Out of range NVIDIA Fedora 42 after drivers installation

Hi!

Today, I installed fedora 42 in order to use it every day for all types of actions (gaming, conding, etc…).

I managed to install the NVIDIA drivers with akmod-nvidia and it works pretty well but I have a problem:

My first main screen (DP-1) is in 144Hz and it displays correctly but my second screen (HDMI-A-1) is set by default to 60Hz, when I try to switch it to 144Hz, I get an “Out of range” message on my screen. What’s more, if refresh rate on 60Hz, on the login screen, it gives me this error no matter what refresh rate I choose.

I am using the new KDE Plasma. Secure boot is also disabled. And my graphic card is a NVIDIA RTX 3070.

NVIDIA Driver Version: 570.133.07

I’ve looked at a lot of forums but I haven’t found a viable solution. I hope you’ll be able to help me.

Thank you in advance!

Nvidia install commands used
  • sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia
  • sudo dnf install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda
kscreen-doctor -o

Output: 1 HDMI-A-1
enabled
connected
priority 1
HDMI
Modes: 1:1920x1080@60*! 2:1920x1080@144 3:1920x1080@120 4:1920x1080@120 5:1920x1080@120 6:1920x1080@60 7:1920x1080@50 8:1680x1050@120 9:1680x1050@60 10:1280x1024@120 11:1280x1024@75 12:1280x1024@60 13:1440x900@120 14:1440x900@60 15:1280x720@60 16:1280x720@50 17:1024x768@75 18:1024x768@70 19:1024x768@60 20:800x600@75 21:800x600@72 22:800x600@60 23:800x600@56 24:720x576@50 25:720x480@60 26:640x480@75 27:640x480@73 28:640x480@60 29:640x480@60
Geometry: 0,0 1920x1080
Scale: 1
Rotation: 1
Overscan: 0
Vrr: incapable
RgbRange: unknown
HDR: incapable
Wide Color Gamut: incapable
ICC profile: none
Color profile source: sRGB
Color power preference: prefer efficiency and performance
Brightness control: supported, set to 0% and dimming to 100%
Output: 2 DP-1
enabled
connected
priority 2
DisplayPort
Modes: 30:2560x1440@144*! 31:2560x1440@120 32:2560x1440@60 33:1920x1080@144 34:1920x1080@120 35:1920x1080@60 36:1920x1080@60 37:1920x1080@50 38:1680x1050@60 39:1600x900@60 40:1280x1024@75 41:1280x1024@60 42:1440x900@60 43:1280x800@60 44:1152x864@75 45:1280x720@60 46:1280x720@60 47:1024x768@75 48:1024x768@70 49:1024x768@60 50:800x600@75 51:800x600@72 52:800x600@60 53:800x600@56 54:640x480@75 55:640x480@73 56:640x480@60
Geometry: 1920,0 2560x1440
Scale: 1
Rotation: 1
Overscan: 0
Vrr: Automatic
RgbRange: unknown
HDR: disabled
Wide Color Gamut: disabled
ICC profile: none
Color profile source: sRGB
Color power preference: prefer efficiency and performance
Brightness control: supported, set to 0% and dimming to 100%

Nvidia Settings UI

nvidia-smi

±----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 570.133.07 Driver Version: 570.133.07 CUDA Version: 12.8 |
|-----------------------------------------±-----------------------±---------------------+
| 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 3070 Off | 00000000:01:00.0 On | N/A |
| 0% 38C P8 24W / 250W | 1292MiB / 8192MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
±----------------------------------------±-----------------------±---------------------+

±----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=========================================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 8536 G /usr/bin/kwalletd6 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 8784 G /usr/bin/kwin_wayland 85MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 8880 G /usr/bin/maliit-keyboard 74MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 8890 G /usr/bin/Xwayland 4MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 8932 G /usr/bin/ksmserver 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 8934 G /usr/bin/kded6 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 8964 G /usr/bin/plasmashell 162MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9027 G /usr/bin/kaccess 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9028 G …it-kde-authentication-agent-1 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9030 G …ibexec/xdg-desktop-portal-kde 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9225 G /usr/bin/kdeconnectd 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9335 G /usr/bin/xwaylandvideobridge 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9379 G /usr/libexec/DiscoverNotifier 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9383 G /usr/bin/kalendarac 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9455 G /usr/bin/akonadi_control 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9491 G …bin/akonadi_archivemail_agent 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9492 G …in/akonadi_birthdays_resource 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9493 G …bin/akonadi_contacts_resource 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9494 G …konadi_followupreminder_agent 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9495 G /usr/bin/akonadi_ical_resource 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9496 G /usr/bin/akonadi_indexing_agent 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9497 G …/bin/akonadi_maildir_resource 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9498 G …/akonadi_maildispatcher_agent 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9499 G …/bin/akonadi_mailfilter_agent 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9500 G /usr/bin/akonadi_mailmerge_agent 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9501 G /usr/bin/akonadi_migration_agent 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9502 G …akonadi_newmailnotifier_agent 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9503 G /usr/bin/akonadi_sendlater_agent 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9504 G …/akonadi_unifiedmailbox_agent 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 9735 G /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox 425MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 12183 G /usr/libexec/baloorunner 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 12189 G /usr/bin/konsole 3MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 12895 G /usr/bin/spectacle 37MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 12972 G /usr/bin/konsole 3MiB |
±----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

RPM fusion list

I noticed that the nvidia driver you listed is 570.133.04
The current nvidia driver for f42 seems to be 570.144

One monitor appears to be HDMI and the other DP.
Are you using a docking station?
With older HDMI cables sometimes the display is limited to a 60 Hz refresh.

I suggest that you perform an upgrade on the command line with sudo dnf upgrade --refresh then wait about 5 minutes and reboot.
If your problem remains then post the output of the following.
dnf list --installed \*nvidia\*
inxi -Fzxx
and
lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 vga