I am using a fresh install of Fedora Linux (latest version for desktop).
After setting it up, updating the BIOS and Fedora with “sudo dnf update” and “sudo dnf upgrade”, and restarting it, I can log in but I am stuck with a grey screen with only the toolbar on the top. I am using the Framework Laptop 13 with AMD 7040 series processor.
Can someone help me? I am new to Linux btw.
I’m assuming you still have the installation media?
You should be able to boot into the system from the installation media.
You have not provided enough information to be helpful in trouble shouting.
but something you can try:
upgrade the kernel to 6.13.5 or later.
downgrade mesa to major version 24.
I wouldn’t recommend running an unstable system if you’re new to linux.
/Zoe
I’m 99% sure this would be the same issue as described here: Frozen after booting and logging in
I worked through this just yesterday. You have to force an improper shutdown via holding down power button. Then boot back up and you’ll get the GRUB boot menu of available kernel versions (you might also be able to hold Esc during normal boot to achieve this, no force shutdown required).
Pick the latest kernel and boot into it. You should be able to log in fine with no gray screen. Open a terminal and run sudo grubby --set-default-index=0 to make the change permanent.
I also followed these steps to hopefully make Fedora always set a new default kernel upon upgrade: [TRACKING] PSA: Possible Fedora bug: after updating kernel, system still defaults to booting old kernel
It’s extremely strange that the distribution isn’t doing this by default (broken since Fedora 39?!). On recent AMD hardware the system should absolutely be booting into the latest available installed kernel unless told otherwise. Especially given the fact that Mesa/linux-firmware will be upgrading independently of the kernel as well.
Fedora 41 isn’t unstable, is it? I thought this was the recommended stable distribution. https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Fedora+41+Installation+on+the+Framework+Laptop+13/393?lang=en
Considering how many seems to have issues with fedora 41, and that both mesa 25 and linux 6.13 is ~amd64 in portage, I assumed it was unstable.
/Zoe
I tried to run a different kernel, but it didn’t work. I couldn’t get a terminal or a GUI. Also I did not understood how to boot into the system with an installation media. It annoyed me, so I just reinstalled Fedora once more, and it worked well.
I’m sorry for the waste of time 
And thanks for the help btw 
It depends on the installation media, but most should let you boot into a terminal or desktop environment. I have mostly used gentoo liveusb with a full kde environment.
/Zoe