From 2b257f2507bcc7e3e1aa678ce663d7434cc99c3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Kraus Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 22:47:26 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Another addendum to the NVIDIA post. --- .../2025/nvidia-drivers-on-fedora/index.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/posts/2025/nvidia-drivers-on-fedora/index.md b/content/posts/2025/nvidia-drivers-on-fedora/index.md index 0286072..9ef1728 100644 --- a/content/posts/2025/nvidia-drivers-on-fedora/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2025/nvidia-drivers-on-fedora/index.md @@ -123,5 +123,26 @@ Yesterday I upgraded from Fedora 41 to Fedora 42 (KDE), and of course the NVIDIA drivers were removed. Using the instructions above effortlessly installed the driver (currently version 570). :-) +--- + +## Addendum 2026-01-18 + +This is turning into a pattern. Today I noticed while working with Darktable +that OpenCL was no longer in use. Sure enough `inxi -G` told me that no +NVIDIA driver was loaded. + +When I issued + +```fish +sudo dnf install nvidia-settings xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda +``` + +dnf said that these packages were already installed, but with `sudo dnf update` +I got a whole bunch of updates for the NVIDIA-related packages. + +After rebooting, my laptop would crash twice, but holding my breath I disconnected +the external screen, rebooted again, and after logging into Fedora 43 reconnected +the external screen, which finally went smoothly (and I could breathe again). + [Darktable]: https://www.darktable.org [RPM fusion]: https://rpmfusion.org \ No newline at end of file