Bug 2361117

Summary:	Fedora 42: gnome-initial-setup freezes if I select time zone by using the search bar / want to enable third party repos
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	CodeBreaker <redhat.strode508>
Component:	gnome-initial-setup	Assignee:	GNOME SIG Unassigned <gnome-sig>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	42	CC:	gnome-sig, kalevlember, mellowsongs, razershark, stun.boils-6u, tiagomatos
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Description CodeBreaker 2025-04-19 12:51:51 UTC

After I installed Fedora 42 Workstation (or Silverblue) and boot for the first time, gnome-initial-setup freezes completely if I select my time zone by typing the town/country I want in the search bar above the map. You can select it from the search results but if press 'Next' the entire window freezes and is unresponsive + the bottom edge of the map shows white broken pixel blocks from left to right.

This issue DOESN'T happen if I click on the map itself directly to select it. gnome-initial-setup also freezes if I try to activate third-party repos. If you try to activate third-party repos, gnome-initial-setup freezes and won't do anything anymore. I skip it, I can proceed as expected.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Fedora 42 Workstation/Silverblue
2. Start first boot setup (gnome-initial-setup)
3. Klick to the time zone selection and search your time zone through the search bar 
4a. Select your time zone of choice from the search bar results and press 'Next'
4b. Select time zone with the map and try to activate third-party repos on the next page
5. gnome-initial-setup freezes and won't respond anymore
Actual Results:
I needed to force-restart my PC in order to get out. Turning on hibernation may restart gnome-initial-setup. But this doesn't happen always and doesn't help against the issue really.

Expected Results:
I'm able to finish the setup process with all available options inside of gnome-initial-setup.

Comment 1 Lars Loe 2025-04-24 14:51:12 UTC

Sounds like the same issue I experienced which appeared to be a nouveau issue:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2359799

Comment 2 mj 2025-05-02 03:06:37 UTC

Same exact thing just happened to me!
Was installing Fedora 42 Workstation for the first time (on a AMD CPU + Nvidia GPU machine).

To add to what OP said:
when the USB installer finished installing there was no Initial Setup Wizard.
Maybe that's intentional?!? but I thought it was odd nonetheless. 

I shutdown the PC, removed the USB stick and rebooted on my newly installed OS, then the Setup Wizard started: 
- I selected language then Next... 
- I disabled Location Services + Automatic Problem Reporting (not sure if that might be related to the bug)
- then I typed my city into the Search box, and clicked Next, the Setup Wizard crashed (there was a graphical glitch at the bottom of the map), 
and I couldn't do anything to exit the Setup Wizard. I could however still click on the Power / Toggles in the top right corner. 

I re-installed the OS from scratch thinking something went wrong the first time around, same thing happened again.
Just like OP, I forced-shutdown and rebooted, this time I clicked on the map to set my location and was able to click Next and finish installation.



When something like that happens at the installer stage, it really puts a dent in the whole "stable and reliable OS" that I've been hearing so much about :)
Please fix this.

Comment 3 mj 2025-05-02 03:11:53 UTC

Same exact thing just happened to me!
Was installing Fedora 42 Workstation for the first time (on a AMD CPU + Nvidia GPU machine).

To add to what OP said:
when the USB installer finished installing there was no "Reboot to start Initial Setup" or something like that.
Maybe that's intentional but I thought it was odd. 

I shutdown the PC, removed the USB stick and rebooted on my newly installed OS, then the Setup Wizard started: 
- I selected language then Next... 
- I disabled Location Services + Automatic Problem Reporting (not sure if that might be related to the bug)
- then I typed my city into the Search box, and clicked Next, the Setup Wizard crashed (there was a graphical glitch at the bottom of the map), 
and I couldn't do anything to exit the Setup Wizard. I could however still click on the Power / Toggles in the top right corner. 

I re-installed the OS from scratch thinking something went wrong the first time around, same thing happened again.
Just like OP, I forced-shutdown and rebooted, this time I clicked on the map to set my location and was able to click Next and finish installation.



When something like that happens at the installer stage, it really puts a dent in the whole "stable and reliable OS" that I've been hearing so much about :)
Please fix this.