Installing NVIDIA driver for GT730 in Fedora has made it unusable!

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If you think of Davinci seriously, you will need more capable hardware anyway
Gt730 with its 2GB will be insufficient very soon (been there, done that). It’s not that Davinci works slow with too few nvram, but it just doesn’t work.

For photo I use Rawtherapee + GIMP.
Other than Davinci, you could try CinelerraGG, that works on lower end hardware too, and is a reliable mature software. Requires a different way of thinking though…

Installing Davinci on Linux is not quite hard as long as there’s the appropriate hardware.
Maybe I’ll cover the way I did it, as well as ny workfliow.

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If you can, it will enrich me with your experience and I am thinking about getting a good GPU (AMD) in a budget (under $200). Any suggestion?

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I’ll do it in a new topic, probably on friday, as this will take longer time to write.
I currently use an RX 6600 XT (8GB nvram) in my desktop, I got this card on the second hand market for 60000 Huf, which is aporoximateoy 168 USD right now, so probably could fit in your budget too. Maybe RX6600 would do the job, but I sold my previous nvidia GTX for the exact same price, so it was a zero investmenr.
This card is well enough for my fulHD@50fps projects in Davinci.
Get the best card you can afford, but have at least 6GB on it, more is better, more future proof.
As for performance, depending on timeline complexity, RX6600 XT does a render speed of 30…170fps, but usually over 100 fps.
CPU is i7 8700, RAM is 16GB, in my desktop, for storage I have dozens of TB’s, I’ll detail it later.
My OS is Debian 12.

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I have an AMD RX6400. That is a low-end graphics card requiring only about 50W of power. It has a Displayport and an HDMI output. It uses the amdgpu driver in Linux.

I dont know how it would perform with video editing or games? I dont do that. It is fine for normal static graphics and image display.

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How much VRAM it has?

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I am still experimenting with Nvidia driver and I got the patched driver from your link. I tried the way described in there but it didn’t work. ‘Nouveau’ could not be deactivated. Now I tried to remove the ‘Nouveau’ driver. Steps I took:

Command:
lspci -n -n -k | grep -A 2 -e VGA -e -3D
Result:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GK208B [GeForce GT 730 [10de:1287] (rev a1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:881a]
Kernel driver in use: nouveau

Removal command:
dnf remove xorg-x11-drv-nouveau
Result:
No match for argument: xorg-x11-drv-nouveau
No packages marked for removal.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete.

My question is, why is it showing “No match for argument”??!!
Note: I am using XORG/X11 DE as Nvidia drivers can only be installed using XORG DE.

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4Gb GDDR6
It needs one PCIE x16 slot
Says it supports Linux and Win 7/10/11

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@Skywalker71
I do not use Fedora but with Gentoo, I have to set the nouveau driver in make.conf. I can and have installed the Nvidia 390 driver but I have to black-list the nouveau driver and use package.mask to mask drivers newer than the 390.
The only problem with this, and not to just Gentoo, the older Nvidia drivers are no longer supported by Linux, and Linux will default and try a newer Nvidia driver, and fail.

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I’d just blacklist the nouveau driver, so the kernel won’t try to load it.
Something like
blacklist nouveau
in a config in
/etc/modprobe.d/whatever conf
An updateinitramfs may be necessary.
I don’t know Fedora, consult fedoraexperts for details.

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WOW!!! Why am I cruising internet for how to use Nvidia legacy driver!!! You are my solution!!! Please please please guide me with a step by step guidance. Nvidia… here I come!!! :smile::smile::smile::heart::heart::heart:

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No one in Fedora community could give me any solution. :disappointed:

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Like I said “I do not use Fedora” and a step by step guide for Fedora would be totally different from Gentoo.

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May be but as I am experimenting, there is no problem to test it. Basically they all are Linux at core. So, dnf, sudo, yum etc. can be different but the core logic should not bw different. Please give me a step by step guide on how you did it. I can wait. No problem on that. But please give me the guidance I need.

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Does your fedora have /etc/modprobe.d directory?

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Yes. Obviously.

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Put in that dir “nvbl.conf” with the content:
blacklist nouveau

Then try to run
updateinitramfs -u
with root privileges.

Reboot.
Hopefully Fedora respects the conf, and doesnt load nouveau afterwards.

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Ok. And when should I run the Nvidia installer?

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Can you please give me a step by step guide? Please? :pray:t4:

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Well, for Debian probably yes. Not for Fedora :frowning:
I tought you alread ran nvidia installer, and the only step left is to disable nouveau.
I’ve mixed feelings of that patched driver, too high chance it won’t work. Still worth to try.

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Today, intrigued by the experiences of @nevj and @berninghausen (in another thread), I tried Chat GPT for the first time. Here is my experience:
Q: Show me step by step process and commands to install nvidia gt730 driver in fedora.

ChatGPT:
Here’s a step-by-step guide to install the NVIDIA GT 730 driver on Fedora 40:
Step 1: Enable RPM Fusion Repository

Open Terminal.

Enable the Free and Non-Free Repositories:

bash

sudo dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-40.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-40.noarch.rpm

Step 2: Install Required Packages

Install the NVIDIA Driver:

bash

sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia

Install Additional Packages (optional but recommended):

bash

sudo dnf install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda

Step 3: Reboot Your System

Reboot the System:

bash

sudo reboot

Step 4: Verify Installation

After Rebooting, open the terminal again.

Check if the NVIDIA Driver is Loaded:

bash

nvidia-smi

If the command returns information about your GPU, the driver is successfully installed.
Additional Steps (If Necessary)

Kernel Updates: If the kernel is updated, you may need to rebuild the NVIDIA driver:

bash

sudo akmods

Secure Boot: If you have Secure Boot enabled, you may need to disable it to use the NVIDIA drivers.

Troubleshooting

If you encounter issues:

Check the logs using:

bash

journalctl -b | grep nvidia

Ensure that your system is fully updated:

bash

sudo dnf update

Follow these steps, and you should have the NVIDIA GT 730 driver installed successfully on Fedora 40.

Actually, it has given the answer as per Nvidia’s recommendation which in reality doesn’t work at all, at least in my case. Thiugh I will follow the method advised by @kovacslt, I just tested ChatGPT just to see why everyone is so impressed by its capabilities. So, my first experience is not overwhelming and I don’t know if I would go more deeper, what it would suggest. Anyway, I will be back with the result of my test following @kovacslt.