Bug 2413708 - Does not boot. Blank screen. Verbose boot via remove rhgb arg indicates plymouth.
Summary: Does not boot. Blank screen. Verbose boot via remove rhgb arg indicates plymo...
Keywords:
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: plymouth
Version: 43
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ray Strode [halfline]
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-11-10 03:44 UTC by omnipotentobserver
Modified: 2025-11-10 11:02 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed:
Type: ---
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)

Description omnipotentobserver 2025-11-10 03:44:33 UTC 
I attempted updating my desktop AMD Ryzen 9 9900X with NVIDIA 5070TI system from Fedora KDE Plasma 42 to 43.

Initially, the system gave a completely blank screen. Read reports that removing the rhgb argument might allow me to boot. This gave me the verbose boot, so I can now see that booting stops at plymouth.

starting plymouth-quit-wait.service
starting plymouth-quit.service

Then it hangs and does not boot. I saw reports of other users having issue with plymouth, but my hardware configuration is different.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Attempt Fedora KDE Plasma 42 to 43 upgrade
2.Boot to blank screen
3.Reboot to fedora rescue, login as root, use command to remove rhgb argument. Reboot.
4. Try booting Fedora again, this time you see verbose boot log and it hangs on plymouth items
Actual Results:
It does not finish booting

Expected Results:
Boot to GUI

Additional Information:
I had NVIDIA drivers installed before the upgrade. I have tried multiple kernels.
Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.