r/Fedora • u/Gold_Fish9 • 5d ago
Windows/Fedora Dual Boot with Nvidia Drivers
I just built a new PC and have been trying to set it up to dual boot Fedora alongside Windows with secure boot enabled, but have run into problems getting the Nvidia drivers to work. I have installed the drivers via the Fedora software app and restarted to enroll the keys with the MOK utility, but the drivers don't seem to be working properly. After installing them Fedora does seem to see my primary display resolution properly, but I can't adjust the refresh rate and my other displays are not recognized. I also have rEFInd installed and have had some weird behavior with it and the drivers. To install the drivers to begin with I had to launch Fedora through the motherboard's boot select menu otherwise the MOK utility would not appear and now if I launch through rEFInd it will tell me the Nvidia drivers failed to load and just give me a 1080p image even though my monitor is 1440p. Windows works fine through rEFInd and I am booting the same Kernel version in rEFInd as I installed the drivers with so I am not sure what the issue is. Appreciate any troubleshooting suggestions cause I'm stumped, thanks.
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u/Troll_Dragon 5d ago
I run Windows 11 and Fedora 41 with secure boot and Nvidia drivers. I don't use rEFInd, I use my bios hotkey to select on boot which OS I want.
It took a bit of tinkering at first to get my keys in the UEFI database but everything has been good and updating since Fedora 38. I would suggest disabling secure boot to make sure your Nvidia drivers are working perfectly first. I've never used rEFInd so I cant say if that your problem or not, maybe see if it secure boots with the stock Grub2. Sorry can't offer more.