This page documents common bugs in Fedora 20 and, if available, fixes or workarounds for these problems. If you find your problem in this page, do not file a bug for it, unless otherwise instructed. Where appropriate, a reference to the current bug(s) in Bugzilla is included.
Release Notes
Read the Fedora 20 release announcement and the Fedora 20 release notes for specific information about changes in Fedora 20 and other general information.
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Installation issues
Problem with Installation Source spoke when installing from a partially complete kickstart
link to this item - Bugzilla: #972265
If you attempt to install Fedora 20 using a partially-complete kickstart - in particular, a kickstart which specifies a package set but no installation source - you will find that the interactive process for setting that option behaves strangely. On the Installation Source spoke, you may not be able to use the default Closest mirror option. If you are affected by this problem, you can manually enter the URL of the Fedora 20 mirror list, and check the This URL refers to a mirror list. box. The URLs for the 64-bit and 32-bit mirror lists are https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-20&arch=x86_64 and https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-20&arch=i386 respectively.
Hardware issues
ARM: HDMI output and USB peripherals not working on Beagle Bone Black
link to this item - Bugzilla: #1012025
Fedora 20 testing indicates that attempting to use HDMI graphical output for the Beagle Bone Black doesn't currently work. USB is also not functional in the official Fedora 20 images. At the moment, to use the Beagle Bone Black, you will need a serial console. Post-release kernel updates are expected to resolve these and other outstanding issues; unofficial updated images may be made available by the Fedora ARM team for the convenience of Beagle Bone Black users.
Impatient and adventurous testers may wish to try installing a 3.12 kernel from the kernel-nodebug repository; it may resolve either or both of these issues, but there is a low expectation of support or testing of nodebug kernels.
Software issues
ZIP support in PHP
link to this item - Bugzilla: #999313
In Fedora 20, support from ZIP has been dropped from main php package and is now provided in a separate php-pecl-zip package.
If you need zip support, as for any other extension, run su -c 'yum install php-zip'.
GNOME Shell crashes after creating a keyring without a password
link to this item - Bugzilla: #1012844
In Fedora 20 with the GNOME desktop, if you attempt to create a new keyring without a password or change the password of your keyring to an empty string (you may do this from the "Passwords and Keys" application, or you may be prompted to create a keyring password the first time GNOME attempts to store some kind of key), the GNOME shell will crash. The workaround for this is to always use a password on your keyring.
An updated clutter package has been submitted to the updates-testing repository for testing. Users experiencing this problem are encouraged to test this update and report to Bodhi whether it solves the problem. However, note that one tester has reported that the update causes graphical corruption issues on an Intel video adapter. To test the update, run this command:
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link to this item - Bugzilla: #1040922
Attempting to launch the application Panorama Stitcher from the KDE menus in Fedora 20 will result in it crashing. This application is only present on the menus by default if you install from DVD, not if you install from the KDE live image. The panorama function is really one of the many Kipi image manipulation plugins for KDE, and is usually expected to be accessed from a Kipi-enabled graphics manipulation application; its presence in the menus is only a convenience. If you do want to invoke the panorama function directly, you can call it with some image files as arguments - panoramagui image.jpg image2.jpg image3.jpg ... - and it will run successfully.
An updated digikam package has been submitted to the updates-testing repository for testing. Users experiencing this problem are encouraged to test this update and report to Bodhi whether it solves the problem. To test the update, run this command: {{{1}}}