Some use cases require software built from source using older compilers. At my work there were often issues when an old compiler was used to build Nvidia drivers. Check:
$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 16.1.1 20260515 (Red Hat 16.1.1-2)
[…]
We used Lmod to switch between compilers.
As you’re in the terminal I would either use nvim, vim, vim, nano or even cat, head or tail.
nano should be installed by default
I was overclocked, I’ll try starting the process from scratch and see how far I get now
I rebooted to check BIOS settings and disable overclocking, however now I boot to a console I can’t type in. Lots of lines starting with “BUG:” 
Command line tools are often the most effective way to sort out problems when engaging with the user community. When you get a chance, grab the free PDF from https://LinuxCommand.org/.
check CPU voltage settings. Or better reset bios settings to default.
I’m gonna do (yet another) install of Fedora, everything is mashed up. Hopefully having disabled overclocking in the BIOS will have helped, I’ll try this next if it still fails.
I’ll be a while because post-install updates take ages on my slow internet, but thanks for your help so far!
EDIT - to clarify, I reset the BIOS to default settings, only changing secure boot to disabled
You can avoid post-install updates by using the small network installer to install current packages.
what happens if you restore the previous settings? BIOS updated to latest version?
Loading the installed version currently just has me at the loading screen between the BIOS and loading into Fedora. I don’t know if my BIOS version is up to date, I’ll reboot and check if this loading screen goes nowhere in the next five minutes
Maybe time to check that cables, cooling, and RAM are in good order. Look for dust build-up on fans and cooling fins, clean with “canned air”. etc. Check and clean cable connectors. Run the standalone memtest86+ overnight for a couple nights. If you don’t have a way to download images and write USB sticks, check with a local library or linux user group.
Managed to get into the GUI by plugging the display cable into the motherboard rather than the GPU. I went through the install process from scratch and after running the akmod and xorg install commands, the output of sudo cat /var/cache/akmods/nvidia/.last.log gives me this:
2026/07/03 16:49:05 akmods: Building RPM using the command '/usr/sbin/akmodsbuild --kernels 7.0.14-201.fc44.x86_64 /usr/src/akmods/nvidia-kmod.latest'
Hardware was in good order as far as I can tell, but this did prompt me to try plugging the display cable into the motherboard instead of the GPU, which has at least successfully gotten me into the GUI
try again, system was still building the kernel modules.
check also with rpm -qa kmod-nvidia\* or modinfo -l nvidia
e.g
$ rpm -qa kmod-nvidia\*
kmod-nvidia-7.0.12-201.fc44.x86_64-610.43.02-1.fc44.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-7.0.13-200.fc44.x86_64-610.43.02-1.fc44.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-7.0.14-201.fc44.x86_64-610.43.02-1.fc44.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-7.1.2-201.fc44.x86_64-610.43.02-1.fc44.x86_64
$ modinfo -l nvidia
Dual MIT/GPL
I get this:
rin@rinux:~$ sudo cat /var/cache/akmods/nvidia/.last.log
[sudo] password for rin:
2026/07/03 16:49:05 akmods: Building RPM using the command '/usr/sbin/akmodsbuild --kernels 7.0.14-201.fc44.x86_64 /usr/src/akmods/nvidia-kmod.latest'
rin@rinux:~$ rpm -qa kmod-nvidia\*
rin@rinux:~$ modinfo -l nvidia
modinfo: ERROR: Module nvidia not found.
( rpm -qa kmod-nvidia\* produced nothing)
back to square 1, your system fails to compile the kernel modules. I’d say this is probably a hw issue.
check the newest file in shown by ls -ltr /var/cache/akmods/nvidia
next copy&paste output of inxi -Fxzz as pre-formatted text
sudo cat /var/cache/akmods/nvidia/.last.log | head should show something like this
$ sudo cat /var/cache/akmods/nvidia/.last.log | head
2026/07/03 09:17:18 akmods: Building RPM using the command '/usr/sbin/akmodsbuild --kernels 7.0.14-201.fc44.x86_64 /usr/src/akmods/nvidia-kmod.latest'
/tmp/akmods.Q9EJMiC2/results/kmod-nvidia-7.0.14-201.fc44.x86_64-595.80-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm
2026/07/03 09:17:54 akmodsbuild: * Rebuilding /usr/src/akmods/nvidia-kmod.latest for kernel(s) 7.0.14-201.fc44.x86_64: error: can't create transaction lock on /usr/lib/sysimage/rpm/.rpm.lock (Resource temporarily unavailable)
2026/07/03 09:17:54 akmodsbuild: Building target platforms: x86_64
2026/07/03 09:17:54 akmodsbuild: Building for target x86_64
2026/07/03 09:17:54 akmodsbuild: Installing /usr/src/akmods/nvidia-kmod.latest
2026/07/03 09:17:54 akmodsbuild: setting SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=1780012800
2026/07/03 09:17:54 akmodsbuild: Executing(%mkbuilddir): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.gOBi00
2026/07/03 09:17:54 akmodsbuild: Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.MTx08h
2026/07/03 09:17:54 akmodsbuild: + umask 022
and
sudo cat /var/cache/akmods/nvidia/.last.log | tail -20 should show something like this
$ sudo cat /var/cache/akmods/nvidia/.last.log | tail -20
2026/07/03 09:17:54 akmods: Installing newly built rpms
2026/07/03 09:17:54 akmods: DNF detected
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Package Arch Version Repository Size
Installing:
kmod-nvidia-7.0.14-201.fc44.x86_64 x86_64 3:595.80-1.fc44 @commandline 10.5 MiB
Transaction Summary:
Installing: 1 package
Total size of inbound packages is 9 MiB. Need to download 0 B.
After this operation, 10 MiB extra will be used (install 10 MiB, remove 0 B).
Running transaction
[1/3] Verify package files 100% | 31.0 B/s | 1.0 B | 00m00s
[2/3] Prepare transaction 100% | 2.0 B/s | 1.0 B | 00m00s
[3/3] Installing kmod-nvidia-7.0.14-201 100% | 1.4 MiB/s | 10.5 MiB | 00m08s
Warning: skipped OpenPGP checks for 1 package from repository: @commandline
Complete!
2026/07/03 09:18:04 akmods: Successful.
All I get is this I’m afraid:
rin@rinux:~$ sudo cat /var/cache/akmods/nvidia/.last.log | head
[sudo] password for rin:
2026/07/03 16:49:05 akmods: Building RPM using the command '/usr/sbin/akmodsbuild --kernels 7.0.14-201.fc44.x86_64 /usr/src/akmods/nvidia-kmod.latest'
rin@rinux:~$ sudo cat /var/cache/akmods/nvidia/.last.log | tail -20
2026/07/03 16:49:05 akmods: Building RPM using the command '/usr/sbin/akmodsbuild --kernels 7.0.14-201.fc44.x86_64 /usr/src/akmods/nvidia-kmod.latest'
Just having to install inxi, I’ll reply again when I can run the command