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Any way of reinstalling Fedora 39 while on Fedora 38? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm fairly new to Fedora, so I don't know much (yet), I'm still learning.

That said, I tried upgrading from Fedora 38 to Fedora 39, it worked perfectly, I updated everything (including the NVIDIA drivers, yes) and everything was running fine, I did not delete the previous versions of Fedora from my laptop just in case.

Come today, a week later, and I can't enter Fedora 39. My laptop gives me a list of OS to choose from: Fedora 39, Fedora 38, and (sadly, because I need it for my job) Windows.

When I enter Fedora 39, there is just a black screen and the laptop doesn't proceed from there, however, when I choose Fedora 38 (or W11), I can enter without any issues.

So now the TL;DR:

Having Fedora 39 already installed, is there any way I can uninstall Fedora 39 completely while being on Fedora 38, and then reinstall? If so, how would I do it?

Thanks in advance for the help!

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The options when you boot are the kernel versions not the Fedora version. You’re not booting into Fedora 38, you’re booting Fedora 39 with a 38 kernel.

There’s nothing wrong with using a Fedora 38 kernel on 39 if it works. There’s probably a kernel bug affecting your computer in the current 39 kernel that’s making it not work

The easiest solution will be to wait for a new kernel and hope it fixes this bug

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sorry for my ignorance, but how does that work? I (think) I understand what a kernel is, but how am I using Fedora 39 with a 38 kernel? Is there a documentation I can read somewhere so I can understand how that works?

Today it got fixed somehow, I just booted up Fedora 39 and it just worked. Also thanks a lot for the answer!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

When booted in fedora 39, maybe enter the console and try to start X manually to see why it fails

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

They mean use the CTRL+ALT+num key combos to get a TTY. Google to figure out which Fedora uses.

First link I found explained it: https://www.dhiller.de/2020/02/13/switch-to-console-on-fedora.html

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Starx only works for X11. Wayland Desktops have different implementations like startplasma-wayland

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fedora uses wayland