Xorg-x11--server quits unexpectedly when setting external monitor as default

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hello all,
not sure if this is the right place to do this, if not plz drop the link to the appropreat board.
however have recently switched to f44 and have ran into this bug where after installing the nvidia driver from rpm fusion setting my tv as the default desplay crashes the system and drops me to the login schreen

comp info:

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steps to reproduce:
on a MSI KATANA 15 B13V with a westerndigital 55" tv as external monitor
install f44 w/ cinnamon 6.6.7
run updates
add the rpm fusion repo
sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia (modinfo -f version nvidia: 610.43.03)
sudo dnf install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda
reboot and try to set the external monitor as the default

tsym in advance and if there is any other info needed plz advise

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Please avoid posting screen shots of test. Copy and paste then text then use the preformatted-text button </>.

Have a look in the system and user journals for error messages when this happens.
What do you find?

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here are the two that stand out

first one is

Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel:  </TASK>
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel:  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel:  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel:  ret_from_fork+0x1a1/0x270
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel:  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel:  kthread+0xe4/0x120
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel:  ? __pfx__main_loop+0x10/0x10 [nvidia_modeset]
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel:  _main_loop+0x112/0x170 [nvidia_modeset]
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel:  nvKmsKapiHandleEventQueueChange+0xa7/0xe0 [nvidia_modeset]
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel:  nv_drm_event_callback+0x7f/0x90 [nvidia_drm]
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel:  ? nvkms_ioctl_from_kapi+0x8e/0xe0 [nvidia_modeset]
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel:  ? up+0x4d/0xa0
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel:  <TASK>
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: Call Trace:
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: PKRU: 55555554
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: CR2: 00007f8c78080000 CR3: 00000003c982c006 CR4: 0000000000f72ef0
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8d7ca5617000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: R13: ffff8d78d5bf8d80 R14: ffff8d78d8712bc0 R15: ffff8d78d8ac3800
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: R10: fffffae78469fe40 R11: ffff8d78c0044100 R12: ffff8d78d03ac800
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: RBP: ffff8d78d03ac818 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffffc3884db8
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff8d78d03ac840
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: RAX: ffff8d78d03ac818 RBX: ffff8d78d03ac840 RCX: ffff8d78d8ac3ac0
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: RSP: 0000:ffffce0f00923dd0 EFLAGS: 00010282
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: Code: 80 3d bf dc dd 00 00 74 9d 4c 89 e7 e8 ad c4 f9 d0 eb 93 4c 8b 6c 24 30 4c 8b 74 24 38 e9 a7 fe ff ff 48 89 df e8 f4 a9 >
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: RIP: 0010:__nv_drm_handle_flip_event+0x1ec/0x210 [nvidia_drm]
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: Hardware name: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Katana 15 B13VFK/MS-1585, BIOS E1585IMS.10E 06/27/2023
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: Tainted: [W]=WARN, [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 842 Comm: nvidia-modeset/ Tainted: G        W  OE       7.1.3-201.fc44.x86_64 #1 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel:  intel_rapl_common intel_hid pmt_discovery snd_timer int3400_thermal processor_thermal_wt_req pmt_class sparse_keymap acpi_the>
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel:  snd_soc_acpi_intel_sdca_quirks soundwire_generic_allocation kvm snd_soc_sdw_utils libarc4 snd_soc_acpi crc8 soundwire_bus snd>
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: Modules linked in: nvidia_uvm(OE) rfcomm snd_seq_dummy snd_hrtimer sunrpc nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_r>
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: WARNING: nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-crtc.h:355 at __nv_drm_handle_flip_event+0x1ec/0x210 [nvidia_drm], CPU#3: nvidia-modeset//842
Jul 19 04:29:35 fedora kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
Jul 19 04:29:34 fedora audit: BPF prog-id=106 op=UNLOAD
Jul 19 04:29:34 fedora audit: BPF prog-id=107 op=UNLOAD
Jul 19 04:29:34 fedora audit: BPF prog-id=108 op=UNLOAD
Jul 19 04:29:34 fedora systemd[4660]: xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jul 19 04:29:34 fedora systemd[4660]: xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jul 19 04:29:34 fedora systemd[4660]: xdg-desktop-portal-xapp.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jul 19 04:29:34 fedora systemd[4660]: xdg-desktop-portal-xapp.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jul 19 04:29:34 fedora systemd[4660]: dbus-:1.33-org.a11y.atspi.Registry@0.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jul 19 04:29:34 fedora systemd[4660]: dbus-:1.33-org.a11y.atspi.Registry@0.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE


and the second one is:

Jul 19 04:29:34 fedora systemd-coredump[9982]: [🡕] Process 4189 (Xorg) of user 0 dumped core.
                                               
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0.8800.2 from rpm glib2-2.88.2-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libgudev-1.0.so.0.3.0 from rpm libgudev-238-9.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/liblua-5.4.so from rpm lua-5.4.8-5.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libwacom.so.9.0.0 from rpm libwacom-2.19.0-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libevdev.so.2.3.0 from rpm libevdev-1.13.6-2.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libmtdev.so.1.0.0 from rpm mtdev-1.1.6-12.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libinput.so.10.13.0 from rpm libinput-1.31.3-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/libinput_drv.so from rpm xorg-x11-drv-libinput-1.5.0-4.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/dri/libdril_dri.so from rpm mesa-26.1.4-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libEGL_mesa.so.0.0.0 from rpm mesa-26.1.4-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libnvidia-egl-xlib.so.1.0.5 from rpm egl-x11-1.0.5-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libnvidia-egl-xcb.so.1.0.5 from rpm egl-x11-1.0.5-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libwayland-server.so.0.25.0 from rpm wayland-1.25.0-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libnvidia-egl-wayland.so.1.1.21 from rpm egl-wayland-1.1.21-2.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libxml2.so.2.12.10 from rpm libxml2-2.12.10-6.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libSPIRV-Tools.so from rpm spirv-tools-2026.1-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libxcb-shm.so.0.0.0 from rpm libxcb-1.17.0-7.fc44.x86_64
...skipping...
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libnvidia-egl-gbm.so.1.1.3 from rpm egl-gbm-1.1.3-2.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libtinfo.so.6.6 from rpm ncurses-6.6-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libedit.so.0.0.78 from rpm libedit-3.1-59.20260512cvs.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libffi.so.8.2.0 from rpm libffi-3.5.2-2.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libdrm_intel.so.1.134.0 from rpm libdrm-2.4.134-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libzstd.so.1.5.7 from rpm zstd-1.5.7-5.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libepoxy.so.0.0.0 from rpm libepoxy-1.5.10-12.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libX11-xcb.so.1.0.0 from rpm libX11-1.8.13-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libdrm_amdgpu.so.1.134.0 from rpm libdrm-2.4.134-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libelf-0.195.so from rpm elfutils-0.195-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libxcb-dri3.so.0.1.0 from rpm libxcb-1.17.0-7.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libxcb-xfixes.so.0.0.0 from rpm libxcb-1.17.0-7.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libxcb-present.so.0.0.0 from rpm libxcb-1.17.0-7.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libxcb-sync.so.1.0.0 from rpm libxcb-1.17.0-7.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libxcb-randr.so.0.1.0 from rpm libxcb-1.17.0-7.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libsensors.so.4.5.0 from rpm lm_sensors-3.6.0-24.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/gbm/dri_gbm.so from rpm mesa-26.1.4-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so from rpm xorg-x11-server-21.1.24-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so from rpm xorg-x11-server-21.1.24-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libexpat.so.1.12.1 from rpm expat-2.8.1-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so from rpm xorg-x11-server-21.1.24-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.1.0 from rpm libxcb-1.17.0-7.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libGLdispatch.so.0.0.0 from rpm libglvnd-1.7.0-9.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0 from rpm libXext-1.3.6-5.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6.4.0 from rpm libX11-1.8.13-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libGLX.so.0.0.0 from rpm libglvnd-1.7.0-9.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libGL.so.1.7.0 from rpm libglvnd-1.7.0-9.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libEGL.so.1.1.0 from rpm libglvnd-1.7.0-9.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so from rpm xorg-x11-server-21.1.24-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libbrotlicommon.so.1.2.0 from rpm brotli-1.2.0-3.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libgraphite2.so.3.2.1 from rpm graphite2-1.3.14-20.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0.8800.2 from rpm glib2-2.88.2-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libbrotlidec.so.1.2.0 from rpm brotli-1.2.0-3.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libharfbuzz.so.0.61410.0 from rpm harfbuzz-14.1.0-2.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libpng16.so.16.58.0 from rpm libpng-1.6.58-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libbz2.so.1.0.8 from rpm bzip2-1.0.8-23.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libcap-ng.so.0.0.0 from rpm libcap-ng-0.9.3-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libpcre2-8.so.0.15.0 from rpm pcre2-10.47-1.fc44.1.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6.20.6 from rpm freetype-2.14.3-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libfontenc.so.1.0.0 from rpm libfontenc-1.1.8-5.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libz.so.1.3.1.zlib-ng from rpm zlib-ng-2.3.3-3.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libxcvt.so.0.1.2 from rpm libxcvt-0.1.2-11.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libdrm.so.2.134.0 from rpm libdrm-2.4.134-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libudev.so.1.7.12 from rpm systemd-259.7-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libdbus-1.so.3.38.3 from rpm dbus-1.16.2-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libunwind.so.8.2.0 from rpm libunwind-1.8.3-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libaudit.so.1.0.0 from rpm audit-4.1.4-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libselinux.so.1 from rpm libselinux-3.10-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.3.5.7 from rpm openssl-3.5.7-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libsystemd.so.0.42.0 from rpm systemd-259.7-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libxshmfence.so.1.0.0 from rpm libxshmfence-1.3.2-8.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libXfont2.so.2.0.0 from rpm libXfont2-2.0.8-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0 from rpm libXdmcp-1.1.5-5.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0 from rpm libXau-1.0.12-4.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libpciaccess.so.0.11.1 from rpm libpciaccess-0.16-17.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libpixman-1.so.0.46.2 from rpm pixman-0.46.2-3.fc44.x86_64
                                               Module /usr/lib64/libgbm.so.1.0.0 from rpm mesa-26.1.4-1.fc44.x86_64
                                               Stack trace of thread 4189:
                                               #0  0x000000000053e220 n/a (n/a + 0x0)
                                               #1  0x00007f6368cddad6 _dl_lookup_symbol_x (/usr/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 + 0xaad6)
                                               #2  0x00007f6368ce421b _dl_fixup (/usr/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 + 0x1121b)
                                               #3  0x00007f6368ce67de _dl_runtime_resolve_xsavec (/usr/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 + 0x137de)
                                               #4  0x00007f63677497f9 wfbDestroyPixmap (/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so + 0xb7f9)
                                               #5  0x00007f6367432724 n/a (/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so + 0x232724)
                                               ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64
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I think the kernel crash comes first then the user space Xorg dies because of the nvidia bug.

I suspect you need to report this to the NVIDIA developers to get it fixed.