This is a (low end) intel core 3 100u based laptop using integrated graphics. The install hangs with a blinking cursor (i.e. i never see anything after booting, no welcome screen, no splash, just a blank screen with a blinking cursor). I can get to the cli (via ctl-alt F2). Inspecting /var/log/messages, issues seem to start near
kplashqm[<pid>]: The wayland connection broke. Did the wayland compositor die?
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Process <pid> (kmserver) of user 1000 dumped core.
I’ll attempt a cli only install and then try to install kde from there so I can grab better logs.
If someone can point me in the right direction (something to grep for in /var/log/messages or elsewhere) it would be appreciated. So far google for the errors i see has got me nowhere.
EDIT:
Rocky-x86_64-minimal.iso (9.4) the gui installer comes up, wifi connects, installs, & reboots into rocky linux. However, no wifi at that point. No amount of bringing up the interface, nmcli, nmtui, etc worked for me - lost patience.
Kubuntu 24.04.1 LTS just worked, so that’s what I’m going with.
I leave this post open for a few days as I’m willing to boot the Rocky-9.4-KDE-x86_64-20240506.1.iso install media one more time and grep for an error if that will help someone.
Maybe next time.