This is guide, howto install NVIDIA proprietary drivers (manually using .run installer) on Fedora 43/42/41 and disable Nouveau and NOVA Core driver. This guide works with GeForce 8/9/200/300/400/500/600/700/800/900/10/20/30/40/50 series cards.
This guide works with UEFI Secure Boot disabled or enabled. If you keep Secure Boot enabled, follow this step-by-step module signing guide:
Fedora Secure Boot: Howto sign NVIDIA kernel modules (DKMS + .run installer)
GeForce RTX 50 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx and 580.xx NVIDIA drivers, (RTX 5090 D, RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5070) GeForce RTX 40 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx and 580.xx NVIDIA drivers, (RTX 4090, RTX 4080, RTX 4070 Ti, RTX 4070, RTX 4060 Ti, RTX 4060) GeForce RTX 30 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx and 580.xx NVIDIA drivers, (RTX 3090, RTX 3080 and RTX 3070, RTX 3060, RTX 3060 Ti) GeForce RTX 20 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx and 580.xx NVIDIA drivers (RTX 2080 Ti, RTX 2080, RTX 2070 Ti, RTX 2070, RTX 2060) GeForce 16 Series cards works still with 595.xx, 590.xx and 580.xx NVIDIA drivers (GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER, GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, GeForce GTX 1660, GeForce GTX 1650, GeForce GTX 1630) GeForce GT/GTX 600/700/800/900/10 series cards works with 580.xx, 470.xx, and 390.xx NVIDIA drivers (GTX 1080 Ti, GTX 1080, GTX 1070, GTX 1060 …) Note GTX 10 series: NVIDIA GTX 10 series cards do not work with 595.xx or 590.xx drivers, use 580.xx / 470.xx. GeForce GT/GTX 400/500 series cards works with 390.xx NVIDIA drivers GeForce GT 8/9/200/300 series cards works with 340.xx NVIDIA drivers VIDEO GUIDE, Howto Install NVIDIA Drivers on Fedora 43 [595.xx, 590.xx, 580.xx]: Support inttf: Buy Me a Coffee: Buy me a coffee Subscribe and follow: Follow @inttf Why NVIDIA .run installer??? I got following questions in Youtube:
This is guide, howto install NVIDIA proprietary drivers (manually using .run files) on Debian Sid / 12 / 11 / 10, Ubuntu 24.04 / 23.10 / 22.04, Linux Mint 21.3 / 21.2 / 21.1 / 21 / 20.3 / 20.2 / 20.1, LMDE 4 and disable Nouveau driver. This guide works with GeForce 8/9/200/300/400/500/600/700/800/900/10/20/30/40/50 series cards. This is alternative way to install NVIDIA drivers, because Debian based Linux distros have NVIDIA drivers directly from repos too.
This is guide, howto install NVIDIA proprietary drivers (manually using .run installer) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, and Alma Linux versions 10.1, 9.7, and 8.10 and disable Nouveau driver. This guide works with GeForce 8/9/200/300/400/500/600/700/800/900/10/20/30/40/50 series cards.
This guide works with UEFI Secure Boot disabled or enabled. If you keep Secure Boot enabled, follow this step-by-step module signing guide:
RHEL Secure Boot: Howto sign NVIDIA kernel modules (DKMS + .run installer)
This is guide, howto install NVIDIA proprietary drivers (manually using .run files) on openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Tumbleweed and disable Nouveau driver. This guide works with GeForce 8/9/200/300/400/500/600/700/800/900/10/20/30/40/50 series cards.
This guide works with UEFI Secure Boot disabled or enabled. If you keep Secure Boot enabled, follow this step-by-step module signing guide:
openSUSE Secure Boot: Howto sign NVIDIA kernel modules (DKMS + .run installer)
GeForce RTX 50 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx and 580.xx NVIDIA drivers, (RTX 5090 D, RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5070) GeForce RTX 40 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx and 580.xx NVIDIA drivers, (RTX 4090, RTX 4080, RTX 4070 Ti, RTX 4070, RTX 4060 Ti, RTX 4060) GeForce RTX 30 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx and 580.xx NVIDIA drivers, (RTX 3090, RTX 3080 and RTX 3070, RTX 3060, RTX 3060 Ti) GeForce RTX 20 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx and 580.xx NVIDIA drivers (RTX 2080 Ti, RTX 2080, RTX 2070 Ti, RTX 2070, RTX 2060) GeForce 16 Series cards works still with 595.xx, 590.xx and 580.xx NVIDIA drivers (GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER, GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, GeForce GTX 1660, GeForce GTX 1650, GeForce GTX 1630) GeForce GT/GTX 600/700/800/900/10 series cards works with 580.xx NVIDIA drivers (GTX 1080 Ti, GTX 1080, GTX 1070, GTX 1060 …) Note GTX 10 series: NVIDIA GTX 10 series cards do not work with 595.xx or 590.xx drivers, use 580.xx. Why NVIDIA .run installer??? All methods have their advantages, some are easy and suitable for users who don’t understand or don’t want to understand anything about Linux.
This is guide, howto install NVIDIA proprietary drivers (manually using .run files) on KDE Neon 6 and disable Nouveau driver. This guide works with GeForce 700/800/900/10/20/30/40/50 series cards.
GeForce RTX 50 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx, 580.xx NVIDIA drivers, (RTX 5090 D, RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5070) GeForce RTX 40 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx, 580.xx, 535.xx NVIDIA drivers, (RTX 4090, RTX 4080, RTX 4070 Ti, RTX 4070, RTX 4060 Ti, RTX 4060) GeForce RTX 30 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx, 580.xx, 535.xx NVIDIA drivers, (RTX 3090, RTX 3080 and RTX 3070, RTX 3060, RTX 3060 Ti) GeForce RTX 20 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx, 580.xx, 535.xx NVIDIA drivers (RTX 2080 Ti, RTX 2080, RTX 2070 Ti, RTX 2070, RTX 2060) GeForce 16 Series cards works still with 595.xx, 590.xx and 580.xx NVIDIA drivers (GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER, GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, GeForce GTX 1660, GeForce GTX 1650, GeForce GTX 1630) GeForce GT/GTX 700/800/900/10 series cards works with 580.xx, 535.xx NVIDIA drivers (GTX 1080 Ti, GTX 1080, GTX 1070, GTX 1060, GTX 750 Ti …) Note GTX 10 series: NVIDIA GTX 10 series cards do not work with 595.xx or 590.xx drivers, use 580.xx / 535.xx. Check video version of guide. NVIDIA drivers installed manually on KDE Neon 6:
This is guide, howto install NVIDIA proprietary drivers (manually using .run files) on Linux Mint 22 and disable Nouveau driver. This guide works with GeForce 700/800/900/10/20/30/40/50 series cards.
GeForce RTX 50 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx, 580.xx NVIDIA drivers, (RTX 5090 D, RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5070) GeForce RTX 40 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx, 580.xx NVIDIA drivers, (RTX 4090, RTX 4080, RTX 4070 Ti, RTX 4070, RTX 4060 Ti, RTX 4060) GeForce RTX 30 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx, 580.xx NVIDIA drivers, (RTX 3090, RTX 3080 and RTX 3070, RTX 3060, RTX 3060 Ti) GeForce RTX 20 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx, 580.xx NVIDIA drivers (RTX 2080 Ti, RTX 2080, RTX 2070 Ti, RTX 2070, RTX 2060) GeForce 16 Series cards works still with 595.xx, 590.xx and 580.xx NVIDIA drivers (GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER, GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, GeForce GTX 1660, GeForce GTX 1650, GeForce GTX 1630) GeForce GT/GTX 700/800/900/10 series cards works with 580.xx NVIDIA drivers (GTX 1080 Ti, GTX 1080, GTX 1070, GTX 1060, GTX 750 Ti …) Note GTX 10 series: NVIDIA GTX 10 series cards do not work with 595.xx or 590.xx drivers, use 580.xx. Check video version of guide. NVIDIA drivers installed manually on Linux Mint 22:
This is guide, howto install NVIDIA proprietary drivers (manually using .run files) on Debian 13 and disable Nouveau driver. This guide works with GeForce 700/800/900/10/20/30/40/50 series cards.
This guide works with UEFI Secure Boot disabled or enabled. If you keep Secure Boot enabled, follow this step-by-step module signing guide:
Debian 13 Secure Boot: Howto sign NVIDIA kernel modules (DKMS + .run installer)
GeForce RTX 50 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx, 580.xx NVIDIA drivers, (RTX 5090 D, RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5070) GeForce RTX 40 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx, 580.xx NVIDIA drivers, (RTX 4090, RTX 4080, RTX 4070 Ti, RTX 4070, RTX 4060 Ti, RTX 4060) GeForce RTX 30 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx, 580.xx NVIDIA drivers, (RTX 3090, RTX 3080 and RTX 3070, RTX 3060, RTX 3060 Ti) GeForce RTX 20 series cards works with 595.xx, 590.xx, 580.xx NVIDIA drivers (RTX 2080 Ti, RTX 2080, RTX 2070 Ti, RTX 2070, RTX 2060) GeForce 16 Series cards works still with 595.xx, 590.xx and 580.xx NVIDIA drivers (GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER, GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, GeForce GTX 1660, GeForce GTX 1650, GeForce GTX 1630) GeForce GT/GTX 700/800/900/10 series cards works with 580.xx NVIDIA drivers (GTX 1080 Ti, GTX 1080, GTX 1070, GTX 1060, GTX 750 Ti …) Note GTX 10 series: NVIDIA GTX 10 series cards do not work with 595.xx or 590.xx drivers, use 580.xx. Check video version of guide. NVIDIA drivers installation with secure boot enabled on Debian 13:
This is guide, howto install NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit 13.1.0 on Fedora 43/42/41. I assume here that you have installed NVIDIA 595.xx drivers successfully using my Fedora NVIDIA Drivers Install Guide. You will need NVIDIA 595.58.03 (or newer 595.xx) drivers. Fedora 43/42/41 ship GCC 15.x and CUDA 13.1 supports it, but some samples (like deviceQuery) may need a small header patch (see below). As always remember backup important files before doing anything!
This is guide, howto install NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit 13.1.0 on Debian 13 (Trixie). I assume here that you have installed NVIDIA 595.xx drivers successfully using my Debian 13 NVIDIA Drivers Install Guide. You will need NVIDIA 595.58.03 (or newer 595.xx) drivers. As always remember backup important files before doing anything!
Check video version of guide, howto install NVIDIA CUDA on Debian:
This is guide, howto install NVIDIA cuDNN 9.6.0 on Fedora 41/40/39. I assume here that you have installed NVIDIA drivers successfully using my Fedora NVIDIA Drivers Install Guide and installed NVIDIA CUDA successfully using Fedora NVIDIA CUDA Install Guide. You will need NVIDIA 565.xx or 560.xx drivers. As always remember backup important files before doing anything!
Check video version of guide, howto install NVIDIA cuDNN on Fedora 41/40/39:
This is guide howto install Blender 5.1.0/5.0.1 [edge / stable] on Fedora 43/42 [CUDA / OptiX]. Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, and video editing. I use here Snapcrafters (Snap) version of Blender, which is community-supported modified build of Blender.
Check Video version of Install Blender 5.1.0/5.0.1 on Fedora 43/42 Guide:
This is guide howto install OBS Studio 31.1.2 [stable] on Fedora 42/41 [Xorg or Wayland support]. OBS Studio is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. I use here Snapcrafters (Snap) version of OBS Studio, which is community-supported modified build of OBS Studio. Screen capture in a Wayland session is at least available edge channel, in video I test to use NVIDIA NVENC with Xorg (X11) / XWayland.
This is a BASH script, which download NVIDIA installer, extract it, patch it and make new patched installer package. This is very quickly tested alpha version so if you have any problems please let me know or if this works as it should you can also let me know. I use here currently ARCH Linux Patches + my own patches. Currently this works with NVIDIA 340.108 / 390.157 / 418.113 / 435.21 / 470.256.02 drivers and latest 6.11, 6.10, 6.8, 6.7, 6.6, 6.5, 6.4, 6.3, 6.2, 5.19, 5.18, 5.17, 5.16, 5.15, 5.14, 5.13, 5.12, 5.11, 5.10 and 5.9 kernels. This should work with any distribution. You just need install wget and patch packages. Some updates to openSUSE 15.5 / 15.4 users.
This is guide, howto upgrade Fedora 39 to Fedora 40 using DNF. This method works on desktop and server machines. You can also upgrade older Fedora installations (example Fedora 38/37/36) directly to Fedora 40.
I have tested this method on several machines, but if you have problems, please let me know. Always remember backup, before upgrade!
Check video version of guide, howto upgrade to Fedora 40:
This video shows howto upgrade NVIDIA drivers and upgrade whole system. If you are not using manually installed NVIDIA drivers, then you can skip all “NVIDIA USERS:” part on video.
This is guide, howto install NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit 12.1 on Ubuntu 21.10, 21.04, 20.04.3 LTS, 18.04.6 LTS / Debian 11, 10, Sid / Linux Mint 20.3, 20.2, 20.1. I assume here that you have installed NVIDIA drivers successfully using my earlier Install NVIDIA 495.xx Drivers on Debian / Ubuntu / Linux Mint Guide. You will need NVIDIA 495.xx drivers. As always remember backup important files before doing anything!
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I’ve tried this method in few Fedora 12 and Fedora 13 machine, and looks like it is working. Nouveau has been enabled by default starting from Fedora 11 and looks like nouveau cause some problems on Fedora 12 and Fedora 13, when try to use nVidia proprietary driver.
Note: nVidia proprietary drivers on Fedora 12 and Fedora 13 does not support older cards than GeForce 6 cards (except for some exceptions, check this comment).
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This is guide, howto install nVidia proprietary drivers on Fedora 14 and disable Nouveau driver. I write this guide about two weeks ago, but I Delayed the publication of this guide, because of pyxf86config bug, which cause following livna-config-display errors on boot:
*Checking for module nvidia.ko: [ OK ]
Enabling the nvidia driver: Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/sbin/nvidia-config-display”, line 28, in import livnaConfigDisplay.ConfigDisplay
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/livnaConfigDisplay/ConfigDisplay.py”, line 29, in import xf86config
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/xf86config.py”, line 1, in import ixf86config
ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ixf86configmodule.so: undefined symbol: xstrtokenize
[FAILED]
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This is guide, howto install nVidia proprietary drivers on Fedora 15 and disable Nouveau driver. This guide works with GeForce 6/7/8/9/200/300 series cards and also with GeForce FX cards.
Fedora 15 nVidia driver installation is not much different from previous Fedora versions. I have tested this guide with a couple computers, so let me know, if you have some problems.
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This is guide, howto install nVidia proprietary drivers on Fedora 16 and disable Nouveau driver. This guide works with GeForce 6/7/8/9/200/300 series cards.
Fedora 16 nVidia driver installation is not much different from previous Fedora versions. I have tested this guide with a couple computers, so let me know, if you have some problems.
Before nVidia drivers installation Check is your nVidia card supported lspci |grep -i VGA ## Example output ## 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT215 [GeForce GT 240] (rev a2) List of Supported NVIDIA GPU Products, your card should found before 173.14.xx driver section.
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This is guide, howto install nVidia proprietary drivers on Fedora 17 “Beefy Miracle” and disable Nouveau driver. This guide works with GeForce 6/7/8/9/200/300 series cards.
Fedora 17 nVidia driver installation is not much different from previous Fedora versions. I have tested this guide with a couple computers, so let me know, if you have some problems.
Before nVidia drivers installation Check is your nVidia card supported lspci |grep -i VGA ## Example output ## 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT218 [GeForce G210] (rev a2) List of Supported NVIDIA GPU Products, your card should found before 173.14.xx driver section.
