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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The NVidia drivers do not have the fbdev support needed to provide the high resolution boot screens displayed when nouveau is used. It is possible to use the DRM kernel mode setting to enable <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">similar </del>boot <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">screens</del>:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The NVidia drivers do not have the fbdev support needed to provide the high resolution boot screens displayed when nouveau is used. It is possible to use the DRM kernel mode setting <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">with the NVidia drivers </ins>to enable <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">higher console resolutions during </ins>boot:</div></td></tr>
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Dlk at 13:45, 13 April 2021
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The NVidia drivers do not have the fbdev support needed to provide the high resolution boot screens <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that you see </del>when nouveau is used. It is possible to use the DRM kernel mode setting to enable similar boot screens:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The NVidia drivers do not have the fbdev support needed to provide the high resolution boot screens <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">displayed </ins>when nouveau is used. It is possible to use the DRM kernel mode setting to enable similar boot screens:</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Create <code>/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf</code> containing this line:<br /><code>options nvidia_drm modeset=1</code></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Create <code>/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf</code> containing this line:<br /><code>options nvidia_drm modeset=1</code></div></td></tr>
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Dlk: Created page with "I have installed the Nvidia drivers using both the [https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA RPMFusion] and the [https://negativo17.org/nvidia-driver/ negativo17] respository method..."
2021-04-12T19:27:09Z
<p>Created page with "I have installed the Nvidia drivers using both the [https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA RPMFusion] and the [https://negativo17.org/nvidia-driver/ negativo17] respository method..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>I have installed the Nvidia drivers using both the [https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA RPMFusion] and the [https://negativo17.org/nvidia-driver/ negativo17] respository methods. The following notes apply in both cases.<br />
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==UEFI Secure Boot Must Be Turned Off==<br />
After installing the driver and rebooting this message was displayed on the boot screen: "nvidia kernel module missing, falling back to nouveau" Secure boot needs to be turned off in the system BIOS settings.<br />
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==Wayland Will Be Disabled==<br />
The NVidia drivers do not support Wayland so it will be disabled when they are in use. With Fedora 33 Wayland must be turned off in order for gnome-shell-extension-topicons-plus to work. If the nouveau driver is used, then Wayland can be disabled by modifying <code>/etc/gdm/custom.conf</code>:<br />
# Uncomment <code>#WaylandEnable=false</code><br />
# Add, immediately underneath <code>DefaultSession=gnome-xorg.desktop</code><br />
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==Restore Hi-Res Boot Screens==<br />
The NVidia drivers do not have the fbdev support needed to provide the high resolution boot screens that you see when nouveau is used. It is possible to use the DRM kernel mode setting to enable similar boot screens:<br />
# Create <code>/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf</code> containing this line:<br /><code>options nvidia_drm modeset=1</code><br />
# Create <code>/etc/dracut.conf.d/nvidia.conf</code> containing these two lines:<br /><code>add_drivers+=" nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm "</code><br /><code>install_items+=" /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf "</code><br />
# Rebuild the initramfs with the command <code>sudo dracut -f</code><br />
# Reboot</div>
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