Fedora 39 -Run Level 3- Black Screen Driver=560.35.03

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Hi, I have Fedora 39 Desktop running Kernel 6.10.8-100 (latest). AMD Ryzen 2700X with NVIDIA GeForce 1080 and 2 x Del U2518D monitors. Nvidia=560.35.03. Also XP-Pen Drawing Tablet attached via HDMI. Everything upto to date (daily sudo dnf update). KDE Plasma X11 working fine (run level 5) but unable to recover from sleep (Black Screen and Lockup). Suspect a problem with NVIDIA driver so hoping to reinstall but need to transition to run level 3 (# systemctl set-default multi-user.target).
On reboot to run level 3 I have black screen. (Kernel params “nvidia-drm.fbdev=1” and “nvidia-drm.modeset=1” set).
HOWEVER, if I disconnect both Dell monitors and rely on HDMI drawing tablet I can get to run level 3 prompt. When I try to reinstall NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-560.35.03.run black screen again so unable to proceed.
Is there a way to make NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-560.35.03.run use the HDMI display port HDMI-0 for the purposes of displaying it’s initial (non-graphical) installation screens ???

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I have similar problem, just upgraded to Fedora 41 Beta, running kernel 6.11 and same nvidia drivers.
Unable to recover from sleep and monitor switching off. Reconnecting cables does not help. I am running GNOME 47

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Hi Sevos, I have moved on a bit from the original post. I may have found something to help you. I invested in a second SDD so I could “practice” the installation procedure without breaking my current F39 bootup. (So I unplug old SDD and insert new SDD). I practiced installing F40 (many times) and I had the same issue to begin with. (Not able to sleep etc). However, a bit of research lead me to do these two lines …

… # echo “options nvidia NVreg_EnableGpuFirmware=0” >> /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf
… # echo “options nvidia NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1” >> /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf

… and then reboot

Now Fedora 40 (wayland plasma) can sleep and wake up OK.
Perhaps these two lines might help your F41 installation ?
(Regrettably they do not fix my F39 problems)

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Hello to both of you @mrjohnparten and @sevos, welcome to the NVIDIA developer forums.

I am slightly out of my depths here with your issues, so I would suggest you check our dedicated Linux category. there is usually more traffic of knowledgeable developers.

Be sure to check the README first.

Thanks!