Im runnig a legacy nvidia driver in a X11 session (the propriatary driver wont support wayland), what could i do to fix it?

Note that I am using Lunar Lake with LPDDR5x (results may vary).

For users with Sandy Bridge and later CPU (for Intel, docs) (for AMD, refer to Kernel document on amd_pstate).

intel_pstate is a part of the CPU performance scaling subsystem in the Linux kernel.

By default, intel_pstate is in "Active Mode" (intel_pstate=active):

the driver bypasses the scaling governors layer of CPUFreq and provides its own scaling algorithms for P-state selection

Meanwhile, intel_pstate=passive:

If the driver works in this mode, the scaling_driver policy attribute in sysfs for all CPUFreq policies contains the string intel_cpufreq. Then, the driver behaves like a regular CPUFreq scaling driver. That is, it is invoked by generic scaling governors when necessary to talk to the hardware in order to change the P-state of a CPU (in particular, the schedutil governor can invoke it directly from scheduler context).

This can be achieved by appending intel_pstate=passive to the Kernel arguments using rpm-ostree kargs:

```bash rpm-ostree kargs --append-if-missing=intel_pstate=passive

for normal Fedora

sudo grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args=intel_pstate=passive ```

You can check the power consumption with

bash awk \'{print $1*1e-6 " W"}\' /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/power_now

This reads /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/power_now and converts it to Watts (W).

In case of Lunar Lake, one can achieve power consumption to as low as 3.4 W.

Credits to: Ae**lia***** in Discord

Hey folks, I am a new linux user (about 3 weeks in) and I am currently using fedora KDE 44.

The thing is I usually use dual monitor, and today when I bring my laptop to work (which means I only use the laptop monitor) I noticed this kind of glitch happening (focus on the pointer to see the glitch). And there are also a glitch where sometimes when I put my pointer over a UI button, it displays a rectangle line (much like a hitbox I would say).

I am currently using 150% scaling, tried troubleshooting by myself and I found it that using 100% scaling doesnt produce this glitch.

But 100% is too small for me so are there any way to fix this kind of thing?

Also when I connect my external monitor, this doesnt happen even on 150%

For those who didn't know, Epic Games made an announcement about bringing advanced anti-cheat to Linux: https://onlineservices.epicgames.com/news/introducing-easy-anti-cheat-linux-v2

As I read that article, it made me curious how (and if) this will work on Fedora. As far as I know (correct me if I'm wrong), Fedora Project doesn't ship or sign Nvidia drivers. Many of us use drivers shipped from RPM Fusion.

The first thing that came to my mind was if Fedora would start shipping and signing the Nvidia drivers. However, that won't be possible due to Fedora's proprietary code philosophy.

So my question is (all opinions aside), will this even be possible on Fedora? Can third party repos such as RPM Fusion be somehow incorporated into this to make it work?

[----CLOSED----] Fix: reinstalled with fedora media writer and "keep home folder", existing data was lost (not a problem for me), installed nvidia driver via the gui, so far so good, GPU is detected and working.

Will update if it fails again

Does anyone have a clue about what is going on ?

Im kind of lost i dont know where to start..

Searching "fedora is slow" doesn't get me anywhere.

This is the second time this happened on this laptop, the first time I reinstalled fedora and that obviously fixed it but now its back again.

Im running fedora on other machines and its rock solid !

Spec : P14S Gen2 i7-1185 T500 32gb RAM (dual channel) Fedora 44 (GNOME) This is basically a fresh install (maybe 1month with very little use) no modification, no messing with driver as I didn't really need the gpu

im currently using nobara, as it automatically supports my nvidia graphics card without additional setup (my gpu driver stopped working on fedora when I used to use it and I could never figure out how to fix it). im considering going back to fedora if it would give me better battery life, better experience and performance in unity, and things of that nature. i only use it for homework and game dev, as i play all my games on my steam deck.

I installed linux mint on my DELL laptop precision 3510, it worked fine if it is booted successfully, but sometimes 90% of times it’s stuck on black screen , sometimes it is frozen on login screen. I had to force restart every time.

I thought it’s linux mint compatibility issue on my specific laptop so i installed fedora and same issue happening again

it is getting stuck on while shutting down or restarting sometimes it doesn’t boot and forcing me to force shut down as it doesn’t have battery installed so i have to remove the power cord to force restart… .
And apparently it broke power button and now it doesn’t seem to work anymore.

Thinkapd E16 gen 3 ultra 7 256v and 16gb ram.
Win11 pro preinstalled.
If I delete windows 11 pro and I install fedora KDE on the all SSd (512gb)...
Will I be able to reinstall Windows 11 Pro in a dual-boot configuration (in case I need to) without losing the licence?

And if that’s possible, when installing Windows 11 Pro, do I have to format the entire ssd (thereby deleting my Fedora KDE data), or can I install it on a partition and set up a dual-boot system?

Thank you everyone--sorry for my bad english :(

Additional info:

modinfo -F version nvidia
580.178.04

lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia_drm 159744 58
nvidia_modeset 1937408 16 nvidia_drm
nvidia_uvm 4100096 0
nvidia 111722496 445 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_drm,nvidia_modeset
drm_ttm_helper 20480 1 nvidia_drm
video 81920 2 i915,nvidia_modeset

Screen 1 is connected with HDMI directly to the GPU. Screen 2 is connected to iGPU.

My laptop has a fingerprint reader and I'd like to get it working for the login screen, if possible.

I am using the latest stable version of Fedora with Plasma KDE

Is there any known way to disable or change the cursor when using a drawing pen with Fedora?

From what I was able to find, it is supposed to be a setting in the app one wants to use.

I am using Obsidian with Excalidraw, and normally a crosshair is shown when drawing. There is an option to disable it when using a pen, which I activated. However, the standard cursor still appears. It even overwrites Obsidian's crosshair. So, when I move my mouse/touchpad on the canvas, the crosshair appears, but as soon as I touch it with the pen, the Fedora cursor is back.

It is a small thing, but it is really annoying.

Thanks in advance!

Situation:

I’ve just carried out a clean installation of Fedora KDE – after removing Windows 11 Pro – on a new ThinkPad E16 Gen 3 with an Ultra 7 256V and 16GB of RAM.

I’ve encrypted the drive using LUKS (I didn’t use it on my old desktop) and have discovered that it asks for two passwords with LUKS.

Is there a way to make it ask for just one of the two passwords?

Also, is there a way to unlock Fedora using my fingerprint? (It works – I managed to register it correctly, but I can’t use it for the first login after switching on the computer.)

Scott McCarty and Jorge Castro joined me this week to clear up something I kept getting wrong myself: Hummingbird is not one thing.

Two separate things launched at Summit. Red Hat hardened images went generally available, a set of container images plus an RPM channel. Fedora Hummingbird Linux was announced separately, a bootable image built on the same channel with a Fedora kernel. The distinction Scott landed on is that a container image will never boot. Add a kernel and it becomes a bootable container.

Other ground we covered:

• Composition is roughly 95 percent Fedora Rawhide, about 1 percent from the major Fedora releases, and the rest pulled forward or wider when Fedora does not have it yet
• Risk based versus compliance based patching, and why Scott will not call any of this "more secure," only different
• Why time to exploit collapsing is the actual story behind all of it
• Jorge on Utah, Bluefin built on Hummingbird, and what it took to make it shippable
• Switching an existing bootc home lab turns out to be a pointer change

Both guests closed with the same request, so I will pass it along: what would you actually use Fedora Hummingbird Linux for? They are reading, and they say they can pivot fast toward real use cases.

Audio: https://fedoraproject.fireside.fm/62
Video: https://youtu.be/HPpL1VwHtBs
Community Meeting Discussion: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/hummingbird-community-meeting-15-october-2026/204865

TL;DR:

This proposal is based on the current layout that Atomic spins use by default for SELinux. The intention is to make it a standard configuration for the entire Fedora ecosystem and leave it to a single layout.

Leave your thoughts and constructive ideas on Fedora discussion forum or Fedora Hyper kitty.

EDIT: a new option was proposed:

Set a new top-level directory standard (FHS) for operating-system state.

Instead of placing the SELinux policy store in /etc, define a new standard top-level directory, /<name>, for critical system state that must stay associated with the operating system installation or deployment. It would be shared by traditional, atomic and immutable distributions, and by any distribution that adopts it. The package manager databases and the SELinux policy store would be the first components to live there.

Proposed hierarchy.

/<name>/ # It could be /sysstate, /osstate, /state, /osdata ├── rpm/ # RPM database (today /usr/lib/sysimage/rpm) ├── dpkg/ # other package managers, only where present ├── pacman/ └── selinux/ └── targeted/ └── active/ # policy store (/var/lib/selinux or /etc/selinux) ├── any other critical component

Each distribution ships only the subdirectories it uses. Other components are added later, one at a time, if they meet the admission criteria.

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f46-change-proposal-relocate-the-selinux-policy-store-to-etc-selinux-system-wide/204918

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/ATVGJRMYWC42QMXLAG4CDSA5GCMSJCFM/

Here are my questions about this distro and just generally linux.

I am switching to linux because of work and school. And i need an environment that is: clean , smooth , easy to navigate , fast.

I have some questions about driver compatibility , performance , video game compatibility.
First of all i have an i7 10700k and a gtx 1650 , 16 gigs of ddr 4 ram. Does linux support the driver for these components. And also if it does i have a laptop that has a 1050 and an i7 8750h and 16 gigs of ddr4. Does linux support the driver for these components? And also on the first pc i play a few games like: Subnautica , Minecraft , Dead by daylight. Does linux or this distro support these games? Thank you for the help in advance

How to install helium browser in fedora

Hey guys! I'm using Fedora 44 with GNOME 50, MacTahoe Shell theme, and Floating Mini Panel.

Blur My Shell seems to be causing square corners and an opaque background in Quick Settings. Without it, everything looks fine.

Any chance this could be fixed in a future Blur My Shell update? 😅 Or is there any workaround to get the rounded, transparent look without breaking my setup?

I'm use metrolist on the phone and on Linux I use the Spotify web app with Brave, but I’d like to switch.
I'm prove Spotube but work really bad.

Hi

I’m working on building a containerfile based off of fedora-bootc:45 with KDE/NVIDIA/Steam/RPMFusion codecs baked in with GE-Proton and I’m wondering what the best way to create an installer is?

I’ve seen image-builder, but I’m trying to create an installer with systemd-boot as the bootloader and I’m not sure if that’s even possible yet, has anyone done this?

if not, has anyone done it with bootc install to-filesystem? I had trouble figuring out the correct cmdline to use and what I had to have mounted at install time

also, is there a better way of building the NVIDIA drivers than akmods —force —kernels $(ls /usr/lib/modules)?

I’ve just got a new computer and I’m going to install Fedora KDE on it in a dual-boot setup with Windows 11 Pro.

I have a 512GB SSD and I’m not sure how to partition the space. Windows 11 Pro ALONE TAKES UP 60.7GB, which is roughly the same amount of space that Fedora took up on my old computer, with all the software installed and so on.

How do you recommend I partition the space?
I probably won’t open Windows 11 for at least a year, as I don’t need anything that isn’t available on Linux.

I’m an 18-year-old in my final year of secondary school and I don’t know what I’ll be doing next year—so I’ll leave Windows on in case I need it, but I’ll install Fedora as my main OS because I used it on my old computer and it simply works better than Windows.

This post is write by me but is translated with DeepL.