Nvidia GPUs and Kernel 6.15

Devices with Nvidia GPUs may not be bootable after an update to kernel 6.15. This is due to a configuration option enabling the currently non-functional Nova driver, breaking the Noveau and proprietary drivers.

Workarounds

Nvidia Drivers from RPM Fusion or Noveau

If your system won't boot, or your Nvidia GPU isn't working, and you're sure you're on 6.15, try one of the following:

a) try a previous kernel entry

b) Press e in the GRUB menu. On the line starting with linux add nomodeset to the end, then press Ctrl+X to boot.

Once your device has booted with either an older kernel or nomodeset enabled, run the following command:

sudo grubby --remove-args="rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau" --args="rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau,nova_core" --update-kernel=ALL

If you're using Noveau, run this instead:

sudo grubby --args="rd.driver.blacklist=nova_core" --update-kernel=ALL

You may want to rebuild the initramfs with:

sudo dracut -f

After this, you should be able to boot normally.

Nvidia Drivers from Terra

If you're using Terra's Nvidia drivers, no action is required. We blacklist the Nova driver and fall back to Noveau.

Mitigation

We are working with Fedora and Kernel maintainers, and our partners throughout the ecosystem to mitigate this. Thank you to Roachy for leading the effort on our side.

Getting Support

Join one of our chats, the subreddit, or open an Issue on GitHub. We'll get you going again in no time.