Hi,
I recently switched from Pop!OS to a custom image based on silverblue-nvidia. I’ve learned a lot from my tinkering and have been really happy with the result!
Unfortunately, the recent update to Fedora 42/the switch to the nvidia-open kernel module seems to have messed up my nvidia driver install (related: this topic). Although the nvidia driver is listed as installed, the nouveau driver is being used instead.
However, I’m having a hard time troubleshooting the reason for this issue as my gpu should be compatible with the new module, and I’d like to try to pinpoint the issue before I start tinkering with things to try and fix it. The output from some of the things I’ve checked:
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.;cccccccccccccccccccccc;. OS: Fedora Linux 42.20250429.0 (Silverblue) x86_64
.:cccccccccccccccccccccccccc:. Host: Standard (Standard)
.;ccccccccccccc;.:dddl:.;ccccccc;. Kernel: Linux 6.14.3-300.fc42.x86_64
.:ccccccccccccc;OWMKOOXMWd;ccccccc:. Uptime: 58 mins
.:ccccccccccccc;KMMc;cc;xMMc;ccccccc:. Packages: 2059 (rpm), 42 (flatpak)
,cccccccccccccc;MMM.;cc;;WW:;cccccccc, Shell: bash 5.2.37
:cccccccccccccc;MMM.;cccccccccccccccc: Display (BOE0977): 2560x1440 @ 165 Hz in 17" [Built-in] *
:ccccccc;oxOOOo;MMM000k.;cccccccccccc: Display (LG Electronics 22"): 1920x1080 @ 60 Hz in 22" [External]
cccccc;0MMKxdd:;MMMkddc.;cccccccccccc; DE: GNOME 48.1
ccccc;XMO';cccc;MMM.;cccccccccccccccc' WM: Mutter (Wayland)
ccccc;MMo;ccccc;MMW.;ccccccccccccccc; WM Theme: Adwaita
ccccc;0MNc.ccc.xMMd;ccccccccccccccc; Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3/4]
cccccc;dNMWXXXWM0:;cccccccccccccc:, Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3/4]
cccccccc;.:odl:.;cccccccccccccc:,. Font: Cantarell (11pt) [GTK2/3/4]
ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc:'. Cursor: Adwaita (24px)
:ccccccccccccccccccccccc:;,.. Terminal: Ptyxis 48.1
':cccccccccccccccc::;,. Terminal Font: Adwaita Mono (11pt)
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10875H (16) @ 5.10 GHz
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile / Max-Q [Discrete]
GPU 2: Intel UHD Graphics @ 1.20 GHz [Integrated]
Memory: 6.55 GiB / 31.17 GiB (21%)
Swap: 0 B / 8.00 GiB (0%)
Disk (/): 24.10 MiB / 24.10 MiB (100%) - overlay [Read-only]
lspci -k | grep -A 3 -E "(VGA|3D)"
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] (rev 05)
DeviceName: Onboard - Video
Subsystem: AIstone Global Limited Device 1117
Kernel driver in use: i915
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01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA104M [GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile / Max-Q] (rev a1)
Subsystem: AIstone Global Limited Device 1117
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
dnf list installed '*nvidia*'
Installed packages
kmod-nvidia.x86_64 3:570.144-1.fc42 @commandline
libnvidia-cfg.x86_64 3:570.144-1.fc42 fedora-multimedia
libnvidia-container-tools.x86_64 1.17.6-1 nvidia-container-toolkit
libnvidia-container1.x86_64 1.17.6-1 nvidia-container-toolkit
libnvidia-fbc.x86_64 3:570.144-1.fc42 fedora-multimedia
libnvidia-ml.i686 3:570.144-1.fc42 fedora-multimedia
libnvidia-ml.x86_64 3:570.144-1.fc42 fedora-multimedia
libva-nvidia-driver.x86_64 1:0.0.13^20250118gitc519e97-2.fc42 fedora-multimedia
nvidia-container-toolkit.x86_64 1.17.6-1 nvidia-container-toolkit
nvidia-container-toolkit-base.x86_64 1.17.6-1 nvidia-container-toolkit
nvidia-driver.x86_64 3:570.144-1.fc42 fedora-multimedia
nvidia-driver-cuda.x86_64 3:570.144-1.fc42 fedora-multimedia
nvidia-driver-cuda-libs.i686 3:570.144-1.fc42 fedora-multimedia
nvidia-driver-cuda-libs.x86_64 3:570.144-1.fc42 fedora-multimedia
nvidia-driver-libs.i686 3:570.144-1.fc42 fedora-multimedia
nvidia-driver-libs.x86_64 3:570.144-1.fc42 fedora-multimedia
nvidia-gpu-firmware.noarch 20250410-1.fc42 <unknown>
nvidia-kmod-common.noarch 3:570.144-1.fc42 fedora-multimedia
nvidia-libXNVCtrl.x86_64 3:570.144-1.fc42 fedora-multimedia
nvidia-modprobe.x86_64 3:570.144-1.fc42 fedora-multimedia
nvidia-persistenced.x86_64 3:570.144-1.fc42 fedora-multimedia
nvidia-settings.x86_64 3:570.144-1.fc42 fedora-multimedia
ublue-os-nvidia-addons.noarch 0.12-1.fc42 @commandline
mokutil --sb-state
SecureBoot disabled
nvidia-smi
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.
nvidia-settings
ERROR: NVIDIA driver is not loaded
(nvidia-settings:30269): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 01:28:54.507: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
** (nvidia-settings:30269): CRITICAL **: 01:28:54.508: ctk_powermode_new: assertion '(ctrl_target != NULL) && (ctrl_target->h != NULL)' failed
ERROR: nvidia-settings could not find the registry key file or the X server is not accessible. This file should have been installed along
with this driver at /usr/share/nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-key-documentation. The application profiles will continue to
work, but values cannot be prepopulated or validated, and will not be listed in the help text. Please see the README for possible
values and descriptions.
modinfo nvidia | grep -E 'firmware|version|filename'
filename: /lib/modules/6.14.3-300.fc42.x86_64/extra/nvidia/nvidia.ko.xz
version: 570.144
firmware: nvidia/570.144/gsp_tu10x.bin
firmware: nvidia/570.144/gsp_ga10x.bin
srcversion: 2F302500582E9F4ABC1500B
parm: rm_firmware_active:charp
cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version cat /sys/module/nvidia/version
cat: /proc/driver/nvidia/version: No such file or directory
cat: /sys/module/nvidia/version: No such file or directory
All in all, I’m quite lost. I’m considering switching my custom image back to akmod-nvidia instead of akmod-nvidia-open, or I could try building the akmods from scratch instead of using the ublue ones. Any help would be greatly appreciated!