Fwd: Re: unable to get Fedora login screen.

[WILLIAM MATTISON]

(I meant this to got to the whole list, not just Jeff)
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: WILLIAM MATTISON 
> To: [e-mail]
> Date: 04/12/2025 8:52 PM EDT
> Subject: Re: unable to get Fedora login screen.
> > On 04/12/2025 8:19 PM EDT Jeffrey Walton  wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM WILLIAM MATTISON via users
> >  wrote:
> > >
>
> ... snip ...
> > I'm going to take a stab in the dark... I'm guessing the UEFI is not
> > allowing you to boot to either OS because it does not like either
> > bootloader (both the WIndows and Linux boot loaders).
> >
> > Boot to a Live ISO, and then update the Secure Boot DBX database
> > (Forbidden Signature Database). Use fwupdmgr to update it.
> >
> > If you still cannot boot after the updates, then disable Secure Boot.
>
> If I try to boot Fedora, it goes through the boot process, but hangs at the end...... no login screen, no console login prompt.
>
> If I try to boot windows-7, It goes part way through the boot, then gives me a ligh blue/cyan screen for a fraction of a second (too short to see what it says), then the bios step of the boot process re-appears.
>
> Both windows-7 and Fedora booted fine until I tried to upgrade from f-40 to f-41 Thursday morning.  That broke things.  Attempting "dnf upgrade" yesterday broke things further to where I cannot log in, even console login.
>
> I see no way of issuing commands from the live USB.
>
> I don't think I have secure boot, but I'm not certain.