I’m trying to avoid creating a larger problem for myself, so I figured I’d call in help. Still fairly novice with Linux (especially Fedora), but I’m determined to finally migrate from Windows.
I’m running the XFCE spin of Fedora with a GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and Samsung Odyssey G9. I kept my Win11 partition during migration and confirmed the monitor setup still works in windows, just not Fedora. I’m currently typing this on my Fedora install, on a second monitor I set up to troubleshoot (HDMI on the 5070).
“rpm -qa | grep -i nvidia | sort” returns the following: akmod-nvidia-615.71.09-3.fc44.x86_64 kmod-nvidia-7.2.8-200.fc44.x86_64-615.71.09-3.fc44.x86_64 nvidia-gpu-firmware-20260916-1.fc44.noarch nvidia-modprobe-615.71.09-1.fc44.x86_64 nvidia-persistenced-615.71.09-1.fc44.x86_64 nvidia-settings-615.71.09-1.fc44.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-615.71.09-3.fc44.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-615.71.09-3.fc44.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-libs-615.71.09-3.fc44.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-kmodsrc-615.71.09-3.fc44.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-615.71.09-3.fc44.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-power-615.71.09-3.fc44.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-xorg-libs-615.71.09-3.fc44.x86_64
“nvidia-smi” returns the following: NVIDIA-SMI 615.71.09 KMD Version: 615.71.09 CUDA UMD Version: 13.4
Did I mess something up in my install? I followed Fedora’s official instructions on Nvidia driver installation (sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia -y). As always, I appreciate the help. While frustrating as a start, I’m excited about making the leap.


Isn’t thunderbolt different than displayport? According to the internet (again, no clue what I’m doing here), Fedora should auto detect and use displayport devices without needing intervention.
‘xrandr’ recognizes my GPU’s outputs correctly (1 HDMI, 3 DP), but erroneously states all displayports are disconnected.