Im trying to get into using linux so that I can leave windows bloated mess but ive tried flashing nobara 37 & 38 to a usb, only reaches the grub screen and then gets stuck on a black screen. ive tried with the fedora workstation distro and it does the same. Then I tried popos and it runs perfectly fine? so im not sure what the issue is. id rather have nobara since its easier OOB to run games

PC spec: AMD ryzen 7700x 32 gb ram rtx 4070

any help or advice would be appreciated. thanks

  • blubb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Had the same problem after upgrading from 37 to 38. Its an nvidia problem

    1 - Boot an older kernel OR Drop to a TTY (Ctrl + Alt + F3) OR Boot into runlevel 3 (on grub, press ‘e’ when the list of kernels show, look for the line with quite splash nvidia-drm.modeset=1 and add the number 3 there, then Ctrl + X to boot) 2 - Login on your terminal and dkms status. If you see something like /var/dkms/nvidia/525.116.03/source/dkms.conf does not exist, remove the entire directory of the failed version rm -rf /var/dkms/nvidia/525.116.03 3 - sudo dkms autoinstall 4 - reboot if no errors and profit, otherwise rinse and repeat step 2-3

    PS: If dkms tells you nothing at all (after the upgrade): remove the drivers /etc/nobara/scripts/cosmo-nvidia-wizard/remove.sh

    reinstall them /etc/nobara/scripts/cosmo-nvidia-wizard/install.sh

    If your dkms status is ok, you probably have a mismatch in your initramfs and root. just sudo dracut -f --regenerate-all and reboot

    Thats what i have done now it works fine.

    • cold@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      it was an nvidia driver problem, i have resolved the issue by editing the boot in grub by pressing e and setting ‘nomodeset quiet’ and reinstalling the propriety drivers upon boot

  • root@aussie.zoneEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    What is the size of the usb stick you’re flashing it onto? Maybe try it again with a bigger usb stick?

    • cold@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      it was actually the nvidia drivers that was in the install, had to modify the boot so i can download and install the proprietary drivers. everything is running perfectly smooth now :) i was using a 16gb USB

      • root@aussie.zoneEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Good to know you solved your issue. I remember in Nobara 36 I flashed it onto a 4gb stick and it was pretty full. Wasn’t sure if the subsequent releases increased in size or not. :p

        • cold@lemm.eeOPEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          good to know for future use in case i want to distro hop, doubtful tho since nobara is running smooth for me so far. enjoying my linux experience!

  • hschen@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Im not sure exactly but maybe its secure boot in your bios?, back in the day had to disable that for ubuntu

    • cold@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      already had it disabled; guess i’ll just look into another distro

  • jadesayade@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    If I recall correctly I had to wait a good 90 seconds for anything to pop up after grub when I’ve installed nobara.

    Have you tried waiting a good minute or two?

    I’m kinda meh on nobara, the install is cool, performance is great but I’ve had some weird problems I never had on xubuntu. 🤷‍♂️

  • tebro@lemmy.tebro.fiEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    If you have an nvidia card you need to select the fallback (or something) entry in grub

  • Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Consider Universal-Blue:

    May I also suggest installing Silverblue or Kinoite:

    Then simply rebase to:

    Or try the ISO:

    It’s cloud based image of Fedora with NVIDIA drivers slipped right in there, easy peasy.