on a Lenovo T14 ThinkPad (AMD Ryzen) with AMD/ATI Rembrandt (Radeon 680M).  This started two days ago when I did 'dnf upgrade' for f38 and got the new kernel; up until then, the laptop has run Fedora without problem for several years.