### Summary Fedora 42 kernel `6.16.9-200.fc42.x86_64` causes black screen on boot (GDM repeatedly crashes) with Intel Lunar Lake integrated graphics (`xe` driver). Previous kernel `6.16.8-200.fc42.x86_64` works normally. ### Hardware * Laptop: **Lenovo ThinkPad X9-15 Gen 1** * GPU: **Intel Arc Graphics 130V / 140V (Lunar Lake, PCI ID 00:02.0)** ### Software * Fedora Workstation 42 (fully updated) * Display manager: **GDM (Wayland)** * Kernel packages installed: ``` kernel-6.14.0-63.fc42.x86_64 kernel-6.16.8-200.fc42.x86_64 <-- working kernel-6.16.9-200.fc42.x86_64 <-- failing ``` * Firmware packages installed: ``` nvidia-gpu-firmware-20250917-2.fc42.noarch intel-gpu-firmware (latest available from Fedora repos) ``` ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Boot into kernel `6.16.9-200.fc42.x86_64` from GRUB. 2. The system begins booting (Lenovo logo and Fedora boot splash appear). 3. Screen goes black and never reaches GNOME login screen. ### Actual Results * `gdm.service` repeatedly crashes and restarts. * Black screen persists, system is otherwise running (can switch to VT with `Ctrl+Alt+F3`). * Journal shows `gdm` segfaults in `libglib-2.0.so` after GPU init. Relevant logs: ``` Oct 06 10:43:36 fedora gdm.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=5/TRAP Oct 06 10:43:37 fedora abrt-notification[1696]: Process 1232 (gdm) crashed in get_fallback_session_name() Oct 06 10:43:25 fedora kernel: traps: gdm[1480] trap int3 ip:... in libglib-2.0.so ``` ### Expected Results * System should boot into GNOME login screen (as it does on kernel `6.16.8-200.fc42.x86_64`). ### Workarounds * Booting into previous kernel (`6.16.8-200.fc42.x86_64`) works fine. * Booting the failing kernel with `nomodeset` avoids the crash but disables GPU acceleration. ### Additional Info * Logs from failing boot attached (journalctl output). * This appears to be a regression introduced between 6.16.8 and 6.16.9 in the Intel `xe` driver stack. Reproducible: Always
Created attachment 2108782 [details] Boot logs
Created attachment 2108783 [details] Boot log kernel
I'm on a Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 12 with Meteor Lake Core Ultra 7 165U and *also using the Xe driver*. I also have no issues booting kernel 6.16.8. I repeated several boot attempts with 6.16.9, unsuccessful every time (at least 3x). I get the Lenovo splash screen, but then the screen goes black and stays that way, never reaching the screen to prompt for the password to decrypt and boot.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2399738 ***