Hi everyone. I’m having trouble installing Nvidia drivers on my Fedora KDE Plasma Edition laptop. Nvidia-SMI is frozen.
Please describe in detail the steps you are using, how you are attempting to install the drivers, etc.
Are you trying to install them from the rpmfusion repo or from some other location / method?
I installed the Nvidia drivers from rpm fusion following this guide (secure boot enabled and disk encrypted)
Nvidia-smi is not even available until you have installed the package
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda. Are you saying that you already installed that package, that the nvidia drivers are loaded and functioning, AND that nvidia-smi produces no results?
yesss
What is the result of lsmod | grep nvidia and dnf list --installed \*nvidia\*?
Also show the result of nvidia-smi. It should look similar to this
$ nvidia-smi
Wed Apr 8 09:59:14 2026
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 580.126.18 Driver Version: 580.126.18 CUDA Version: 13.0 |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| 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 RTX 3050 Off | 00000000:06:00.0 On | N/A |
| 0% 44C P8 9W / 130W | 737MiB / 8192MiB | 2% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=========================================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 4475 G ...c/gnome-remote-desktop-daemon 1MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 4542 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 203MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 4667 G /usr/bin/Xwayland 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 4852 C+G /usr/bin/ptyxis 28MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 4905 C+G /usr/bin/gnome-software 28MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9002 G ...rack-uuid=3190708988185955192 220MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 421010 C+G /usr/bin/nautilus 22MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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This seems to mean there may be an issue either with the nvidia kernel module or with the cuda package.
Would you please run these 2 commands
sudo akmods --rebuild --force to rebuild the kernel modules
sudo dnf reinstall xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda to ensure it is properly installed and functional.
Also please run inxi -Fzxx as well. Please post the output of inxi as preformatted text as suggested by George above. It will be several pages in length so images are difficult to use.
Sorry. I’ll keep that in mind. I used the commands sudo akmods --rebuild --force stuck. Here’s the result:
tiramisuphrenia@tiramisuphrenia:~$ sudo akmods --rebuild --force
[sudo] password for tiramisuphrenia:
Checking kmods exist for 6.19.11-200.fc43.x86_64 [ OK ]
Building and installing nvidia-kmod [ OK ]
tiramisuphrenia@tiramisuphrenia:~$ sudo dnf reinstall xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda
[sudo] password for tiramisuphrenia:
Updating and loading repositories:
Fedora 43 - x86_64 - Updates 100% | 24.9 KiB/s | 17.4 KiB | 00m01s
Repositories loaded.
Package Arch Version Repository Size
Reinstalling:
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda x86_64 3:580.126.18-1.fc43 rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-dr 6.3 MiB
replacing xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda x86_64 3:580.126.18-1.fc43 rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-dr 6.3 MiB
Transaction Summary:
Reinstalling: 1 package
Replacing: 1 package
Total size of inbound packages is 2 MiB. Need to download 2 MiB.
After this operation, 0 B extra will be used (install 6 MiB, remove 6 MiB).
Is this ok [y/N]: y
[1/1] xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-3:580.126.18-1.fc43.x86_64 100% | 1.7 MiB/s | 2.3 MiB | 00m01s
[1/1] Total 100% | 1.1 MiB/s | 2.3 MiB | 00m02s
Running transaction
[1/4] Verify package files 100% | 111.0 B/s | 1.0 B | 00m00s
[2/4] Prepare transaction 100% | 12.0 B/s | 2.0 B | 00m00s
[3/4] Reinstalling xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-3:580.126.18-1.fc43.x86_64 100% | 128.1 MiB/s | 6.3 MiB | 00m00s
[4/4] Removing xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-3:580.126.18-1.fc43.x86_64 100% | 38.0 B/s | 11.0 B | 00m00s
Complete!
tiramisuphrenia@tiramisuphrenia:~$ inxi -Fzxx
System:
Kernel: 6.19.11-200.fc43.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 15.2.1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.6.3 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
Distro: Fedora Linux 43 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ARDOR GAMING product: NP5x_60_7x_RNx1 v: N/A
serial: Chassis: type: 10 serial:
Mobo: ARDOR GAMING model: NP5x_60_7x_RNx1 serial:
Firmware: UEFI vendor: INSYDE v: 1.07.05TDC date: 08/02/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 46.1 Wh (100%) condition: 46.1/52.5 Wh (87.7%)
volts: 16.55 min: 15.4 model: Notebook BAT serial: charging:
status: full cycles: N/A
CPU:
Info: 8-core (4-mt/4-st) model: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12450H bits: 64
type: MST AMCP arch: Alder Lake rev: 3 cache: L1: 704 KiB L2: 7 MiB
L3: 12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 865 min/max: 400/4400:3300 cores: 1: 865 2: 865 3: 865
4: 865 5: 865 6: 865 7: 865 8: 865 9: 865 10: 865 11: 865 12: 865
bogomips: 59904
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
restart the system.
When rebooting, I had to close the terminal. I terminated the command process. After rebooting, Nvidia-SMI still doesn’t show anything.
please post output of those commands as preformatted text, see the ‘</>’ symbol
( set -x
lspci -k |grep -A3 VGA
cat /proc/cmdline
lsmod |grep -E 'nouveau|nvidia'
journalctl -b -k -g 'nvrm|nvidia' --no-hostname --no-pager
)
tiramisuphrenia@tiramisuphrenia:~$ inxi -Fzxx
System:
Kernel: 6.19.11-200.fc43.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 15.2.1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.6.3 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
Distro: Fedora Linux 43 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ARDOR GAMING product: NP5x_60_7x_RNx1 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ARDOR GAMING model: NP5x_60_7x_RNx1 serial: <superuser required>
Firmware: UEFI vendor: INSYDE v: 1.07.05TDC date: 08/02/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 46 Wh (100%) condition: 46/52.5 Wh (87.7%) volts: 16.54
min: 15.4 model: Notebook BAT serial: <filter> charging: status: full
cycles: N/A
CPU:
Info: 8-core (4-mt/4-st) model: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12450H bits: 64
type: MST AMCP arch: Alder Lake rev: 3 cache: L1: 704 KiB L2: 7 MiB
L3: 12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 585 min/max: 400/4400:3300 cores: 1: 585 2: 585 3: 585
4: 585 5: 585 6: 585 7: 585 8: 585 9: 585 10: 585 11: 585 12: 585
bogomips: 59904
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
^C
tiramisuphrenia@tiramisuphrenia:~$ sudo dnf reinstall xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Package Arch Version Reposito Size
Reinstalling:
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda x86_64 3:580.126.18-1.fc43 rpmfusio 6.3 MiB
replacing xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda x86_64 3:580.126.18-1.fc43 rpmfusio 6.3 MiB
Transaction Summary:
Reinstalling: 1 package
Replacing: 1 package
Total size of inbound packages is 2 MiB. Need to download 2 MiB.
After this operation, 0 B extra will be used (install 6 MiB, remove 6 MiB).
Is this ok [y/N]: y
[1/1] xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-3:580.126.18-1.fc4 100% | 1.2 MiB/s | 2.3 MiB | 00m02s
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[1/1] Total 100% | 984.8 KiB/s | 2.3 MiB | 00m02s
Running transaction
[1/4] Verify package files 100% | 111.0 B/s | 1.0 B | 00m00s
[2/4] Prepare transaction 100% | 13.0 B/s | 2.0 B | 00m00s
[3/4] Reinstalling xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-3:580 100% | 146.0 MiB/s | 6.3 MiB | 00m00s
[4/4] Removing xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-3:580.126 100% | 44.0 B/s | 11.0 B | 00m00s
Complete!
tiramisuphrenia@tiramisuphrenia:~$ sudo akmods --rebuild --force
Checking kmods exist for 6.19.11-200.fc43.x86_64 [ OK ]
Building and installing nvidia-kmod [ OK ]
Does that ^C mean that inxi -Fzxx hung at that point and you had to quit it?
Normally after the CPU details it would list the graphics hardware.
not surprising if nvidia-smi freezes.
Yes, this command froze just like the command nvidia-sim and sudo akmods --rebuild --force
In a second terminal, run journalctl —follow to see if it provides details to explain the hang.
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check the log files in /var/cache/akmods/nvidia/
also run and post output of the commands I asked for in the prev. post.
tiramisuphrenia@tiramisuphrenia:~$ sudo akmods --rebuild --force
Checking kmods exist for 6.19.11-200.fc43.x86_64 [ OK ]
Building and installing nvidia-kmod [ OK ]
^Ctiramisuphrenia@tiramisuphrenia:~$ cd /var/cache/akmods/nvidia/
tiramisuphrenia@tiramisuphrenia:/var/cache/akmods/nvidia$ ls
580.126.18-1-for-6.19.11-200.fc43.x86_64.log kmod-nvidia-6.19.11-200.fc43.x86_64-580.126.18-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm
tiramisuphrenia@tiramisuphrenia:/var/cache/akmods/nvidia$