ΒΆ System will not boot after Nvidia driver and/or Kernel update
- Try using
Ctrl + Alt + F3on the black screen during boot to enter the TTY terminal. Skip to Step 2 if it succeeds.
If key combination fails, reboot into GRUB menu and try to boot an older kernel (button down on kernel list, enter).
If this also doesn't work:
-- on GRUB menu, press 'e' when the list of kernels show, look for the line with:
`quiet splash` , remove both and add the number 3 at the end, then press
`Ctrl + X`
- When in TTY terminal, login with your username (lowercase) and password (it will not show * when typing) and issue the following commands
sudo dkms autoinstall
sudo dracut -f --regenerate-all
To verify that Nvidia driver has installed properly, run
dkms status
It should show something like
nvidia/580.142, 6.19.9-201.nobara.fc43.x86_64, x86_64: installed
for every kernel and other dkms module, if present. If you see "installed", it means that dkms autoinstall was successful. Restart system with:
reboot
- If dkms status still does not report driver as "installed", it's possible that your driver is missing or requires reinstall. Note that for this step, internet is required. Should be OK on wired connection. If you only have WiFi, it will not connect automatically from TTY, you need to use
nmclitool.
To check the list of saved connections:
nmcli con show
To enable WiFi connection of selected SSID (name of the link):
nmcli connection up id "Your-SSID-Name" --ask
Verify that you have internet:
ping -c 4 google.com
- Reinstall driver using
nobara-driver-tui. Default stable Nvidia driver is "NVIDIA Graphics drivers (Production) for Linux with Official Nvidia Open Modules."
If any of these steps produce an error, note it and consult our Discord for further help.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR PASCAL USERS (10-SERIES AND LOWER) -- YOU MAY NEED TO EDIT /etc/nvidia/kernel.conf:
https://wiki.nobaraproject.org/graphics/nvidia/supported-gpus
sudo sed -i -e 's/kernel-open$/kernel/g' /etc/nvidia/kernel.conf
echo "options nvidia-drm modeset=1 fbdev=1" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-modeset.conf
echo "options nvidia NVreg_EnableGpuFirmware=0" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-modeset.conf
sudo chmod 644 /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-modeset.conf
sudo dkms unbuild nvidia/580.126.09 --all
sudo dkms autoinstall
Note that "580.126.09" might need to be replaced with your current Nvidia Production driver version: dnf list --installed | grep nvidia. The Production driver will not have Closed module from version 590+.