Cant get Nvidia drivers to work

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Hello there,
First off I know that questions regarding Nvidia are posted quite frequently here, I’ve read a few discussions here and on r/fedora and still I cannot get it to work.
Also, I did read the How to guide in full, twice.

/sbin/lspci | grep -e VGA outputs

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation AD103 [GeForce RTX 4080] (rev a1)
15:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Raphael (rev c1)

so, according to This driver is suitable for any GPU found in 2014 and later.
I should run

sudo dnf update -y # and reboot if you are not on the latest kernel
sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia # rhel/centos users can use kmod-nvidia instead
sudo dnf install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda #optional for cuda/nvdec/nvenc support

after running these commands, modinfo -F version nvidia outputs
560.35.03
I reboot my computer and nothing, just a black screen and it just keeps on it.
because of it, in order to get access to my computer I have to go on grub and remove the lines that blacklist the nouveau drivers to run.

Can anybody help me troubleshoot this ?

some other commands I think would be helpful

this is the output of uname -r
6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64
OS NAME
Fedora Linux 40 (Workstation Edition)
and dnf repolist

repo id                                                                              repo name
code                                                                                 Visual Studio Code
copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:phracek:PyCharm                                       Copr repo for PyCharm owned by phracek
fedora                                                                               Fedora 40 - x86_64
fedora-cisco-openh264                                                                Fedora 40 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64
google-chrome                                                                        google-chrome
rpmfusion-free-rawhide                                                               RPM Fusion for Fedora Rawhide - Free
rpmfusion-nonfree                                                                    RPM Fusion for Fedora 40 - Nonfree
rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver                                                      RPM Fusion for Fedora 40 - Nonfree - NVIDIA Driver
rpmfusion-nonfree-steam                                                              RPM Fusion for Fedora 40 - Nonfree - Steam
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                                                            RPM Fusion for Fedora 40 - Nonfree - Updates
updates                                                                              Fedora 40 - x86_64 - Updates

thank you for reading it through.

also worth noting that secure boot is disabled

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Can you boot an older kernel or the rescue kernel to get a GUI? If not, try remiving the rhgb quiet and then adding a 3 to end of the kernel command line using the grub2 editor to boot in text mode.

Please run inxi -Fzxx(you may need to install inxi) in a terminal and post the output (as preformatted text using the </> button from the top line of the text entry panel).

Recent kernels may require vendor firmware updates. You can list available updates using sudo fwupdtool get-updates.

The journalctl program provides massive amounts of detail, but some effort is needed to filter out the 99% that is not relevant to your issue. In a termianl, try journalctl --no-hostname -b <N> -p 4 |cat and journalctl --no-hostname -b <N> -g nvidia |catwhere <N> is the negative number counting back from the current boot to one that gave a black screen (e.g., -1 for the previous boot). We don’t care about your hostname, and the |cat very long lines journalctl sometimes produces.

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Hello, thanks for the answer !

booting an older kernel gets my access to GUI however it gives a warning

Nvidia kernel module missing, falling back to nouveau

but I do get access to gnome GUI

inxi -Fzxx outputs

System:
  Kernel: 6.8.5-301.fc40.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 2.41-34.fc40
  Desktop: GNOME v: 46.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.43 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM
    Distro: Fedora Linux 40 (Workstation Edition)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: X670 AORUS ELITE AX v: x.x
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F30
    date: 05/22/2024
CPU:
  Info: 16-core model: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4
    rev: 2 cache: L1: 1024 KiB L2: 16 MiB L3: 64 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 682 high: 4940 min/max: 545/5881 cores: 1: 545 2: 545
    3: 545 4: 545 5: 545 6: 545 7: 545 8: 545 9: 545 10: 545 11: 545 12: 545
    13: 545 14: 545 15: 545 16: 545 17: 545 18: 545 19: 545 20: 545 21: 545
    22: 545 23: 545 24: 545 25: 545 26: 4940 27: 545 28: 545 29: 545 30: 545
    31: 545 32: 545 bogomips: 287427
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA AD103 [GeForce RTX 4080] driver: nouveau v: kernel
    arch: Lovelace pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-4,HDMI-A-2
    empty: DP-5,DP-6 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2704
  Device-2: AMD Raphael vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel
    arch: RDNA-2 pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: DP-1,
    DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, Writeback-1 bus-ID: 15:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164e
    temp: 42.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.14 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.2
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
    dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5760x2160 s-dpi: 96
  Monitor-1: DP-4 pos: bottom-r model: Dell P2217H res: 1920x1080 dpi: 102
    diag: 546mm (21.5")
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-2 mapped: HDMI-2 pos: primary,top-left model: MSFE-27144
    res: 3840x2160 dpi: 163 diag: 685mm (27")
  API: OpenGL v: 4.3 vendor: mesa v: 24.1.6 glx-v: 1.4 es-v: 3.2
    direct-render: yes renderer: NV193 device-ID: 10de:2704
  API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22bb
  Device-2: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 15:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 15:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
  Device-4: Kingston HyperX 7.1 Audio
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 9-1.4:4 chip-ID: 0951:16a4
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.5-301.fc40.x86_64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel
    pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 0e:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125
  IF: enp14s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
    driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 0f:00.0
    chip-ID: 14c3:0616
  IF: wlp15s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-7:3 chip-ID: 0e8d:0616
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
    lmp-v: 11
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 12.44 GiB (0.7%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Kingston model: SNV2S1000G size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 34.9 C
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Kingston model: SNV2S1000G size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 33.9 C
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 929.91 GiB used: 12 GiB (1.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0
    mapped: luks-9dd19fb6-a598-431e-b4df-f3679a61068b
  ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 407.9 MiB (41.9%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2
  ID-3: /boot/efi size: 598.8 MiB used: 45.8 MiB (7.6%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1
  ID-4: /home size: 929.91 GiB used: 12 GiB (1.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0
    mapped: luks-9dd19fb6-a598-431e-b4df-f3679a61068b
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 46.8 C mobo: 36.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 41.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.31 GiB used: 3.01 GiB (9.9%)
  Processes: 663 Power: uptime: 1m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 255
    target: graphical (5) default: graphical
  Packages: pm: flatpak pkgs: 7 Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
    running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.34

sudo fwupdtool get-updates outputs

Loading…                 [*****                                  ]00:35:24.498 FuPluginUefiCapsule  skipping device that failed coldplug: ESRT GUID '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000' was not valid
Loading…                 [************************               ]00:35:24.932 FuEngine             failed to add device /sys/devices/virtual/drm_dp_aux_dev/drm_dp_aux3: /sys/devices/virtual/drm_dp_aux_dev/drm_dp_aux3 failed but no error set
Loading…                 [************************************** ]
Devices with no available firmware updates: 
 • KINGSTON SNV2S1000G
 • KINGSTON SNV2S1000G
No updates available for remaining devices

journalctl --no-hostname -b -1 -p 4 |cat output is too large to post on the forum, maybe I can post in on reddit and link it here ?

and lastly journalctl --no-hostname -b -1 -g nvidia |cat outputs

Aug 29 16:24:43 kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA AD103 (193000a1)
Aug 29 20:24:52 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input20
Aug 29 20:24:52 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input21
Aug 29 20:24:52 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input22
Aug 29 20:24:52 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input23
Aug 29 20:25:02 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2151]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event16)
Aug 29 20:25:02 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2151]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event17)
Aug 29 20:25:02 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2151]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 (/dev/input/event18)
Aug 29 20:25:02 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2151]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 (/dev/input/event19)
Aug 29 20:25:15 sudo[3479]:     joao : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/joao ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/dnf install akmod-nvidia
Aug 29 20:26:08 audit[3499]: SOFTWARE_UPDATE pid=3499 uid=0 auid=1000 ses=2 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=install sw="xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-kmodsrc-3:560.35.03-2.fc40.x86_64" sw_type=rpm key_enforce=0 gpg_res=1 root_dir="/" comm="dnf" exe="/usr/bin/python3.12" hostname=fedora addr=? terminal=pts/1 res=success'
Aug 29 20:26:08 audit[3499]: SOFTWARE_UPDATE pid=3499 uid=0 auid=1000 ses=2 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=install sw="xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-libs-3:560.35.03-2.fc40.x86_64" sw_type=rpm key_enforce=0 gpg_res=1 root_dir="/" comm="dnf" exe="/usr/bin/python3.12" hostname=fedora addr=? terminal=pts/1 res=success'
Aug 29 20:26:08 audit[3499]: SOFTWARE_UPDATE pid=3499 uid=0 auid=1000 ses=2 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=install sw="nvidia-modprobe-3:560.35.03-1.fc40.x86_64" sw_type=rpm key_enforce=0 gpg_res=1 root_dir="/" comm="dnf" exe="/usr/bin/python3.12" hostname=fedora addr=? terminal=pts/1 res=success'
Aug 29 20:26:08 audit[3499]: SOFTWARE_UPDATE pid=3499 uid=0 auid=1000 ses=2 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=install sw="xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-3:560.35.03-2.fc40.x86_64" sw_type=rpm key_enforce=0 gpg_res=1 root_dir="/" comm="dnf" exe="/usr/bin/python3.12" hostname=fedora addr=? terminal=pts/1 res=success'
Aug 29 20:26:08 audit[3499]: SOFTWARE_UPDATE pid=3499 uid=0 auid=1000 ses=2 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=install sw="nvidia-settings-3:560.35.03-1.fc40.x86_64" sw_type=rpm key_enforce=0 gpg_res=1 root_dir="/" comm="dnf" exe="/usr/bin/python3.12" hostname=fedora addr=? terminal=pts/1 res=success'
Aug 29 20:26:08 audit[3499]: SOFTWARE_UPDATE pid=3499 uid=0 auid=1000 ses=2 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=install sw="xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-power-3:560.35.03-2.fc40.x86_64" sw_type=rpm key_enforce=0 gpg_res=1 root_dir="/" comm="dnf" exe="/usr/bin/python3.12" hostname=fedora addr=? terminal=pts/1 res=success'
Aug 29 20:26:08 audit[3499]: SOFTWARE_UPDATE pid=3499 uid=0 auid=1000 ses=2 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=install sw="xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-3:560.35.03-2.fc40.x86_64" sw_type=rpm key_enforce=0 gpg_res=1 root_dir="/" comm="dnf" exe="/usr/bin/python3.12" hostname=fedora addr=? terminal=pts/1 res=success'
Aug 29 20:26:08 audit[3499]: SOFTWARE_UPDATE pid=3499 uid=0 auid=1000 ses=2 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=install sw="akmod-nvidia-3:560.35.03-1.fc40.x86_64" sw_type=rpm key_enforce=0 gpg_res=1 root_dir="/" comm="dnf" exe="/usr/bin/python3.12" hostname=fedora addr=? terminal=pts/1 res=success'
Aug 29 20:26:23 sudo[37147]:     joao : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/joao ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/dnf install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda
Aug 29 20:26:28 audit[37169]: SOFTWARE_UPDATE pid=37169 uid=0 auid=1000 ses=2 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=install sw="nvidia-persistenced-3:560.35.03-1.fc40.x86_64" sw_type=rpm key_enforce=0 gpg_res=1 root_dir="/" comm="dnf" exe="/usr/bin/python3.12" hostname=fedora addr=? terminal=pts/1 res=success'
Aug 29 20:26:28 audit[37169]: SOFTWARE_UPDATE pid=37169 uid=0 auid=1000 ses=2 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=install sw="xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-3:560.35.03-2.fc40.x86_64" sw_type=rpm key_enforce=0 gpg_res=1 root_dir="/" comm="dnf" exe="/usr/bin/python3.12" hostname=fedora addr=? terminal=pts/1 res=success'
Aug 29 20:27:03 audit[37805]: SOFTWARE_UPDATE pid=37805 uid=0 auid=1000 ses=2 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:rpm_script_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=install sw="kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64-3:560.35.03-1.fc40.x86_64" sw_type=rpm key_enforce=0 gpg_res=0 root_dir="/" comm="dnf" exe="/usr/bin/python3.12" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 29 20:27:04 kernel: nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
Aug 29 20:27:04 kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Aug 29 20:27:04 kernel: nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
Aug 29 20:27:04 kernel: nvidia: module license taints kernel.
Aug 29 20:27:04 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 509
Aug 29 20:27:04 kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1 device(s).
Aug 29 20:27:04 kernel: NVRM: This can occur when another driver was loaded and 
                        NVRM: obtained ownership of the NVIDIA device(s).
Aug 29 20:27:04 kernel: NVRM: Try unloading the conflicting kernel module (and/or
                        NVRM: reconfigure your kernel without the conflicting
                        NVRM: driver(s)), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module
                        NVRM: again.
Aug 29 20:27:04 kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA devices probed.
Aug 29 20:27:04 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered Nvlink Core, major device number 509
Aug 29 20:27:05 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 509
Aug 29 20:27:05 kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1 device(s).
Aug 29 20:27:05 kernel: NVRM: This can occur when another driver was loaded and 
                        NVRM: obtained ownership of the NVIDIA device(s).
Aug 29 20:27:05 kernel: NVRM: Try unloading the conflicting kernel module (and/or
                        NVRM: reconfigure your kernel without the conflicting
                        NVRM: driver(s)), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module
                        NVRM: again.
Aug 29 20:27:05 kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA devices probed.
Aug 29 20:27:05 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered Nvlink Core, major device number 509
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Please post the output of dnf list |grep nvidia so we can see what packages are installed.

The Nvidia modules need to be rebuilt for each kernel version. If you follow the rpmfusion HowTo, an rpm package with Nvidia modules should be built automatically when a new kernel is installed and placed in /var/cache/akmods/nvidia-<version>/. Then the module is installed to If you use dnf on the command-line, the module build runs in background and you need to wait minutes to ensure that the build is complete. Sometimes the build fails and an error log is generated – here (older 470-xx Nvidia card using rpmfusion akmods) I got var/cache/akmods/nvidia-470xx/470.256.02-1-for-6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64.failed.log but now have:

% ls /var/cache/akmods/nvidia-470xx 
470.256.02-3-for-6.10.4-200.fc40.x86_64.log  kmod-nvidia-470xx-6.10.4-200.fc40.x86_64-470.256.02-3.fc40.x86_64.rpm
470.256.02-3-for-6.10.5-200.fc40.x86_64.log  kmod-nvidia-470xx-6.10.5-200.fc40.x86_64-470.256.02-3.fc40.x86_64.rpm
470.256.02-3-for-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64.log  kmod-nvidia-470xx-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64-470.256.02-3.fc40.x86_64.rpm
% ls /lib/modules/6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64/extra/nvidia-470xx 
nvidia-drm.ko.xz  nvidia.ko.xz  nvidia-modeset.ko.xz  nvidia-peermem.ko.xz  nvidia-uvm.ko.xz

Please check for the rpm packages or failed.log files. If you have failed.log files, the error is usually near the end and you can post (as pre-formatted text) the error messages. If you don’t have either failed.log or an rpm package for recent kernels, you may have rebooted before the build was complete.

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dnf list | grep nvidia

akmod-nvidia.x86_64                                                                      3:560.35.03-1.fc40                                                @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver              
kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64.x86_64                                                3:560.35.03-1.fc40                                                @@commandline                                 
nvidia-gpu-firmware.noarch                                                               20240811-2.fc40                                                   @updates                                      
nvidia-modprobe.x86_64                                                                   3:560.35.03-1.fc40                                                @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver              
nvidia-persistenced.x86_64                                                               3:560.35.03-1.fc40                                                @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver              
nvidia-settings.x86_64                                                                   3:560.35.03-1.fc40                                                @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver              
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.x86_64                                                               3:560.35.03-2.fc40                                                @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver              
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda.x86_64                                                          3:560.35.03-2.fc40                                                @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver              
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-libs.x86_64                                                     3:560.35.03-2.fc40                                                @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver              
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-kmodsrc.x86_64                                                       3:560.35.03-2.fc40                                                @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver              
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64                                                          3:560.35.03-2.fc40                                                @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver              
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-power.x86_64                                                         3:560.35.03-2.fc40                                                @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver              
akmod-nvidia-340xx.x86_64                                                                1:340.108-32.fc40                                                 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
akmod-nvidia-390xx.x86_64                                                                3:390.157-11.fc40                                                 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
akmod-nvidia-470xx.x86_64                                                                3:470.256.02-3.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver               
akmod-nvidia-470xx.x86_64                                                                3:470.256.02-3.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
golang-github-nvidia-nvml-devel.noarch                                                   0.12.4.0-1.fc40                                                   updates                                       
kmod-nvidia.x86_64                                                                       3:560.35.03-1.fc40                                                rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver               
kmod-nvidia.x86_64                                                                       3:560.35.03-1.fc40                                                rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
kmod-nvidia-340xx.x86_64                                                                 1:340.108-32.fc40                                                 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
kmod-nvidia-390xx.x86_64                                                                 3:390.157-11.fc40                                                 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
kmod-nvidia-470xx.x86_64                                                                 3:470.256.02-3.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver               
kmod-nvidia-470xx.x86_64                                                                 3:470.256.02-3.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
libva-nvidia-driver.i686                                                                 0.0.12-2.fc40                                                     updates                                       
libva-nvidia-driver.x86_64                                                               0.0.12-2.fc40                                                     updates                                       
nvidia-query-resource-opengl.x86_64                                                      1.0.0-17.fc40                                                     fedora                                        
nvidia-query-resource-opengl-lib.i686                                                    1.0.0-17.fc40                                                     fedora                                        
nvidia-query-resource-opengl-lib.x86_64                                                  1.0.0-17.fc40                                                     fedora                                        
nvidia-settings-390xx.x86_64                                                             390.157-3.fc40                                                    rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
nvidia-settings-470xx.x86_64                                                             3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver               
nvidia-settings-470xx.x86_64                                                             3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
nvidia-texture-tools.i686                                                                2.1.2-9.fc40                                                      fedora                                        
nvidia-texture-tools.x86_64                                                              2.1.2-9.fc40                                                      fedora                                        
nvidia-texture-tools-devel.i686                                                          2.1.2-9.fc40                                                      fedora                                        
nvidia-texture-tools-devel.x86_64                                                        2.1.2-9.fc40                                                      fedora                                        
nvidia-xconfig.x86_64                                                                    3:560.35.03-1.fc40                                                rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver               
nvidia-xconfig.x86_64                                                                    3:560.35.03-1.fc40                                                rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu.x86_64                                                               6.3.0-2.fc40                                                      updates                                       
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-340xx.x86_64                                                         1:340.108-15.fc40                                                 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-340xx-cuda.x86_64                                                    1:340.108-15.fc40                                                 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-340xx-devel.i686                                                     1:340.108-15.fc40                                                 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-340xx-devel.x86_64                                                   1:340.108-15.fc40                                                 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-340xx-kmodsrc.x86_64                                                 1:340.108-15.fc40                                                 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-340xx-libs.i686                                                      1:340.108-15.fc40                                                 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-340xx-libs.x86_64                                                    1:340.108-15.fc40                                                 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-390xx.x86_64                                                         3:390.157-4.fc40                                                  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-390xx-cuda.x86_64                                                    3:390.157-4.fc40                                                  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-390xx-cuda-libs.i686                                                 3:390.157-4.fc40                                                  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-390xx-cuda-libs.x86_64                                               3:390.157-4.fc40                                                  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-390xx-devel.i686                                                     3:390.157-4.fc40                                                  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-390xx-devel.x86_64                                                   3:390.157-4.fc40                                                  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-390xx-kmodsrc.x86_64                                                 3:390.157-4.fc40                                                  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-390xx-libs.i686                                                      3:390.157-4.fc40                                                  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-390xx-libs.x86_64                                                    3:390.157-4.fc40                                                  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx.x86_64                                                         3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver               
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx.x86_64                                                         3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-cuda.x86_64                                                    3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver               
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-cuda.x86_64                                                    3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-cuda-libs.i686                                                 3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver               
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-cuda-libs.i686                                                 3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-cuda-libs.x86_64                                               3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver               
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-cuda-libs.x86_64                                               3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-devel.i686                                                     3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver               
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-devel.i686                                                     3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-devel.x86_64                                                   3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver               
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-devel.x86_64                                                   3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-kmodsrc.x86_64                                                 3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver               
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-kmodsrc.x86_64                                                 3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-libs.i686                                                      3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver               
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-libs.i686                                                      3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-libs.x86_64                                                    3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver               
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-libs.x86_64                                                    3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-power.x86_64                                                   3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver               
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-power.x86_64                                                   3:470.256.02-1.fc40                                               rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-libs.i686                                                       3:560.35.03-2.fc40                                                rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver               
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-libs.i686                                                       3:560.35.03-2.fc40                                                rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-devel.i686                                                           3:560.35.03-2.fc40                                                rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver               
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-devel.i686                                                           3:560.35.03-2.fc40                                                rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-devel.x86_64                                                         3:560.35.03-2.fc40                                                rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver               
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-devel.x86_64                                                         3:560.35.03-2.fc40                                                rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                     
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686                                                            3:560.35.03-2.fc40                                                rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver               
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686                                                            3:560.35.03-2.fc40                                                rpmfusion-nonfree-updates

cat /var/cache/akmods/nvidia/560.35.03-1-for-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64.log is also too large, but the ending of it is

2024/08/29 20:26:57 akmods: Installing newly built rpms
2024/08/29 20:26:57 akmods: DNF detected
Dependencies resolved.
======================================================================================
 Package                                Arch    Version            Repository     Size
======================================================================================
Installing:
 kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64     x86_64  3:560.35.03-1.fc40 @commandline   50 M

Transaction Summary
======================================================================================
Install  1 Package

Total size: 50 M
Installed size: 50 M
Downloading Packages:
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                        1/1 
  Installing       : kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64-3:560.35.03-1.fc4   1/1 
  Running scriptlet: kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64-3:560.35.03-1.fc4   1/1 

Installed:
  kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64-3:560.35.03-1.fc40.x86_64                  

Complete!
2024/08/29 20:27:03 akmods: Successful.

and also, in the same folder is the kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64-560.35.03-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm, but no file named <something>.failed.log

even if I checked with modinfo -F version nvidia before rebooting ?

6

Typo: I left out the installed, so should have asked for dnf list installed |grep nvidia. It appears that the build was successful, so the next step is to see why it failed to load using journalctl --no-hostname -b -g nvidia |cat (the `|cat wraps lines so we get to see the whole line when pasted).

7

dnf list installed | grep nvidia

akmod-nvidia.x86_64                                  3:560.35.03-1.fc40                  @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64.x86_64            3:560.35.03-1.fc40                  @@commandline                   
nvidia-gpu-firmware.noarch                           20240811-2.fc40                     @updates                        
nvidia-modprobe.x86_64                               3:560.35.03-1.fc40                  @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
nvidia-persistenced.x86_64                           3:560.35.03-1.fc40                  @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
nvidia-settings.x86_64                               3:560.35.03-1.fc40                  @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.x86_64                           3:560.35.03-2.fc40                  @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda.x86_64                      3:560.35.03-2.fc40                  @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-libs.x86_64                 3:560.35.03-2.fc40                  @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-kmodsrc.x86_64                   3:560.35.03-2.fc40                  @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64                      3:560.35.03-2.fc40                  @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-power.x86_64                     3:560.35.03-2.fc40                  @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver

and journalctl --no-hostname -b -g nvidia |cat

Aug 30 10:29:50 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input20
Aug 30 10:29:50 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input21
Aug 30 10:29:50 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input22
Aug 30 10:29:50 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input23
Aug 30 10:29:51 systemd[1]: Started nvidia-powerd.service - nvidia-powerd service.
Aug 30 10:29:51 audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=nvidia-powerd comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 30 10:29:51 /usr/bin/nvidia-powerd[1966]: nvidia-powerd version:1.0(build 1)
Aug 30 10:29:51 systemd[1]: nvidia-powerd.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 30 10:29:51 audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=nvidia-powerd comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 30 10:29:51 systemd[1]: Starting nvidia-fallback.service - Fallback to nouveau as nvidia did not load...
Aug 30 10:29:52 kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA AD103 (193000a1)
Aug 30 10:29:53 systemd[1]: Finished nvidia-fallback.service - Fallback to nouveau as nvidia did not load.
Aug 30 10:29:53 audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=nvidia-fallback comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 30 10:30:00 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2465]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event20)
Aug 30 10:30:00 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2465]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event21)
Aug 30 10:30:00 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2465]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 (/dev/input/event22)
Aug 30 10:30:00 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2465]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 (/dev/input/event23)
Aug 30 10:30:01 systemd[2436]: Started app-gnome-nvidia\x2dsettings\x2duser-2796.scope - Application launched by gnome-session-binary.
Aug 30 10:30:01 nvidia-settings-user.desktop[2796]: ERROR: NVIDIA driver is not loaded

and the output on the latest kernel, but removing the blacklist nouveau option during boot time is (I don’t know if this is helpful or not but decided to include anyway)

Aug 30 06:33:19 kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA AD103 (193000a1)
Aug 30 10:33:29 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input20
Aug 30 10:33:29 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input21
Aug 30 10:33:29 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input22
Aug 30 10:33:29 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input23
Aug 30 10:33:29 kernel: nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
Aug 30 10:33:29 kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Aug 30 10:33:29 kernel: nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
Aug 30 10:33:29 kernel: nvidia: module license taints kernel.
Aug 30 10:33:30 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 509
Aug 30 10:33:30 kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1 device(s).
Aug 30 10:33:30 kernel: NVRM: This can occur when another driver was loaded and 
                        NVRM: obtained ownership of the NVIDIA device(s).
Aug 30 10:33:30 kernel: NVRM: Try unloading the conflicting kernel module (and/or
                        NVRM: reconfigure your kernel without the conflicting
                        NVRM: driver(s)), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module
                        NVRM: again.
Aug 30 10:33:30 kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA devices probed.
Aug 30 10:33:30 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered Nvlink Core, major device number 509
Aug 30 10:33:30 audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=nvidia-powerd comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 30 10:33:30 systemd[1]: Started nvidia-powerd.service - nvidia-powerd service.
Aug 30 10:33:30 /usr/bin/nvidia-powerd[1826]: nvidia-powerd version:1.0(build 1)
Aug 30 10:33:31 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 509
Aug 30 10:33:31 kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1 device(s).
Aug 30 10:33:31 kernel: NVRM: This can occur when another driver was loaded and 
                        NVRM: obtained ownership of the NVIDIA device(s).
Aug 30 10:33:31 kernel: NVRM: Try unloading the conflicting kernel module (and/or
                        NVRM: reconfigure your kernel without the conflicting
                        NVRM: driver(s)), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module
                        NVRM: again.
Aug 30 10:33:31 kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA devices probed.
Aug 30 10:33:31 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered Nvlink Core, major device number 509
Aug 30 10:33:31 systemd[1]: nvidia-powerd.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 30 10:33:31 audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=nvidia-powerd comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 30 10:33:31 systemd[1]: nvidia-fallback.service - Fallback to nouveau as nvidia did not load was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionKernelCommandLine=rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau).
Aug 30 10:33:41 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2319]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event16)
Aug 30 10:33:41 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2319]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event17)
Aug 30 10:33:41 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2319]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 (/dev/input/event18)
Aug 30 10:33:41 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2319]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 (/dev/input/event20)
Aug 30 10:33:43 systemd[2284]: Started app-gnome-nvidia\x2dsettings\x2duser-2638.scope - Application launched by gnome-session-binary.
Aug 30 10:33:44 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 509
Aug 30 10:33:44 kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1 device(s).
Aug 30 10:33:44 kernel: NVRM: This can occur when another driver was loaded and 
                        NVRM: obtained ownership of the NVIDIA device(s).
Aug 30 10:33:44 kernel: NVRM: Try unloading the conflicting kernel module (and/or
                        NVRM: reconfigure your kernel without the conflicting
                        NVRM: driver(s)), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module
                        NVRM: again.
Aug 30 10:33:44 kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA devices probed.
Aug 30 10:33:44 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered Nvlink Core, major device number 509
Aug 30 10:33:44 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 509
Aug 30 10:33:44 kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1 device(s).
Aug 30 10:33:44 kernel: NVRM: This can occur when another driver was loaded and 
                        NVRM: obtained ownership of the NVIDIA device(s).
Aug 30 10:33:44 kernel: NVRM: Try unloading the conflicting kernel module (and/or
                        NVRM: reconfigure your kernel without the conflicting
                        NVRM: driver(s)), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module
                        NVRM: again.
Aug 30 10:33:44 kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA devices probed.
Aug 30 10:33:44 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered Nvlink Core, major device number 509
Aug 30 10:33:45 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 509
Aug 30 10:33:45 kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1 device(s).
Aug 30 10:33:45 kernel: NVRM: This can occur when another driver was loaded and 
                        NVRM: obtained ownership of the NVIDIA device(s).
Aug 30 10:33:45 kernel: NVRM: Try unloading the conflicting kernel module (and/or
                        NVRM: reconfigure your kernel without the conflicting
                        NVRM: driver(s)), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module
                        NVRM: again.
Aug 30 10:33:45 kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA devices probed.
Aug 30 10:33:45 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered Nvlink Core, major device number 509
Aug 30 10:33:46 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 509
Aug 30 10:33:46 kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1 device(s).
Aug 30 10:33:46 kernel: NVRM: This can occur when another driver was loaded and 
                        NVRM: obtained ownership of the NVIDIA device(s).
Aug 30 10:33:46 kernel: NVRM: Try unloading the conflicting kernel module (and/or
                        NVRM: reconfigure your kernel without the conflicting
                        NVRM: driver(s)), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module
                        NVRM: again.
Aug 30 10:33:46 kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA devices probed.
Aug 30 10:33:46 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered Nvlink Core, major device number 509
Aug 30 10:33:46 nvidia-settings-user.desktop[2638]: ERROR: NVIDIA driver is not loaded
Aug 30 10:33:46 systemd[2284]: app-gnome-nvidia\x2dsettings\x2duser-2638.scope: Consumed 2.740s CPU time.
Aug 30 10:33:51 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 509
Aug 30 10:33:51 kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1 device(s).
Aug 30 10:33:51 kernel: NVRM: This can occur when another driver was loaded and 
                        NVRM: obtained ownership of the NVIDIA device(s).
Aug 30 10:33:51 kernel: NVRM: Try unloading the conflicting kernel module (and/or
                        NVRM: reconfigure your kernel without the conflicting
                        NVRM: driver(s)), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module
                        NVRM: again.
Aug 30 10:33:51 kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA devices probed.
Aug 30 10:33:52 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered Nvlink Core, major device number 509
Aug 30 10:33:53 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 509
Aug 30 10:33:53 kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1 device(s).
Aug 30 10:33:53 kernel: NVRM: This can occur when another driver was loaded and 
                        NVRM: obtained ownership of the NVIDIA device(s).
Aug 30 10:33:53 kernel: NVRM: Try unloading the conflicting kernel module (and/or
                        NVRM: reconfigure your kernel without the conflicting
                        NVRM: driver(s)), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module
                        NVRM: again.
Aug 30 10:33:53 kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA devices probed.
Aug 30 10:33:53 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered Nvlink Core, major device number 509
8

That command does not tell us only what is installed, but everything available (including installed.)

Please repeat that as dnf list installed \*nvidia\* so we see everything actually installed with the versions and sources.

9

dnf list installed \*nvidia\*

akmod-nvidia.x86_64                                                 3:560.35.03-1.fc40                            @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64.x86_64                           3:560.35.03-1.fc40                            @@commandline                   
nvidia-gpu-firmware.noarch                                          20240811-2.fc40                               @updates                        
nvidia-modprobe.x86_64                                              3:560.35.03-1.fc40                            @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
nvidia-persistenced.x86_64                                          3:560.35.03-1.fc40                            @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
nvidia-settings.x86_64                                              3:560.35.03-1.fc40                            @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.x86_64                                          3:560.35.03-2.fc40                            @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda.x86_64                                     3:560.35.03-2.fc40                            @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-libs.x86_64                                3:560.35.03-2.fc40                            @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-kmodsrc.x86_64                                  3:560.35.03-2.fc40                            @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64                                     3:560.35.03-2.fc40                            @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-power.x86_64                                    3:560.35.03-2.fc40                            @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
10

Try running sudo akmods --rebuild --force then after that completes reboot to see if this may be incorrectly built drivers or if it is something else.

If incorrectly rebuilt it should work after the command completes. If it is something else the problem will remain then more trouble shooting will be necessary.

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That won’t work – nvidia won’t load unless nouveau is blacklisted:

Aug 30 10:33:31 systemd[1]: nvidia-fallback.service - Fallback to nouveau as nvidia did not load was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionKernelCommandLine=rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau).

Aug 30 10:29:51 systemd[1]: Started nvidia-powerd.service - nvidia-powerd service.
Aug 30 10:29:51 audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=nvidia-powerd comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 30 10:29:51 /usr/bin/nvidia-powerd[1966]: nvidia-powerd version:1.0(build 1)
Aug 30 10:29:51 systemd[1]: nvidia-powerd.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 30 10:29:51 audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=nvidia-powerd comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 30 10:29:51 systemd[1]: Starting nvidia-fallback.service - Fallback to nouveau as nvidia did not load...
```

There have been several reports where the nvidia fallback service runs after nvidia-powerd is deactivated.  Nvidia forums say `nvidia-powerd` should only be used with specific laptop GPUS's and should otherwise be disabled.   Some reports with this error still get Nvidia drivers to load, but disabling `nvidia-powerd` is worth trying (it doesn't exist in my old Nvidia iMac, so I have no way to check)

```
systemctl stop nvidia-powerd.service
systemctl disable nvidia-powerd.service
```
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rebooting after sudo akmods --rebuild --force did not work

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journalctl --no-hostname -b -g nvidia |cat booted on the rescue option gives

Aug 30 11:33:12 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input20
Aug 30 11:33:12 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input21
Aug 30 11:33:12 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input22
Aug 30 11:33:12 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input23
Aug 30 11:33:13 systemd[1]: Started nvidia-powerd.service - nvidia-powerd service.
Aug 30 11:33:13 audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=nvidia-powerd comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 30 11:33:13 /usr/bin/nvidia-powerd[1842]: nvidia-powerd version:1.0(build 1)
Aug 30 11:33:13 systemd[1]: nvidia-powerd.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 30 11:33:13 audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=nvidia-powerd comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 30 11:33:13 systemd[1]: Starting nvidia-fallback.service - Fallback to nouveau as nvidia did not load...
Aug 30 11:33:14 kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA AD103 (193000a1)
Aug 30 11:33:15 systemd[1]: Finished nvidia-fallback.service - Fallback to nouveau as nvidia did not load.
Aug 30 11:33:15 audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=nvidia-fallback comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 30 11:33:22 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2346]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event16)
Aug 30 11:33:22 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2346]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event17)
Aug 30 11:33:22 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2346]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 (/dev/input/event20)
Aug 30 11:33:22 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2346]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 (/dev/input/event21)
Aug 30 11:33:53 systemd[2319]: Started app-gnome-nvidia\x2dsettings\x2duser-2710.scope - Application launched by gnome-session-binary.
Aug 30 11:33:53 nvidia-settings-user.desktop[2710]: ERROR: NVIDIA driver is not loaded
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maybe
journalctl --no-hostname -b -1 -g nvidia |cat can also be helpful ?

Aug 30 11:33:12 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input20
Aug 30 11:33:12 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input21
Aug 30 11:33:12 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input22
Aug 30 11:33:12 kernel: input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0/input23
Aug 30 11:33:13 systemd[1]: Started nvidia-powerd.service - nvidia-powerd service.
Aug 30 11:33:13 audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=nvidia-powerd comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 30 11:33:13 /usr/bin/nvidia-powerd[1842]: nvidia-powerd version:1.0(build 1)
Aug 30 11:33:13 systemd[1]: nvidia-powerd.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 30 11:33:13 audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=nvidia-powerd comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 30 11:33:13 systemd[1]: Starting nvidia-fallback.service - Fallback to nouveau as nvidia did not load...
Aug 30 11:33:14 kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA AD103 (193000a1)
Aug 30 11:33:15 systemd[1]: Finished nvidia-fallback.service - Fallback to nouveau as nvidia did not load.
Aug 30 11:33:15 audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=nvidia-fallback comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 30 11:33:22 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2346]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event16)
Aug 30 11:33:22 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2346]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event17)
Aug 30 11:33:22 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2346]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 (/dev/input/event20)
Aug 30 11:33:22 /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2346]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 (/dev/input/event21)
Aug 30 11:33:53 systemd[2319]: Started app-gnome-nvidia\x2dsettings\x2duser-2710.scope - Application launched by gnome-session-binary.
Aug 30 11:33:53 nvidia-settings-user.desktop[2710]: ERROR: NVIDIA driver is not loaded
Aug 30 11:39:52 audit[17342]: SOFTWARE_UPDATE pid=17342 uid=0 auid=1000 ses=2 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=update sw="kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64-3:560.35.03-1.fc40.x86_64" sw_type=rpm key_enforce=0 gpg_res=0 root_dir="/" comm="dnf" exe="/usr/bin/python3.12" hostname=fedora addr=? terminal=pts/1 res=success'
Aug 30 11:51:35 systemd[1]: nvidia-fallback.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 30 11:51:35 systemd[1]: Stopped nvidia-fallback.service - Fallback to nouveau as nvidia did not load.
Aug 30 11:51:35 audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=nvidia-fallback comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
15

I’m running exactly into the same problem here :
Updated Fedora yesterday.
Black screen with only one screen working (of two screens connected), and the mouse, but nothing else today.
Made a fresh install and used the recommended way to install :
https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA?highlight=(\bCategoryHowto\b)

It defaults to the nouveau driver

Tried to rebuild on the fresh install but…

sudo akmods --force --rebuild
[sudo] password for x: 
Checking kmods exist for 6.8.5-301.fc40.x86_64 [  OK  ]
Files needed for building modules against kernel
6.8.5-301.fc40.x86_64 could not be found as the following
directories are missing:
/usr/src/kernels/6.8.5-301.fc40.x86_64/
/lib/modules/6.8.5-301.fc40.x86_64/build/Is the correct kernel-devel package installed? [FAILED]
16

I also re-installed fedora yesterday, hopefully we can solve it on this thread or find the necessary information to bug report it

17

I don’t think we exhausted the search for the details that would explain the problem.
What is the current status of the system? I recommend installing all available updates before trying to install Nvidia drivers from rpmfusion, then verify that the build didn’t generate a
/var/cache/akmods/nvidia**.failed.log and did produce an rpm file.

18

There may be some similar symptoms, but the original post had a successful build of appropriate nvidia drivers from rpmfusion for kernel 6.10.6-200. Please start a new thread so we can focus on one problem at a time.

You should not be using older kernels as there have been important security and functional updates to reach 6.10.6. The nvidia drivers have to rebuilt for each new kernel version, so you need to update and then build.

Please insure that the system is fully updated (including vendor firmware) so you aren’t wasting time on a bug that has been fixed, and provide the output from inxi -Fzxx so we can see what hardware you have.

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I have been having problems with my computer’s OS since last friday the 23rd.
I tried installing fedora on that day and the nvidia drivers didn’t work I tried a bunch of things, from installing it through the GUI to downloading the installer from nvidia’s website nothing worked.
After that I tried out some other distros but decided to format my computer back to fedora, what I did on my install yesterday : enabled third-party repositories, added a few dnf configs

fastestmirror=True
max_parallel_downloads=10
defaultyes=True
keepcache=True

updated the system, installed zsh , ran
sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
updated again.
and tried
sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia
sudo dnf install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda

and this time, unlike on the 23rd, I thought that looking for help would be better than trying every install on the book.

ls /var/cache/akmods/ only outputs

nvidia

and ls /var/cache/akmods/nvidia outputs

560.35.03-1-for-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64.log  kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64-560.35.03-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm

and the log is as I posted before (im leaving out the first lines cause it would be too large to post on the forum)

2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: Processing files: kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64-560.35.03-1.fc40.x86_64
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: Provides: kernel-modules-for-kernel = 6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64 kmod(nvidia-drm.ko) kmod(nvidia-modeset.ko) kmod(nvidia-peermem.ko) kmod(nvidia-uvm.ko) kmod(nvidia.ko) kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64 = 3:560.35.03-1.fc40 kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64(x86-64) = 3:560.35.03-1.fc40 kmod-nvidia-newest-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64 = 3:560.35.03-1.fc40 nvidia-kmod = 3:560.35.03-1.fc40
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: Requires(interp): /bin/sh /bin/sh
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: Requires(rpmlib): rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1 rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: Requires(post): /bin/sh /usr/sbin/depmod
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: Requires(postun): /bin/sh /usr/sbin/depmod
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: Obsoletes: kmod-nvidia-newest-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64 < 3:560.35.03-1.fc40
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files /tmp/akmodsbuild.wUNzo3su/BUILDROOT/nvidia-kmod-560.35.03-1.fc40.x86_64
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: find: Failed to restore initial working directory: /home/joao: Permission denied
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: Wrote: /tmp/akmodsbuild.wUNzo3su/RPMS/x86_64/kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64-560.35.03-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: Executing(%clean): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.IxVaFC
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: + umask 022
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: + cd /tmp/akmodsbuild.wUNzo3su//BUILD
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: + cd nvidia-kmod-560.35.03
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: + /usr/bin/rm -rf /tmp/akmodsbuild.wUNzo3su/BUILDROOT/nvidia-kmod-560.35.03-1.fc40.x86_64
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: + RPM_EC=0
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: ++ jobs -p
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: + exit 0
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: Executing(rmbuild): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.Kxtg6f
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: + umask 022
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: + cd /tmp/akmodsbuild.wUNzo3su//BUILD
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: + rm -rf /tmp/akmodsbuild.wUNzo3su//BUILD/nvidia-kmod-560.35.03-SPECPARTS
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: + rm -rf nvidia-kmod-560.35.03 nvidia-kmod-560.35.03.gemspec
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: + RPM_EC=0
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: ++ jobs -p
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmodsbuild: + exit 0
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmods: Installing newly built rpms
2024/08/30 13:47:27 akmods: DNF detected
Dependencies resolved.
======================================================================================
 Package                                Arch    Version            Repository     Size
======================================================================================
Reinstalling:
 kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64     x86_64  3:560.35.03-1.fc40 @commandline   50 M

Transaction Summary
======================================================================================

Total size: 50 M
Installed size: 50 M
Downloading Packages:
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                        1/1 
  Reinstalling     : kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64-3:560.35.03-1.fc4   1/2 
  Running scriptlet: kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64-3:560.35.03-1.fc4   1/2 
  Cleanup          : kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64-3:560.35.03-1.fc4   2/2 
  Running scriptlet: kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64-3:560.35.03-1.fc4   2/2 

Reinstalled:
  kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64-3:560.35.03-1.fc40.x86_64                  

Complete!
2024/08/30 13:47:38 akmods: Successful.
``
20

The new akmodsbuild again appears to be successful. Just to be sure, check that the output from dnf list install \*nvidia\* is the same as your previous post. There have been issues with Nvidia hardware when using adapters to connect monitors. 560.35 was supposed to fix one of them (DVI-HDMI). Do you use a KVM hub or some sort of adapter to connect to the monitor?