Latest F40 update broke multi-monitor

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I just ran updates and now the OS can’t handle multi-monitor anymore (ran fine before updates).

When I boot, it boots to a single monitor. I go to display settings and try to change it to enable the other monitors again. When I press “apply”, all monitors go black, except for the cursor; no windows or titlebars or even desktop background. Eventually the display window timer times out and it resets.

This is killing my productivity. It worked perfectly in the previous version. Please advise.

louis@fedora:~$ dnf list installed '*nvidia*'
Installed Packages
akmod-nvidia.x86_64                        3:555.58.02-1.fc40 @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
kmod-nvidia-6.10.11-200.fc40.x86_64.x86_64 3:555.58.02-1.fc40 @@commandline     
kmod-nvidia-6.10.9-200.fc40.x86_64.x86_64  3:555.58.02-1.fc40 @@commandline     
kmod-nvidia-6.11.3-200.fc40.x86_64.x86_64  3:555.58.02-1.fc40 @@commandline     
nvidia-gpu-firmware.noarch                 20241017-2.fc40    @updates          
nvidia-modprobe.x86_64                     3:555.58.02-1.fc40 @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
nvidia-persistenced.x86_64                 3:555.58.02-1.fc40 @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
nvidia-settings.x86_64                     3:555.58.02-1.fc40 @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.x86_64                 3:555.58.02-1.fc40 @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda.x86_64            3:555.58.02-1.fc40 @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-libs.x86_64       3:555.58.02-1.fc40 @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-kmodsrc.x86_64         3:555.58.02-1.fc40 @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64            3:555.58.02-1.fc40 @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-power.x86_64           3:555.58.02-1.fc40 @rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
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You should be able to use dnf rollback ... to undo the updates.

Edit: Also, file a bug report if you can so the problem will get fixed. Thanks.

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That’s failing to find old versions of NVIDIA drivers and libreoffice, so it’s refusing to run.

Error: The following problems occurred while running a transaction:
  Cannot find rpm nevra "kmod-nvidia-6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64-3:555.58.02-1.fc40.x86_64".
  Cannot find rpm nevra "libreoffice-emailmerge-1:24.2.6.2-1.fc40.x86_64".
  Cannot find rpm nevra "libreoffice-filters-1:24.2.6.2-1.fc40.x86_64".
  Cannot find rpm nevra "libreoffice-langpack-en-1:24.2.6.2-1.fc40.x86_64".
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Did you install fedora-repos-archive? Otherwise, I take it that --skip-broken doesn’t work? (I don’t use the rollback command myself; I’m not all that familiar with it.)