Cannot get Nvidia drivers to work

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I’m running a fresh install of F42 KDE on an Asus Proart PX13 (AI HX 370 + 4060).

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I installed the Nvidia drivers using the rpmfusion guide:

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Basically just this:

sudo dnf update -y
sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia
sudo dnf install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda
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Then waited a while for the kmod to be built, and rebooted.
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The command “modinfo -F version nvidia” returns this:

“570.144”

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The command “nvidia-smi” returns this:

“NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn’t communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.”

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Another thing, after setting nvidia-drm.modeset to 1 in /etc/default/grub according to this guide:

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the command “sudo cat /sys/module/nvidia_drm/parameters/modeset” returns this instead of “y” :

“cat: /sys/module/nvidia_drm/parameters/modeset: No such file or directory”

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This is my first Nvidia card instead of AMD, so I am pretty stumped at this point. I’ve googled the nvidia-smi has failed error and looked at pretty much every thread and can’t find much to help my issue. Some guidance would be very appreciated.

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Try posting some useful info

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Here is the first little bit of my bug report. Not sure if I should post the entire 26,000 lines or best way to include the txt file. If theres other info I can give let me know. Thanks.
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nvidia-bug-report.sh Version: 35734984

Date: Fri May  9 07:12:16 PM +07 2025
uname: Linux fedora 6.14.5-300.fc42.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri May  2 14:16:46 >UTC 2025 x86_64 GNU/Linux
command line flags: 

Component                           | Details
===========================================================================>=====
Vulkan Info                         | Failed: 
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NVIDIA SMI                          | Failed: NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate >with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.
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NVIDIA Settings                     | 
                                    | nvidia-settings:  version 570.144
                                    |   The NVIDIA Settings tool.
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                                    |   This program is used to configure the NVIDIA Linux graphics driver.
                                    |   For more detail, please see the nvidia-settings(1) man page.
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NVIDIA Fabric Manager               | None
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NVIDIA Subnet Manager               | None
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Mellanox Link                       | None
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InfiniBand Status                   | None
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InfiniBand Network Discovery        | None
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NVIDIA MSE/NETIR Versions           | None
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NVIDIA GPU Details                  | Failed: NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't >communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and >running.
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NVIDIA Switch Details               | mst command not found
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NVIDIA NIC Details                  | None
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OS Details                          | Distribution : "Fedora Linux 42 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition)"
                                    | Kernel       : 6.14.5-300.fc42.x86_64
                                    | Hostname     : fedora
                                    | Architecture : x86_64
                                    | Uptime       : up 1 hour, 17 minutes
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I need the complete output, maybe upload the file to google drive, github or some web paste service.

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Right here

“Download nvidia-bug-report.log.gz | LimeWire”

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The link doesn’t work.

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Sorry

“Download nvidia-bug-report.log.gz | LimeWire”

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Are you sure you have a nvidia gpu?
It isn’t listed

/sbin/lspci -nn

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Root Complex [1022:1507]
00:00.2 IOMMU [0806]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo IOMMU [1022:1508]
00:01.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Dummy Host Bridge [1022:1509]
00:01.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo PCIe USB4 Bridge [1022:150a]
00:01.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo PCIe USB4 Bridge [1022:150a]
00:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Dummy Host Bridge [1022:1509]
00:02.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo GPP Bridge [1022:150b]
00:02.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo GPP Bridge [1022:150b]
00:02.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo GPP Bridge [1022:150b]
00:03.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Dummy Host Bridge [1022:1509]
00:03.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo GPP Bridge [1022:150b]
00:08.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Dummy Host Bridge [1022:1509]
00:08.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Internal GPP Bridge to Bus [C:A] [1022:150c]
00:08.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Internal GPP Bridge to Bus [C:A] [1022:150c]
00:08.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Internal GPP Bridge to Bus [C:A] [1022:150c]
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller [1022:790b] (rev 71)
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge [1022:790e] (rev 51)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 0 [1022:16f8]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 1 [1022:16f9]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 2 [1022:16fa]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 3 [1022:16fb]
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 4 [1022:16fc]
00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 5 [1022:16fd]
00:18.6 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 6 [1022:16fe]
00:18.7 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 7 [1022:16ff]
c1:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Sandisk Corp PC SN740 NVMe SSD (DRAM-less) [15b7:5015] (rev 01)
c2:00.0 SD Host controller [0805]: Genesys Logic, Inc GL9755 SD Host Controller [17a0:9755] (rev 01)
c3:00.0 Network controller [0280]: MEDIATEK Corp. Device [14c3:7925]
c5:00.0 Display controller [0380]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Strix [Radeon 880M / 890M] [1002:150e] (rev c1)
c5:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio Controller [1002:1640]
c5:00.2 Encryption controller [1080]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Krackan/Strix Halo CCP/ASP [1022:17e0]
c5:00.4 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:151e]
c5:00.5 Multimedia controller [0480]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor [1022:15e2] (rev 70)
c5:00.6 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio Controller [1022:15e3]
c5:00.7 Signal processing controller [1180]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Sensor Fusion Hub [1022:164a]
c6:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo PCIe Dummy Function [1022:150d]
c6:00.1 Signal processing controller [1180]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Krackan/Strix Halo Neural Processing Unit [1022:17f0] (rev 10)
c7:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:151f]
c7:00.3 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:151a]
c7:00.4 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:151b]
c7:00.5 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:151c]
c7:00.6 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:151d]

It should show the nvidia devices.

leigh@leigh-pc:~$ lspci -nn |grep -i nvidia
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GA107 [GeForce RTX 3050 6GB] [10de:2584] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GA107 High Definition Audio Controller [10de:2291] (rev a1)
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Hmm I definatley have one.. Yesterday it would show when I entered this script, and I managed to add it as a pci device when doing a gpu passthrough with virt-manager. Now today when I run this script, I dont see it either.. I must have done something wrong while trying to remove/reinstall the driver. Maybe I need to reinstall Fedora again?

#!/bin/env bash
shopt -s nullglob
for g in `find /sys/kernel/iommu_groups/* -maxdepth 0 -type d | sort -V`; do
    echo "IOMMU Group ${g##*/}:"
    for d in $g/devices/*; do
        echo -e "\t$(lspci -nns ${d##*/})"
    done;
done;
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lspci should show the device regardless if run on the host machine, the driver being present/missing makes no difference.

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Hmm it doesn’t show under lspci anymore.. It %100 was there yesterday and this laptop doesn’t ship without a dpu. I’ve messed with it quite a bit over the last day and must have messed something up to cause it not to be listed under lspci

$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Root Complex
00:00.2 IOMMU: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo IOMMU
00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Dummy Host Bridge
00:01.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo PCIe USB4 Bridge
00:01.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo PCIe USB4 Bridge
00:02.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Dummy Host Bridge
00:02.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo GPP Bridge
00:02.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo GPP Bridge
00:02.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo GPP Bridge
00:03.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Dummy Host Bridge
00:03.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo GPP Bridge
00:08.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Dummy Host Bridge
00:08.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Internal GPP Bridge to Bus [C:A]
00:08.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Internal GPP Bridge to Bus [C:A]
00:08.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Internal GPP Bridge to Bus [C:A]
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 71)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 51)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 0
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 3
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 5
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 6
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 7
c1:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp PC SN740 NVMe SSD (DRAM-less) (rev 01)
c2:00.0 SD Host controller: Genesys Logic, Inc GL9755 SD Host Controller (rev 01)
c3:00.0 Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. Device 7925
c5:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Strix [Radeon 880M / 890M] (rev c1)
c5:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio Controller
c5:00.2 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Krackan/Strix Halo CCP/ASP
c5:00.4 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 151e
c5:00.5 Multimedia controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor (rev 70)
c5:00.6 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio Controller
c5:00.7 Signal processing controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Sensor Fusion Hub
c6:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo PCIe Dummy Function
c6:00.1 Signal processing controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Krackan/Strix Halo Neural Processing Unit (rev 10)
c7:00.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 151f
c7:00.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 151a
c7:00.4 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 151b
c7:00.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 151c
c7:00.6 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 151d
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Okay, if I use supergfxctl to switch to VFIO mode, then it shows up under lspci. Am I supposed to have supergfxctl in Hybrid mode before I install the drivers maybe?

Supergfxctl just hangs if I switch to Hybrid then if I reboot its a black screen and I have to ctrl+alt+fx to switch back to integrated

$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Root Complex
00:00.2 IOMMU: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo IOMMU
00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Dummy Host Bridge
00:01.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo PCIe USB4 Bridge
00:01.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo PCIe USB4 Bridge
00:02.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Dummy Host Bridge
00:02.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo GPP Bridge
00:02.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo GPP Bridge
00:02.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo GPP Bridge
00:03.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Dummy Host Bridge
00:03.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo GPP Bridge
00:08.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Dummy Host Bridge
00:08.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Internal GPP Bridge to Bus [C:A]
00:08.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Internal GPP Bridge to Bus [C:A]
00:08.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo Internal GPP Bridge to Bus [C:A]
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 71)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 51)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 0
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 3
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 5
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 6
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix Data Fabric; Function 7
c1:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp PC SN740 NVMe SSD (DRAM-less) (rev 01)
c2:00.0 SD Host controller: Genesys Logic, Inc GL9755 SD Host Controller (rev 01)
c3:00.0 Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. Device 7925
c4:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation AD107M [GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q / Mobile] (rev a1)
c4:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation AD107 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
c5:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Strix [Radeon 880M / 890M] (rev c1)
c5:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio Controller
c5:00.2 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Krackan/Strix Halo CCP/ASP
c5:00.4 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 151e
c5:00.5 Multimedia controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor (rev 70)
c5:00.6 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio Controller
c5:00.7 Signal processing controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Sensor Fusion Hub
c6:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Strix Halo PCIe Dummy Function
c6:00.1 Signal processing controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Strix/Krackan/Strix Halo Neural Processing Unit (rev 10)
c7:00.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 151f
c7:00.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 151a
c7:00.4 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 151b
c7:00.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 151c
c7:00.6 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 151d
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Alright, after much headache I’ve gotten it working.

What I had to do was install windows, enable the dedicated GPU, then reinstall Fedora, and install the Nvidia drivers.

After rebooting I still had a black screen, but shortly after hitting ctrl+alt+f2 the login screen/sddm came on.. Nvidia-smi now returns info about my card. I can reboot in Hybrid mode without a black screen. Everything seems to be working ok so far.

Thanks @leigh123linux for talking me through it.