I wrote:

> I have two systems that were recently upgraded from Fedora 26 to 27
> using DNF system-upgrade. Both were successfully running a KDE desktop
> for several generations previously, including on F26. In both cases,
> after the upgrade, starting KDE showed the splash screen and then
> a blank screen with only a pointer cursor. The keyboard and mouse
> worked but the screen remained blank. Both systems are set to start
> in systemd's multi-user mode; KDE is started with the startx command.

Prasad K wrote:

> I'm guessing some dependent systemd service did not start causing
> the KDE startup issue.  Instead of startx, install a login manager
> like KDM or SLIM and enable the system to launch GUI at boot and
> then reboot the system and see if the issue gets resolved.

I tried that with the first system, the one which I have already
re-installed, before the reinstall. The result was the same except
that killing the hung system was more painful.
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