Kernel v7.1.3-200 falling back to nouveau NVIDIA PASCAL

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NVIDIA GTX 1050ti

7.1.3-200.fc44.x86_64

Updated to latest kernel now system is using nouveau drivers instead of Nvidia.

Already have locked the nvidia drivers , working fine with previous old kernel.

sudo dnf versionlock add
akmod-nvidia-580xx
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx-libs
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx-cuda
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx-cuda-libs
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx-kmodsrc
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx-power

AFTER UPDATE

this-pc@fedora:~$ nvidia-smi
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn’t communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.

this-pc@fedora:~$ cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=(hd1,gpt2)/vmlinuz-7.1.3-200.fc44.x86_64 root=UUID=bc43a604-92f7-4ab5-a5e0-de4f61109598 ro rootflags=subvol=root rhgb quiet rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau,nova_core modprobe.blacklist=nouveau,nova_core

this-pc@fedora:~$ lspci -k | grep -A3 -E “VGA|3D|Display”
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 8c96
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
Kernel modules: nouveau

this-pc@fedora:~$ lsmod | grep nouveau
nouveau 3973120 19
drm_gpuvm 57344 1 nouveau
mxm_wmi 12288 1 nouveau
gpu_sched 77824 1 nouveau
drm_ttm_helper 20480 2 nouveau
ttm 163840 2 drm_ttm_helper,nouveau
drm_exec 12288 2 drm_gpuvm,nouveau
i2c_algo_bit 24576 1 nouveau
drm_display_helper 364544 1 nouveau
video 81920 1 nouveau
wmi 45056 5 video,gigabyte_wmi,wmi_bmof,mxm_wmi,nouveau

this-pc@fedora:~$ dnf list installed *nvidia*
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Installed packages (available for reinstall, available for upgrade)
akmod-nvidia-580xx.x86_64 3:580.159.03-1.fc44 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
kmod-nvidia-580xx-7.0.13-200.fc44.x86_64.x86_64 3:580.159.03-1.fc44 @commandline
kmod-nvidia-580xx-7.0.14-201.fc44.x86_64.x86_64 3:580.159.03-1.fc44 @commandline
nvidia-gpu-firmware.noarch 20260622-1.fc44 updates
nvidia-modprobe.x86_64 3:595.80-1.fc44 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
nvidia-persistenced.x86_64 3:595.80-1.fc44 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
nvidia-settings-580xx.x86_64 3:580.159.03-1.fc44 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx.x86_64 3:580.159.03-1.fc44 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx-cuda.x86_64 3:580.159.03-1.fc44 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx-cuda-libs.x86_64 3:580.159.03-1.fc44 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx-kmodsrc.x86_64 3:580.159.03-1.fc44 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx-libs.x86_64 3:580.159.03-1.fc44 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx-power.x86_64 3:580.159.03-1.fc44 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx-xorg-libs.x86_64 3:580.159.03-1.fc44 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates

ChatGPT recommended to

  1. Add nouveau to dracut’s omit list

Create:

sudo nano /etc/dracut.conf.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf

Put this:

omit_drivers+=" nouveau "

Save.

  1. Rebuild the initramfs for the current kernel

Run:

sudo dracut --force /boot/initramfs-7.1.3-200.fc44.x86_64.img 7.1.3-200.fc44.x86_64

Then verify:

sudo lsinitrd /boot/initramfs-7.1.3-200.fc44.x86_64.img | grep nouveau

The output should be empty.

reboot

same issue “nouveau” is being used

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I would undo whatever ChatGPT had you try. If you’ve confirmed that the driver loads if you roll back to the previous kernel, then I suggest filing a bug against the nvidia-580xx-kmod component at RPM Fusion: https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora
It might be a NVIDIA bug with the new kernel, but either way, would be good to track it there.

EDIT: They are aware and this is already fixed in 580.173.02: https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7502

If you upgrade your packages with sudo dnf upgrade --refresh you should get the version with the fix.

p.s. You shouldn’t version lock the 580xx packages, they are already designed to stay on 580.

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Don’t do that version lock.!!
Once the 580xx driver is installed it will no longer attempt to upgrade to the 595 or later drivers, and the version lock might prevent upgrading the specific 580 driver version when there are updates.

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Thanks for the response removed version lock n updated to latest driver fixed the issue.

NVIDIA-SMI 580.173.02 Driver Version: 580.173.02 CUDA Version: 13.0

lspci -k | grep -A3 -E “VGA|3D|Display”
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 8c96
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia

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Please always use preformatted text when pasting output that you copy& paste from your screen.
Notice the difference in appearance between your post above and the segment I copied and applied the preformatted text tags to. Text is much easier to read and understand when formatted the same as seen on-screen.

this-pc@fedora:~$ dnf list installed \*nvidia\*
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Installed packages (available for reinstall, available for upgrade)
akmod-nvidia-580xx.x86_64                       3:580.159.03-1.fc44  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
kmod-nvidia-580xx-7.0.13-200.fc44.x86_64.x86_64 3:580.159.03-1.fc44  @commandline
kmod-nvidia-580xx-7.0.14-201.fc44.x86_64.x86_64 3:580.159.03-1.fc44  @commandline
nvidia-gpu-firmware.noarch                      20260622-1.fc44      updates
nvidia-modprobe.x86_64                          3:595.80-1.fc44      rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
nvidia-persistenced.x86_64                      3:595.80-1.fc44      rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
nvidia-settings-580xx.x86_64                    3:580.159.03-1.fc44  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx.x86_64                3:580.159.03-1.fc44  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx-cuda.x86_64           3:580.159.03-1.fc44  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx-cuda-libs.x86_64      3:580.159.03-1.fc44  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx-kmodsrc.x86_64        3:580.159.03-1.fc44  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx-libs.x86_64           3:580.159.03-1.fc44  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx-power.x86_64          3:580.159.03-1.fc44  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-580xx-xorg-libs.x86_64      3:580.159.03-1.fc44  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates