Solved Fedora 43 booting to black screen, even after reinstalls

[ozfbu]

I have been using Fedora, and it has been working for a few months

I apply some updates today, as I do almost daily

When I reboot my machine to install updates, I get the usual Fedora icon with the spinny thing...and then a black screen
I restart, and get the same black screen

I write a Fedora ISO onto a USB stick, reinstall Fedora (and lose all of my data), and restart. Fedora loads
I install a few programs
I get updates again, restart, and...black screen again
I try again, overwriting partitions and without installing any new programs; just install updates, and...black screen

Ctrl+Alt+F2 gets me into...whatever it gets me into

1) Is it possible to only get Fedora updates from on and before a certain date? This would let me get back to normal sooner
2) How can I diagnose what's going on, and how to fix it, please?

 

[dos2unix]

Is there any text on the screen?
Is this before or after the grub menu?

 

[ozfbu]

No text on screen

After the Grub menu - I've been given the options for the various types of Fedora and the EDIT: Troubleshooting option UEFI Firware option

 

[dos2unix]

Have you tried one of the troubleshooting options?

 

[ozfbu]

Have you tried one of the troubleshooting options?

Correction: I have the options for the various types of Fedora and the UEFI Firmware option. No Troubleshooting
Mea culpa

 

[kc1di]

Do you have Nvidia video card by any chance. an did the kernel get updated?

 

[ozfbu]

Do you have Nvidia video card by any chance. an did the kernel get updated?

I do have an nVidia video card, and the kernel might have been updated - I've no idea what's in every Fedora system package update!

 

[f33dm3bits]

I do have an nVidia video card, and the kernel might have been updated - I've no idea what's in every Fedora system package update!

Which Nvidia gpu do you have? Switch tty(ctrl+alt+f3), then login, reinstall "kmod-nvidia", wait about 2-3 minutes as the module takes time to compile and then reboot.

 

[ozfbu]

Which Nvidia gpu do you have? Switch tty(ctrl+alt+f3), then login, reinstall "kmod-nvidia", wait about 2-3 minutes as the module takes time to compile and then reboot.

sudo dnf reinstall kmod-nvidia?

(thank you for bearing with me - I have been upset and stressed)

 

[f33dm3bits]

sudo dnf reinstall kmod-nvidia?

Yes than wait 2-3 minutes and then reboot.

 

[APTI]

I have had this happen. First of all try to resist the urge to reinstall and lose stuff. What happened in my case was fedora actually obsoleted my very old nvidia graphic card. so new graphic card fixes the issue. simple fix. And it sounds like that is what you are running into. It is fine until the graphic environment shows up.
I would follow the directions above and try to put drivers in for the card but if all else fails, just use another supported card. It seems that even linux considers something obsolete after a while.
Problem is in the ability to use the video card, use that as the root of your problem and don't be afraid to replace it if you must.

 

[kc1di]

It's not just Fedora - Older Nvidia cards have stopped being supported in linux by Nvidia so you sort of out of luck if your card is in that category. Most modern Nvidia cards are supported though with wayland you can still run into problems with them.

 

[dos2unix]

Thread 'How to install video drivers in Fedora 43.'

Feb 7, 2026

Fedora 43
NVIDIA Drivers (Fedora 43)
Fedora 43 has NVIDIA drivers in the default repos (no RPM Fusion needed):

For current NVIDIA cards
sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda

For legacy 470xx series cards
sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia-470xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx

For legacy 390xx series cards
sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia-390xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-390xx
The akmod-nvidia package automatically builds the kernel module for your running kernel.

I recommend installing the nvidia control panel

dnf install -y nvidia-xconfig

Note: When you install...

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[ozfbu]

Which Nvidia gpu do you have? Switch tty(ctrl+alt+f3), then login, reinstall "kmod-nvidia", wait about 2-3 minutes as the module takes time to compile and then reboot.

kmod-nvidia not recognised as a package
EDIT: Failed to recognise argument: kmod-nvidia
EDIT EDIT: Failed to resolve the transaction: No match for argument: kmod-nvidia

I have had this happen. First of all try to resist the urge to reinstall and lose stuff. What happened in my case was fedora actually obsoleted my very old nvidia graphic card. so new graphic card fixes the issue. simple fix. And it sounds like that is what you are running into. It is fine until the graphic environment shows up.
I would follow the directions above and try to put drivers in for the card but if all else fails, just use another supported card. It seems that even linux considers something obsolete after a while.
Problem is in the ability to use the video card, use that as the root of your problem and don't be afraid to replace it if you must.

Interesting. Where is the line for you? Fedora is the only distro I've tried that currently works OOTB with one of my machines that has a GTX 660. I'm using the 390 series driver which works fine. It may be possible to use a 470 series. I intend to try with a GTX 560 as well.

Too late to not reinstall and lose things
My video card is...significantly more modern than a GTX 660, so it should be OK?


If I Ctrl+Alt+F3, then Ctrl+Alt+F1, I do then get a blinking cursor in the top-right of my screen

 

[f33dm3bits]

EDIT: Failed to recognise argument: kmod-nvidia

How did you install the Nvidia drivers before?

Share the output of this:

sudo dnf list installed | grep nvidia

My video card is...significantly more modern than a GTX 660, so it should be OK?

Which Nvidia GPU do you have?

 

[ozfbu]

How did you install the Nvidia drivers before?

Share the output of this:

sudo dnf list installed | grep nvidia

Which Nvidia GPU do you have?

It's been a while since I set this up, so I'm not 100% sure. I think that it just...worked OOTB

sudo dnf list installed | grep nvidia

yields

No matching packages to list

with or without the grep nvidia

I have an nVidia GeForce RTX 2080

 

[dos2unix]

I have an nVidia GeForce RTX 2080

Same one I have. Also running Fedora 43. Never had any problems.

 

[ozfbu]

Edit edit:
sudo dnf reinstall kmod-nvidia
returns
"Failed to resolve the transaction:
No match for argument: kmod-nvidia"

sudo dnf install kmod-nvidia
gets the same error

Same one I have. Also running Fedora 43. Never had any problems.

Nor had I (of this magnitude!)

 

[ozfbu]

1) Is it possible to only get Fedora updates from on and before a certain date? This would let me get back to normal sooner

Alternatively, is it possible to restrict Fedora updates to only get ones from at or before a certain point? This would enable me to determine which exact update might have caused this, and at least give me a way to have a functioning Fedora

 

[f33dm3bits]

No match for argument: kmod-nvidia"

That means you never had the nvidia drivers installed but were using nouveau drivers.

1. Enable rpmfusion:

Configuration - RPM Fusion

2. Install the Nvidia driver:

Howto/NVIDIA - RPM Fusion