I’m trying to transition to i3 on Fedora to free up some system resources, but I think I went a bit too fast uninstalling my previous desktop environments and now my system is in a weird state.
What I did:
I originally had Fedora Workstation (GNOME) and KDE Plasma installed.
I installed i3 and generated the base config file.
I used sudo dnf swap fedora-release-identity-workstation fedora-release-identity-kde, and then attempted to do something similar to swap the identity to i3.
I completely uninstalled both GNOME and KDE.
The Issues I'm Facing Now:
Inconsistent TTYs: tty1 and tty2 are acting up. Sometimes tty1 doesn't work but tty2 does, and the working TTY seems to randomly switch.
Display/Authorization Errors: On the TTYs that are failing, it shows $DISPLAY=0 or $DISPLAY=1 alongside this error message:
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
Can't open a terminal: If I manage to get into i3, pressing Super+Enter does nothing at all, leaving me completely stuck.
Rescue kernel: My rescue kernel seems screwed up now (maybe because it was relying on GNOME dependencies that are now gone?), so I'm not sure how to use it to recover.
Does anyone know how to fix the X server authorization protocols, get a terminal working again, and stabilize my TTYs? Thanks in advance!