Like I said, Nvidia driver it’s running at random boots with kernel 6.8.9-300.fc40.x86_64, with latest kernels 6.8.10 or 6.8.11 it doesn’t run at all.
[drm:nv_drm_register_drm_device [nvidia_drm]] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Failed to register device
[drm:nv_drm_load [nvidia_drm]] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Failed to allocate NvKmsKapiDevice
fedora kernel: NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed!
❯ nvidia-smi
Sat Jun 15 12:33:59 2024
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 550.90.07 Driver Version: 550.90.07 CUDA Version: 12.4 |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M | Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap | Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
| | | MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
| 0 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 ... Off | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A |
| N/A 43C P8 11W / 115W | 1MiB / 8192MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=========================================================================================|
| No running processes found |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
❯ lspci | grep NVIDIA
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA104M [Geforce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU] (rev a1)
0000:01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GA104 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
❯ sudo dmesg | grep -i nvidia\\\|nvrm
[sudo] password for vnm_rzv:
[ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,gpt2)/vmlinuz-6.8.9-300.fc40.x86_64 root=UUID=e281fdfb-17d3-4104-904b-8d787dacd632 ro rootflags=subvol=root rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau modprobe.blacklist=nouveau initcall_blacklist=simpledrm_platform_driver_init rhgb quiet initcall_blacklist=simpledrm_platform_driver_init nvidia-drm.modeset=1 rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau modprobe.blacklist=nouveau
[ 0.043870] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,gpt2)/vmlinuz-6.8.9-300.fc40.x86_64 root=UUID=e281fdfb-17d3-4104-904b-8d787dacd632 ro rootflags=subvol=root rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau modprobe.blacklist=nouveau initcall_blacklist=simpledrm_platform_driver_init rhgb quiet initcall_blacklist=simpledrm_platform_driver_init nvidia-drm.modeset=1 rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau modprobe.blacklist=nouveau
[ 7.420335] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input23
[ 7.420417] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input24
[ 7.420549] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input25
[ 7.420591] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input26
[ 8.091362] nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[ 8.091367] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[ 8.091369] nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[ 8.091369] nvidia: module license taints kernel.
[ 8.217964] nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 510
[ 8.218747] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
[ 8.218892] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: vgaarb: VGA decodes changed: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none
[ 8.266490] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 550.90.07 Fri May 31 09:35:42 UTC 2024
[ 8.322021] nvidia_uvm: module uses symbols nvUvmInterfaceDisableAccessCntr from proprietary module nvidia, inheriting taint.
[ 8.389983] nvidia-uvm: Loaded the UVM driver, major device number 508.
[ 8.427117] nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX platforms 550.90.07 Fri May 31 09:30:47 UTC 2024
[ 8.431627] [drm] [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Loading driver
[ 8.869549] NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x24:0x72:1556)
[ 8.869573] NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: rm_init_adapter failed, device minor number 0
[ 8.869628] [drm:nv_drm_load [nvidia_drm]] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Failed to allocate NvKmsKapiDevice
[ 8.869752] [drm:nv_drm_register_drm_device [nvidia_drm]] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Failed to register device
❯ uname -a
Linux fedora 6.8.9-300.fc40.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu May 2 18:59:06 UTC 2024 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Results when the driver is running as expected:
❯ nvidia-smi
Sat Jun 15 12:46:02 2024
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 550.90.07 Driver Version: 550.90.07 CUDA Version: 12.4 |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M | Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap | Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
| | | MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
| 0 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 ... Off | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A |
| N/A 49C P8 12W / 115W | 7MiB / 8192MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=========================================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 3892 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 3MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
❯ sudo dmesg | grep -i nvidia\\\|nvrm
[sudo] password for vnm_rzv:
[ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,gpt2)/vmlinuz-6.8.9-300.fc40.x86_64 root=UUID=e281fdfb-17d3-4104-904b-8d787dacd632 ro rootflags=subvol=root rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau modprobe.blacklist=nouveau initcall_blacklist=simpledrm_platform_driver_init rhgb quiet initcall_blacklist=simpledrm_platform_driver_init nvidia-drm.modeset=1 rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau modprobe.blacklist=nouveau
[ 0.043966] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,gpt2)/vmlinuz-6.8.9-300.fc40.x86_64 root=UUID=e281fdfb-17d3-4104-904b-8d787dacd632 ro rootflags=subvol=root rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau modprobe.blacklist=nouveau initcall_blacklist=simpledrm_platform_driver_init rhgb quiet initcall_blacklist=simpledrm_platform_driver_init nvidia-drm.modeset=1 rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau modprobe.blacklist=nouveau
[ 7.324268] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input23
[ 7.324311] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input24
[ 7.324342] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input25
[ 7.324377] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input26
[ 7.997756] nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[ 7.997761] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[ 7.997763] nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[ 7.997764] nvidia: module license taints kernel.
[ 8.116668] nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 510
[ 8.117222] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
[ 8.117329] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: vgaarb: VGA decodes changed: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none
[ 8.168591] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 550.90.07 Fri May 31 09:35:42 UTC 2024
[ 8.221563] nvidia_uvm: module uses symbols nvUvmInterfaceDisableAccessCntr from proprietary module nvidia, inheriting taint.
[ 8.639915] NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x24:0x72:1556)
[ 8.639946] NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: rm_init_adapter failed, device minor number 0
[ 8.640198] nvidia-uvm: Loaded the UVM driver, major device number 508.
[ 8.676849] nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX platforms 550.90.07 Fri May 31 09:30:47 UTC 2024
[ 8.681115] [drm] [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Loading driver
[ 10.108689] nvidia-modeset: WARNING: GPU:0: Unable to read EDID for display device DP-4
[ 10.117914] nvidia-modeset: WARNING: GPU:0: Unable to read EDID for display device DP-4
[ 10.118552] [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20160202 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 1
[ 10.118804] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: [drm] Cannot find any crtc or sizes
Thank you for your time!