Fedora 42 with KDE freeze display

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Hi, mates!

I have a Fedora 42 with KDE. Nvidia card with rpmfusion drivers.

I have a two questions:

  1. Sometimes my IDEA/Cursor application doesn’t allow to be clickable. I mean a window is dead and do not respond on any clicks. Restart applications solves this problem.
  2. I have two displays and sometime one or both stubs and doesn’t show any updates, my mouse’s cursor and so on, but streaming music still work (I hear it in headphones). So it’s look likes only DE freezes. Sometimes helps Ctrl + Alt + F1 → F2 and displays starts work, but most of times only restart helps.

inxi output:

System:
  Kernel: 6.14.3-300.fc42.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.0.1
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.4 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
    Distro: Fedora Linux 42 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: Z790 GAMING X AX v: x.x
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F9
    date: 12/14/2023
CPU:
  Info: 16-core (8-mt/8-st) model: 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700KF bits: 64
    type: MST AMCP arch: Raptor Lake rev: 1 cache: L1: 1.4 MiB L2: 24 MiB
    L3: 30 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2677 min/max: 800/5300:5400:4200 cores: 1: 2677 2: 2677
    3: 2677 4: 2677 5: 2677 6: 2677 7: 2677 8: 2677 9: 2677 10: 2677 11: 2677
    12: 2677 13: 2677 14: 2677 15: 2677 16: 2677 17: 2677 18: 2677 19: 2677
    20: 2677 21: 2677 22: 2677 23: 2677 24: 2677 bogomips: 164044
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA AD104 [GeForce RTX 4070 Ti] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
    v: 570.133.07 arch: Lovelace pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
    active: none off: DP-3,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:2782
  Device-2: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-11.4:9
    chip-ID: 046d:082d
  Display: wayland server: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 compositor: kwin_wayland
    driver: gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch d-rect: 6880x1440 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-3 pos: right model: AQW34H3 res: 3440x1440 hz: 165 dpi: 113
    diag: 863mm (34")
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 pos: primary,left model: Mi Monitor res: 3440x1440
    hz: 100 dpi: 110 diag: 864mm (34")
  API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia gbm: drv: nvidia
    surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 570.133.07 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
    display-ID: :0.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 0
    type: discrete-gpu driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:2782 device: 1 type: cpu
    driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    wl: wayland-info x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50
  Device-2: NVIDIA AD104 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22bc
  Device-3: Logitech G435 Wireless Gaming Headset
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-11.3:6 chip-ID: 046d:0acb
  Device-4: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-11.4:9
    chip-ID: 046d:082d
  API: ALSA v: k6.14.3-300.fc42.x86_64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a70
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel
    pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 4000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125
  IF: enp7s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: vpn0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
  IF-ID-3: vpn1 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX211 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-14:10 chip-ID: 8087:0033
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3
    lmp-v: 12
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 3.64 TiB used: 359.37 GiB (9.6%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 31.9 C
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 36.9 C
  ID-3: /dev/nvme2n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 41.9 C
  ID-4: /dev/nvme3n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 36.9 C
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 929.93 GiB used: 358.89 GiB (38.6%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme2n1p3
  ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 462.6 MiB (47.5%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme2n1p2
  ID-3: /boot/efi size: 598.8 MiB used: 19.3 MiB (3.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme2n1p1
  ID-4: /home size: 929.93 GiB used: 358.89 GiB (38.6%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme2n1p3
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C mobo: 31.2 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 62.62 GiB
    used: 16.09 GiB (25.7%)
  Processes: 673 Power: uptime: 37m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 257
    target: graphical (5) default: graphical
  Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm Compilers: gcc: 15.0.1
    Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37

So my question is: can it be resolved?

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How long has the problem occured for? Just this kernel or since upgrade to F42?

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I have the 2rd question too.But I’ m using fedora 42 with gnome,Nvidia card. Since i install fedora 42, the question has occured.

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Yeah, this combo of Fedora 42, Wayland, and NVIDIA can be a bit off grief. Where windows become unclickable or the cursor stops responding, usually tied to kwin_wayland not playing well with the NVIDIA. The fact that you’re hearing audio while everything else locks up suggests maybe it’s a display stack problem rather than a full system freeze.

One thing to try is logging in using the X11 session instead of Wayland. KDE under X11 tends to be a bit more stable with NVIDIA cards, even on newer drivers. Also, if you’re not already doing so, make sure your session is launching with NVIDIA’s GL stack. Otherwise, it defaults to Mesa in some cases and causes weird behavior.

In any case, its kind of on the edge setup, so unless a future update smooths things out, X11 will be less of a pain until Plasma and NVIDIA improve Wayland support together.

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I started to use Fedora from 41 release. And it was from start on all kernel what I had.

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how can I check this?

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  1. assuming you have installed nvidia drivers from the rpmfusion repositories

check output of modinfo -l nvidia. If output is NVIDIA and not Dual MIT/GPL then switch to the kernel open modules

sudo sh -c ‘echo “%_with_kmod_nvidia_open 1” > /etc/rpm/macros.nvidia-kmod’
sudo akmods --kernels $(uname -r) --rebuild --force

and reboot.
Turing and newer GPUs are suppored and nvidia recommends the use of the kernel open modules starting with 560.* drivers.

  1. You can also find updated drivers 570.144 in rpmfusion testing repositories

dnf --refresh update --enablerepo=rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing

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Yeah. Was NVIDIA. Did it and now it “Dual MIT/GPL”
'll be watching.
Thanks