Nvidia Drivers Persistently Blackscreening No Matter Version, Install Method

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Posting this from the Windows side of a dual boot since my Fedora installation is currently unworkable. My goal here is to start the install anew and troubleshoot from here.

The core of the issue: Since late May, booting fedora with Nvidia drivers installed invariably results in a black-screen shortly after GRUB, partway through the logo screen on boot. My system is inoperable unless I use nouveau, which leaves my workstation useless since it’s primarily for gaming and 3d art.

Fedora version: Fedora 42 Workstation (though the same issue occurs on 41 Workstation as well, invariably, as well as Bluefin when I attempted to use it).
CPU: Ryzen 7 5800x
GPU: Nvidia 3080 12gb
Fedora installed on: Seagate NVME SSD, shared with Windows 11.

I’ve tried installing drivers from RPM Fusion, Gnome Software, the Nvidia-supplied .run file, packaged with Bluefin, Fedora Noble installation guide, nothing works. If the card wasn’t working flawlessly on Windows I would assume it had had a hardware failure.
I always allow the driver sufficient time to build after install and check with modinfo -F version nvidia to ensure the module is present before rebooting. I’ve followed every similar problem report and tried my best to troubleshoot and turn up nothing. As far as I can discern, if any proprietary Nvidia driver is installed, regardless of version, the blackscreen failure state is inevitable. I posted this thread to the Fedora subreddit and no joy.
Anyone able to propose diagnostic procedures?

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Perhaps informative - it looks like my install media fails self check. Relevant?

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Alas - used a separate install media drive that passed the test and installed Fedora 42, Nvidia linux driver 575.57.08, and same issues persist.

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I experienced the same issue since around the same time. Here’s what worked for me:

  1. On the grub menu, press “e” on the latest kernel entry in order to modify the booting settings and add nomodeset at the end of line that starts with “linux”. Press “F10”.
  2. Now, Fedora boots without the NVIDIA drivers → No black screen.
  3. Create and edit the /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf file with:
    options nvidia_drm modeset=1
  4. Create and edit the /etc/dracut.conf.d/nvidia.conf file with:
    add_drivers+=" nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm "
install_items+=" /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf "
  5. Run sudo dracut -f
  6. Once the command finished running, reboot. Fedora should boot correctly with the NVIDIA drivers turned on.

Sources:

  1. Reddit - Fedora 42 Black Screen After GRUB (NVIDIA)
  2. If Not True Then False - Fedora 42/41/40 NVIDIA Restore Plymouth (BIOS/UEFI Users)