This is a tracking bug for Change: Changes/UseKmsconVTConsole For more details, see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/UseKmsconVTConsole This change is to replace the kernel console '''fbcon''' with the userspace console '''kmscon''' in Fedora, to provide an enhanced and more secure console for Fedora users. The long term goal is also to deprecate fbcon/fbdev emulation in the kernel, and this is the first step in this direction. If you encounter a bug related to this Change, please do not comment here. Instead create a new bug and set it to block this bug.
kmscon installed by default: https://pagure.io/fedora-comps/pull-request/1234 kmscon enabled by default: systemd change: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/40440 kmscon change: https://github.com/kmscon/kmscon/pull/245 Fedora preset: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2429626
Hi amoloney, how goes this change for F44? The testable deadline is today, February 03, 2026, and changes need to be in good shape at this point https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/program_management/changes_policy/#_change_process_milestones Please let me know if you need to defer this to F45, otherwise if you're good to go for the change to be ready to meet the testable requirements, please update the status of the tracker bug to MODIFIED. Thanks!
kmscon is installed by default, but the patch to enable it in systemd introduces a regression, and is under investigation. I think we're still on track, and I hope to have it fully functional before the 17 Feb. This bug is already in MODIFIED state, is there another bug I need to update?
According to https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/3513#comment-1008064, this was deferred to F45 so we should update comps, atomic desktops manifests, etc.
Deferring to F45 and removing from ELN in: https://pagure.io/fedora-comps/pull-request/1257
Atomic Desktops: https://pagure.io/workstation-ostree-config/pull-request/744
KMSCON appears to support turning off the monitor with the `dpms-timeout` config option? Would it be possible to configure kmscon by default to blank the console screen after some reasonable time, like maybe 5 or 10 min? Maybe it would be nice to mention this power saving support as an advantage in the change proposal? https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/UseKmsconVTConsole
The systemd preset change broke ELN by unilaterally disabling getty@.service: https://github.com/fedora-eln/eln/issues/532