Bug 2369620 - gnome-initial-setup freezes at timezone step on NVIDIA RTX 3050
Summary: gnome-initial-setup freezes at timezone step on NVIDIA RTX 3050
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Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-initial-setup
Version: 42
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: GNOME SIG Unassigned
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-06-01 10:42 UTC by falcouromeo@gmail.com
Modified: 2025-06-01 10:42 UTC (History)
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Description falcouromeo@gmail.com 2025-06-01 10:42:56 UTC
Good morning,

I installed Fedora Linux on a PC with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card. I booted from the installation media, launched the installer, and installed Fedora without any issues.

After restarting into the new system, the GNOME configuration tool started, and I followed the steps normally until the time zone selection step. I selected my time zone and clicked "Next," but at this point, the GNOME configuration tool became unresponsive while transitioning to the next page. Although I could still use the rest of GNOME Shell (especially the Control Center), I was unable to create a user account. Additionally, I couldn't switch to a TTY to install the drivers since I didn't have a user account set up.

Fortunately, I managed to restart in recovery mode via GRUB, reset the root password to install the proprietary NVIDIA drivers, and return to the GNOME configuration tool. However, not everyone may know how to do this, as I already had experience with TTY.

Could you please look into this issue? Thank you.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Fedora 42 with an NVIDIA RTX 3050 graphics card
2. Boot the newly installed system
3. On gnome-initial-setup tool, go to the time zone selection step
4. Choise the timezone and click on "next"
Actual Results:
The gnome-initial-setup tool became unresponsive

Expected Results:
The GNOME configuration tool works on an NVIDIA RTX 3050

Additional Information:
## Hardware Information:
- **Hardware Model:**                              HP Victus by HP 15L Gaming Desktop TG02-2xxx
- **Memory:**                                      16.0 GiB
- **Processor:**                                   Intel® Core™ i5-14400F × 16
- **Graphics:**                                    NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 3050
- **Disk Capacity:** 512GB

I have a separate /home partition


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