Fedora 44 kde installation app crashes

 

Installer crashes in storage editor in all Live environments except Workstation

 https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/installer-crashes-in-storage-editor-in-all-live-environments-except-workstation/192590

 

 In Fedora 44 Live images (all of them except Workstation, i.e. KDE, XFCE, LXDE, etc), the installer crashes when you enter the Storage Editor (available from the three-dots menu in top right) and interact with any drop-down lists.

 

 

Cause

A bug in QtWebView causes the crash.

 

Workarounds

Don’t start the installer (or quit it if you started it already). Start terminal (Konsole in KDE) and edit a config file:

sudo nano /etc/anaconda/profile.d/fedora.conf

Find this part:

# The default browser for the Web UI.
webui_web_engine = slitherer

and change it to:

# The default browser for the Web UI.
webui_web_engine = firefox

Close the editor (Ctrl+X → Y → Enter), and run the installer, either from a desktop launcher, or from a terminal:

liveinst

The installer should no longer crash when using drop-down lists.