Black Screen Of Death (BSOD) on AMD/NVIDIA Hybrid Graphics Fedora Systems

Troubleshooting Black Screen Of Death (BSOD) issues on Fedora systems with AMD/NVIDIA hybrid graphics.

If you are experiencing a Black Screen Of Death (BSOD) on your Fedora system with AMD/NVIDIA hybrid graphics, don't worry—this is a common issue and can often be resolved with a few simple steps. The problem is usually caused by conflicts between the open-source nouveau driver and proprietary NVIDIA drivers.

Follow these steps to troubleshoot and potentially fix the issue:

Edit GRUB to Disable Nouveau Driver

Reboot your system.

Access the GRUB menu:
When your computer starts, you will see the GRUB boot menu. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Fedora entry.

Edit the boot parameters:
Press e to edit the selected Fedora entry. This will allow you to temporarily change the boot options for this session.

Locate the Linux line:
Find the line that starts with linux. This line contains the kernel parameters.

Append the following parameters at the end of the line:
These parameters will disable the problematic nouveau driver and prevent it from loading, which can help resolve the black screen issue.

bash

1rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau modprobe.blacklist=nouveau nomodeset

Boot with the new parameters:
After adding the parameters, press Ctrl + X or F10 to boot with these settings.

Note:
This change is temporary and only applies to the current boot. If this resolves your issue, you may want to make these changes permanent by editing your GRUB configuration file (/etc/default/grub) and regenerating the GRUB config.

Install NVIDIA Drivers

Once you have successfully booted into your Fedora system, you should install the proprietary NVIDIA drivers to ensure proper functionality of your hybrid graphics setup. You can install the NVIDIA drivers using the following commands:

bash

1sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda

Enable NVIDIA Dynamic Power Management

bash

1sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-power-management.conf

bash

1options nvidia NVreg_DynamicPowerManagement=0x02

Make the changes permanent

Open the GRUB configuration file for editing:

bash

1sudo nano /etc/default/grub

Find the line starting with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX:
It will look something like this:

bash

1GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rhgb quiet"

Add the parameters to the line:
Modify it to include the parameters you added earlier:

bash

1GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rhgb quiet rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau modprobe.blacklist=nouveau nomodeset"

Save the file and exit the editor. Regenerate the GRUB configuration:
Run the following command to update the GRUB configuration:

bash

1sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

Reboot your system:
Restart your computer to apply the changes.