technokid
October 24, 2022, 11:49pm
1
Hello
Skip to MY QUESTION if you don’t want to know the background story/
Before I ask my question, please understand this is my first post and I am NOOB, I know nothing about the under belly of linux.
I’ve been using fedora for 3yr plus years and love it, but I upgrade to a new PC with NVIDIA 3060 video card.
I can not get nvidia video drivers to install on any version of Fedora KDE plamsa. I’ve try every online how to guide published.
MY QUESTION.
With LinuxMint (ubuntu) there is a tool/utility called “ubuntu-drivers”
Does any one know if this tool has been ported over to fedora?
Why I’m I asking, b/c I want to run fedora, but only on Linux Mint can I get nvidia drivers to work!!!
Found here onhttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaDriversInstallation
As far as the tool being ported I have no clue.
However, it is very easy to install the nvidia drivers on fedora whether using Workstation, KDE, or any of the other spins. It is much better to use the native fedora related tools such as dnf than to try importing from a totally different distro that even uses a different package manager.
Simply look here and follow instructions.https://rpmfusion.org/Configuration https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA
Those instructions do require using the command line but that simply means you need to open a terminal once logged into the machine.
technokid
October 25, 2022, 2:29am
3
Jeff V
Well I’ve tried all the How To Guides to install NVIDIA, it does not work.
I’m still looking if someone know if the LinuxMint (ubuntu) tool/utility called “ubuntu-drivers” has been ported over to fedora.
Please not reply if you are going to say I don’t know.
Thanks
tjdoyle
October 25, 2022, 7:27am
4
Hi,
Its very doubtful that this will get ported over to fedora (or even rhel), the underlying python relies on the apt package manager to determine and install th required nvidia driver.
I suggest trying this instead:
Regards Tom.
Please show us the output of each of these commands.lsmod | grep -iE 'nvidia|nouveau'dnf list installed \*nvidia\*dnf repolistsudo dnf install akmod-nvidia
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technokid
October 26, 2022, 6:28am
6
Jeff
Just to let you know here is my Nvidia card running on Linux Mint (ubuntu)
I remove my acct name and hostname
-----:
~$ nvidia-smi
Tue Oct 25 20:03:41 2022
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 510.85.02 Driver Version: 510.85.02 CUDA Version: 11.6 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
| | | MIG M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 NVIDIA GeForce ... Off | 00000000:2B:00.0 On | N/A |
|ERR! 35C P0 31W / 170W | 444MiB / 12288MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 2681 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 290MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 3622 G cinnamon 35MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 4361 G /usr/lib/firefox/firefox 115MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
$ uname -a
Linux ------ 5.15.0-52-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 13 08:03:55 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ lsmod | grep -iE 'nvidia|nouveau'
nvidia_uvm 1216512 0
nvidia_drm 69632 5
nvidia_modeset 1150976 8 nvidia_drm
nvidia 39137280 421 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset
drm_kms_helper 311296 1 nvidia_drm
drm 622592 9 drm_kms_helper,nvidia,nvidia_drm
Here is the cmd inxi -Fzx
$ sudo inxi -Fzx
[sudo] password for -----:
System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-52-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.4.12 Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa
base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MPG B550I GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C92)
v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.B0
date: 09/14/2022
CPU:
Info: 12-core model: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3
rev: 0 cache: L1: 768 KiB L2: 6 MiB L3: 64 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2262 high: 3700 min/max: 2200/4950 boost: enabled
cores: 1: 2200 2: 2200 3: 2200 4: 2200 5: 2200 6: 2200 7: 2200 8: 2200
9: 2200 10: 2200 11: 2200 12: 3700 13: 2200 14: 2200 15: 2200 16: 2200
17: 2200 18: 2200 19: 2200 20: 2200 21: 2200 22: 2200 23: 2200 24: 2200
bogomips: 177587
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 510.85.02 bus-ID: 2b:00.0
Device-2: Logitech HD Webcam C910 type: USB
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-6:2
Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia resolution: 3840x2160
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 510.85.02 direct render: Yes
Screenshots nvidia control panel
Today again I wasted another 3 or 4 hours downloading Fedora 36 KDE, burning image to usb
technokid
October 26, 2022, 8:28am
7
Tom
Thanks for show me an alternate way to install Nvidia drivers on Fedora KDE.
Unfortunately the script was successful but after the reboot my fedora 36 kde did not work.
I will not be using the NVIDIA Auto Installer, since it install 3GB which is larger then fedora 36 iso.
Plus it installs java17 little old and I don’t trust the t0xic0derrepo after the 3GB plus download.
Call me paranoid but you gave me another reason to like ubuntu, the “ubuntu-drivers” tool is support and trusted my Canonical.
Thanks
ozeszty
October 26, 2022, 8:44am
8
That should just work:
If it doesn’t, we need to know what’s happening:
Jeff V:
Please show us the output of each of these commands.lsmod | grep -iE 'nvidia|nouveau'dnf list installed \*nvidia\*dnf repolistsudo dnf install akmod-nvidia
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Your post #6 shows that the nvidia driver is installed and functional, with version 510.85 which has been replaced long ago on fedora. That does however have no bearing on fedora which is a different OS with a different kernel.
You have an nvidia Geforce RTX 3060 which was not supported properly until nvidia 515 and now is better supported with the current 520.64 driver.
Please first do the install & boot of fedora, then do the install of the nvidia drivers as noted above, then reboot. Send us the result of those commands requested above after the driver install and reboot but before you do a full update. Use the </> Preformatted text tags available on the toolbar above to format each post.dnf repolist. Note that I have edited post 6 and added those tags to format the display as seen on your screen.
After we have seen the status with the result of the install of nvidia drivers and the reboot then you may consider to finally upgrade fedora to the latest kernel and software sudo dnf upgrade --refresh.
Note that nothing you have posted from mint is usable here except the fact you have the Geforce RTX 3060 gpu. Very few of the details posted from ubuntu have bearing on fedora since the installer and the package managers are totally different and my instructions and your question are based on a fedora OS.
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technokid
October 26, 2022, 10:46pm
10
Jeff
Fresh Install Only -- NO UPDATE or UPGRADE per instructions
-------~]$ uname -a
Linux fedora 5.17.5-300.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Apr 28 15:51:30 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[------- ~]$
[-------~]$ lsmod | grep -iE 'nvidia|nouveau'
nouveau 2412544 4
video 57344 1 nouveau
drm_ttm_helper 16384 1 nouveau
ttm 81920 2 drm_ttm_helper,nouveau
mxm_wmi 16384 1 nouveau
wmi 32768 3 wmi_bmof,mxm_wmi,nouveau
[------- ~]$
[------- ~]$
[------- ~]$ dnf list installed \*nvidia\*
Error: No matching Packages to list
[------- ~]$
[------- ~]$ dnf repolist
repo id repo name
fedora Fedora 36 - x86_64
fedora-cisco-openh264 Fedora 36 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64
fedora-modular Fedora Modular 36 - x86_64
updates Fedora 36 - x86_64 - Updates
updates-modular Fedora Modular 36 - x86_64 - Updates
[------- ~]$ sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia
Last metadata expiration check: 0:07:15 ago on Wed 26 Oct 2022 11:37:50 AM PDT.
No match for argument: akmod-nvidia
Error: Unable to find a match: akmod-nvidia
Update the repolist for rpmfusion
[------- ~]$ dnf repolist
repo id repo name
fedora Fedora 36 - x86_64
fedora-cisco-openh264 Fedora 36 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64
fedora-modular Fedora Modular 36 - x86_64
rpmfusion-free RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Free
rpmfusion-free-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Free - Updates
rpmfusion-nonfree RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Nonfree
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Nonfree - Updates
updates Fedora 36 - x86_64 - Updates
updates-modular Fedora Modular 36 - x86_64 - Updates
[------- ~]$
[------- ~]$ sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia
RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Free 1.1 MB/s | 676 kB 00:00
RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Free - Updates 640 kB/s | 335 kB 00:00
RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Nonfree 256 kB/s | 252 kB 00:00
RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Nonfree - Updates 139 kB/s | 87 kB 00:00
Dependencies resolved.
After Install of akmod-nvidia --- NO reboot has been performed
------- ~]$ uname -a
Linux fedora 5.17.5-300.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Apr 28 15:51:30 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[------- ~]$
[------- ~]$ lsmod | grep -iE 'nvidia|nouveau'
nouveau 2412544 4
video 57344 1 nouveau
drm_ttm_helper 16384 1 nouveau
ttm 81920 2 drm_ttm_helper,nouveau
mxm_wmi 16384 1 nouveau
wmi 32768 3 wmi_bmof,mxm_wmi,nouveau
[------- ~]$
[------- ~]$ dnf list installed \*nvidia\*
Installed Packages
akmod-nvidia.x86_64 3:520.56.06-1.fc36 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
kmod-nvidia-5.19.16-200.fc36.x86_64.x86_64 3:520.56.06-1.fc36 @@commandline
nvidia-settings.x86_64 3:520.56.06-1.fc36 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.x86_64 3:520.56.06-1.fc36 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-libs.x86_64 3:520.56.06-1.fc36 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-kmodsrc.x86_64 3:520.56.06-1.fc36 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64 3:520.56.06-1.fc36 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-power.x86_64 3:520.56.06-1.fc36 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
[------- ~]$
[------- ~]$ dnf repolist
repo id repo name
fedora Fedora 36 - x86_64
fedora-cisco-openh264 Fedora 36 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64
fedora-modular Fedora Modular 36 - x86_64
rpmfusion-free RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Free
rpmfusion-free-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Free - Updates
rpmfusion-nonfree RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Nonfree
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Nonfree - Updates
updates Fedora 36 - x86_64 - Updates
updates-modular Fedora Modular 36 - x86_64 - Updates
[-------~]$ sudo nvidia-smi
[sudo] password for -------:
sudo: nvidia-smi: command not found
Should I reboot now!!!
Waiting for the go head to reboot
technokid
October 26, 2022, 11:04pm
11
Fresh Install Only -- NO UPDATE or UPGRADE per Jeff instructions
------- ~]$ uname -a
Linux fedora 5.17.5-300.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Apr 28 15:51:30 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[------- ~]$
[------- ~]$ lsmod | grep -iE 'nvidia|nouveau'
nouveau 2412544 4
video 57344 1 nouveau
drm_ttm_helper 16384 1 nouveau
ttm 81920 2 drm_ttm_helper,nouveau
mxm_wmi 16384 1 nouveau
wmi 32768 3 wmi_bmof,mxm_wmi,nouveau
[------- ~]$
[------- ~]$
[------- ~]$ dnf list installed \*nvidia\*
Error: No matching Packages to list
[------- ~]$
[------- ~]$ dnf repolist
repo id repo name
fedora Fedora 36 - x86_64
fedora-cisco-openh264 Fedora 36 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64
fedora-modular Fedora Modular 36 - x86_64
updates Fedora 36 - x86_64 - Updates
updates-modular Fedora Modular 36 - x86_64 - Updates
[------- ~]$
[------- ~]$
[------- ~]$ sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia
Last metadata expiration check: 0:07:15 ago on Wed 26 Oct 2022 11:37:50 AM PDT.
No match for argument: akmod-nvidia
Error: Unable to find a match: akmod-nvidia
Update the repolist for rpmfusion
[------- ~]$ dnf repolist
repo id repo name
fedora Fedora 36 - x86_64
fedora-cisco-openh264 Fedora 36 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64
fedora-modular Fedora Modular 36 - x86_64
rpmfusion-free RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Free
rpmfusion-free-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Free - Updates
rpmfusion-nonfree RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Nonfree
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Nonfree - Updates
updates Fedora 36 - x86_64 - Updates
updates-modular Fedora Modular 36 - x86_64 - Updates
[------- ~]$
[------- ~]$ sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia
RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Free 1.1 MB/s | 676 kB 00:00
RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Free - Updates 640 kB/s | 335 kB 00:00
RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Nonfree 256 kB/s | 252 kB 00:00
RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Nonfree - Updates 139 kB/s | 87 kB 00:00
Dependencies resolved.
Complete!
After Install of akmod-nvidia --- NO reboot has been performed
------- ~]$ uname -a
Linux fedora 5.17.5-300.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Apr 28 15:51:30 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[------- ~]$
[------- ~]$ lsmod | grep -iE 'nvidia|nouveau'
nouveau 2412544 4
video 57344 1 nouveau
drm_ttm_helper 16384 1 nouveau
ttm 81920 2 drm_ttm_helper,nouveau
mxm_wmi 16384 1 nouveau
wmi 32768 3 wmi_bmof,mxm_wmi,nouveau
[------- ~]$
[------- ~]$ dnf list installed \*nvidia\*
Installed Packages
akmod-nvidia.x86_64 3:520.56.06-1.fc36 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
kmod-nvidia-5.19.16-200.fc36.x86_64.x86_64 3:520.56.06-1.fc36 @@commandline
nvidia-settings.x86_64 3:520.56.06-1.fc36 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.x86_64 3:520.56.06-1.fc36 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-libs.x86_64 3:520.56.06-1.fc36 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-kmodsrc.x86_64 3:520.56.06-1.fc36 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64 3:520.56.06-1.fc36 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-power.x86_64 3:520.56.06-1.fc36 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
[------- ~]$
[------- ~]$ dnf repolist
repo id repo name
fedora Fedora 36 - x86_64
fedora-cisco-openh264 Fedora 36 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64
fedora-modular Fedora Modular 36 - x86_64
rpmfusion-free RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Free
rpmfusion-free-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Free - Updates
rpmfusion-nonfree RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Nonfree
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 36 - Nonfree - Updates
updates Fedora 36 - x86_64 - Updates
updates-modular Fedora Modular 36 - x86_64 - Updates
[------- ~]$
[------- ~]$ sudo nvidia-smi
[sudo] password for -------:
sudo: nvidia-smi: command not found
[------- ~]$
No reboot has been performed.
Waiting on the go head to reboot!!!
After the clean install and the reboot, tell us how it “failed again”
I also see you did not install nvidia-gpu-firmware nor xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda. Without the firmware the driver cannot function.
You should now do the update as well so all packages are properly updated.
marko23
October 28, 2022, 3:00am
14
Nouveau drivers work perfectly … otherwise strange fairy tales … simply go to NVIDIA site and download propriety driver being careful about the specific version of your hardware.
t0xic0der
October 28, 2022, 5:47am
15
Please DO NOT do this. The RUN files provided officially on the site are distro-agnostic and are likely to leave behind a bunch of residual files when upgrades or uninstallations take place.
Please stick to the drivers made available on RPM Fusion as they are tailor-packaged for Fedora Linux and they can be installed, upgraded and removed seamlessly without any repercussions.
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The appropriately packaged drivers from rpmfusion have no issues, and get automatically updated with driver updates as well as kernel updates.
Installing from the nvidia .run file is a manual process and will break the driver with every kernel update until the user manually re-installs the driver
It is always recommended to use packages that are tailored specifically for fedora.
Nouveau drivers do not support hardware acceleration with nvidia GPUs, so no – they do not work perfectly. They are passable for some users.
marko23
October 28, 2022, 5:28pm
17
You can install NVIDIA repository for CUDA and QODA programming tools, only for Fedora 35, having been kicked out with RHEL and Ubuntu as works but repository configuration disappears simply using it. Red Hat/CentOS/Fedora use SELinux to clean up/reverse engineer this and that, Ubuntu has misleading update information. I use Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with Quadro RTX 4000 and Intel display GPU, QODA seems fascinating …
Markos Malliarakis:
You can install NVIDIA repository for CUDA and QODA programming tools, only for Fedora 35, having been kicked out with RHEL and Ubuntu as works but repository configuration disappears simply using it.
Can install it of course, but it does not make things easy.
Misinformation at best. SELinux has nothing to do with reverse engineering or clean up. It is a security framework.
