Ubuntu, Fedora and Nvidia

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Nvidia drivers have always been one of the obstacles for beginners using Linux.

There are already many methods online about how to install drivers, but more or less they contain errors or unnecessary steps.

Therefore, here we reorganize the correct installation methods.

(Blogger currently uses Fedora, former Ubuntu user for one year)

Ubuntu Installation Method

Unable to Enter Installation Interface

  1. At the grub interface (boot screen), press the ā€˜eā€™ key.

  2. Find quiet splash

  3. Add nomodeset after it (separated by spaces)

  4. Press F10 to enter the installation interface

  5. Complete Ubuntu installation and reboot.

Entering Ubuntu System

1. At the grub interface (boot screen), press the ā€˜eā€™ key

  1. Find quiet splash

  2. Add nomodeset after it (separated by spaces)

  3. Press F10 to boot the system

Installing Nvidia Drivers

  1. In the Update Manager, select Additional Drivers to install Nvidia drivers

  2. Wait for completion and reboot

Fedora Installation Method

Unable to Enter Installation Interface (UID1000 Error)

  1. At the grub interface (boot screen), press the ā€˜eā€™ key (or TAB key)

  2. Find quiet splash

  3. Add nomodeset after it (separated by spaces)

  4. Press F10 (or Enter key) to enter the installation interface

  5. Complete Fedora installation and reboot.

Entering Fedora System (Same as 1)

  1. At the grub interface (boot screen), press the ā€˜eā€™ key (or TAB key)

  2. Find quiet splash

  3. Add nomodeset after it (separated by spaces)

  4. Press F10 (or Enter key) to boot the system

  5. Enter the system

Installing Nvidia Drivers

Method 1:

  1. Add Nvidia driver dnf repository
sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo=https://negativo17.org/repos/fedora-nvidia.repo
  1. Update system (optional)
sudo dnf upgrade
  1. Uninstall nouveau driver
sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-drv-nouveau
  1. Install Nvidia basic drivers
sudo dnf install nvidia-driver nvidia-settings

4. Install CUDA tools (optional, untested)

Reference this blog: https://blog.csdn.net/ZhangK9509/article/details/79260341

  1. Modify grub default parameters
  • Open /etc/sysconfig/grub file
  • Remove nomodeset from GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX parameter and add rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau
  • Update grub

## BIOS ##

grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

## UEFI ##

grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg
  1. Install VDPAU / VAAPI support (Geforce 8 or higher)
sudo dnf install vdpauinfo libva-vdpau-driver libva-utils
  1. Reboot

Reference: https://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2015/fedora-nvidia-guide/

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