¶ System will not boot after Nvidia driver and/or Kernel update
For general (not Nvidia-specific) black screen on boot troubleshooting steps, refer to:
https://wiki.nobaraproject.org/general-usage/troubleshooting/black-screen
¶ Getting to TTY terminal
Try using Ctrl + Alt + F3 on 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`
¶ DKMS and dracut
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
¶ Driver reinstall
If reboot did not brind desktop back and 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 nmcli tool.
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.
Starting from 24.03.2026. Nvidia has officially released the 595.58.03 Production drivers, and with it Pascal and older generation Nvidia GPUs are no longer supported.
Curretly supported Nivida GPUs: https://wiki.nobaraproject.org/graphics/nvidia/supported-gpus