Describe the bug
Bazzite does boot, and launches the KDE login prompt. This all looks normal. Once I attempt to log in, I am presented with a solid black screen, cursor in the middle of the screen, and nothing else loads. Backgrounds, taskbar, all missing. The cursor does move across the screen normally.
dmesg output reports a failure to start the systemd-remount-fs service. Additional attempts at manually starting immediately fail.
Sep 09 22:35:34 bazzite systemd[1]: systemd-remount-fs.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 09 22:35:34 bazzite systemd[1]: systemd-remount-fs.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 09 22:35:34 bazzite systemd[1]: Failed to start systemd-remount-fs.service - Remount Root and Kernel File Systems.
Sep 09 22:35:34 bazzite systemd-remount-fs[1423]: /usr/bin/mount for / exited with exit status 32.
Sep 09 22:35:34 bazzite systemd-remount-fs[1429]: mount: /: fsconfig system call failed: overlay: No changes allowed in reconfigure.
Sep 09 22:35:34 bazzite systemd-remount-fs[1429]: dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
$ sudo systemctl --failed
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
● systemd-remount-fs.service loaded failed failed Remount Root and Kernel File Systems
What did you expect to happen?
Boot bazzite, log in, load the desktop, begin to play games.
Output of rpm-ostree status
$ rpm-ostree status
State: idle
Deployments:
● ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable
Digest: sha256:fad842b676d8553bd7b07070f6051045a27e9e7dc0b837b1d9955fe13eaaa155
Version: 42.20250908 (2025-09-08T06:41:23Z)
ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:42.20250908
Digest: sha256:fad842b676d8553bd7b07070f6051045a27e9e7dc0b837b1d9955fe13eaaa155
Version: 42.20250908 (2025-09-08T06:41:23Z)Hardware
https://paste.centos.org/view/raw/ad74738c
Extra information or context
This issue sounds similar to #2495 . I did comment out the / line from fstab, and that does get rid of the systemd-remount-fs failure on boot, though still has the same issue in not loading KDE after login.
This issue presented after performing a standard upgrade from stable to stable, both on v42. Initial install worked fine and the subsequent single update afterward. Following the second update, all on v42, is when this issue popped up.
I have rolled back to each stable version from the current release of 42.20250908 to 42.20250817, with the same issue on each of the releases. Of course, since rolling back and forth through so many, previous ostree entries in grub are useless.
I have also just let the system sit on the logged in DE for an extended period of time to see if it will eventually load. It doesn't.
It looks like DE processes are actually running: 2682 0.0 0.0 521312 47624 tty2 Ssl+ 22:35 0:00 /usr/bin/startplasma-wayland as well as 18 steam processes.
Describe the bug
Bazzite does boot, and launches the KDE login prompt. This all looks normal. Once I attempt to log in, I am presented with a solid black screen, cursor in the middle of the screen, and nothing else loads. Backgrounds, taskbar, all missing. The cursor does move across the screen normally.
dmesgoutput reports a failure to start thesystemd-remount-fsservice. Additional attempts at manually starting immediately fail.What did you expect to happen?
Boot bazzite, log in, load the desktop, begin to play games.
Output of
rpm-ostree status$ rpm-ostree status State: idle Deployments: ● ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable Digest: sha256:fad842b676d8553bd7b07070f6051045a27e9e7dc0b837b1d9955fe13eaaa155 Version: 42.20250908 (2025-09-08T06:41:23Z) ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:42.20250908 Digest: sha256:fad842b676d8553bd7b07070f6051045a27e9e7dc0b837b1d9955fe13eaaa155 Version: 42.20250908 (2025-09-08T06:41:23Z)Hardware
https://paste.centos.org/view/raw/ad74738c
Extra information or context
This issue sounds similar to #2495 . I did comment out the
/line from fstab, and that does get rid of thesystemd-remount-fsfailure on boot, though still has the same issue in not loading KDE after login.This issue presented after performing a standard upgrade from stable to stable, both on v42. Initial install worked fine and the subsequent single update afterward. Following the second update, all on v42, is when this issue popped up.
I have rolled back to each stable version from the current release of
42.20250908to42.20250817, with the same issue on each of the releases. Of course, since rolling back and forth through so many, previous ostree entries in grub are useless.I have also just let the system sit on the logged in DE for an extended period of time to see if it will eventually load. It doesn't.
It looks like DE processes are actually running:
2682 0.0 0.0 521312 47624 tty2 Ssl+ 22:35 0:00 /usr/bin/startplasma-waylandas well as 18 steam processes.