Issues with NVIDIA Drivers on Fedora - Safe to Disable Secure Boot and Blacklist Nouveau?

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I’m running Fedora GNOME on my RTX 3050 laptop, and I keep getting an error that says “nvidia kernel module missing. falling back to nouveau” when I boot up. I asked ChatGPT for help, and it suggested I:
1. Turn off secure boot
2. Disable nouveau
3. Install akmods for the NVIDIA drivers
4. Force akmods

Before I go ahead with these steps, I want to know if this is safe. I’ve tried installing the drivers before, but my laptop wouldn’t start after automatically shutting down due to inactivity.

1 Answer

TechGuru69 -

Honestly, take what ChatGPT says with a grain of salt. It can generate useful info, but it’s not always reliable for technical stuff. If you installed the RPMFusion Repos, check their guides instead. You shouldn’t need to turn off secure boot if you add the MOK keys, and the installation script should handle blacklisting nouveau automatically.

FedoraFan88 -

Exactly! You can follow their guide without disabling secure boot. Just check the RPMFusion documentation!

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