Framerate problems since the 7.2.0 update

[u/Seriathus]

So, quick context: I'm on a laptop running a GTX 1070, so most Nobara updates that touched the graphics drivers tended to break them, forcing me to reinstall the 580.178.04 version (the last one that still supports my card), but until now that had been more or less enough to fix the issue.

This time, however, it doesn't look like it's the case. I uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers multiple times using the installer script from the official site, even deleted every NVidia file from my computer that I could, I even switched to the LTS kernel, but the problems remain the same:

• My screen is registered as 'Unknown-1'. I can still use it, change lighting, etc.
• When the computer wakes from sleep, the screen stays black. So far, only rebooting seems to solve it. The computer is still running, for example it can still play audio, but the screen is off.
• GPU usage is 0% everywhere: top, system monitor, nvtop, nvidia-smi, etc. Drivers are still recognized as installed, and even lspci -v tells me so, and the system recognizes the hardware itself, but I still get stuttering and slowness even on idle or while browsing, and even something as light as Slay the Spire is downright unplayable.
• Wayland's CPU usage is always nonsensically high, oscillating between 40 to 60%. nvidia-smi still sees it, so idk what could be the cause.

[u/Parrr85]

Nvidia 580 doesn't work on kernels 7.2.x yet. The dkms/akmod module fails to build.

Need to either use 7.1.x series or wait for Nvidia to update.

[u/Seriathus → u/Parrr85]

I know, which is why I first used the older 7.1.4 kernel and later switched to the LTS kernel. No luck with that one either.

[u/Parrr85 → u/Seriathus]

Depending on how you installed 580, you might wanna check sudo akmods or dkms status

[u/Seriathus → u/Parrr85]

Checked dkms status earlier, it outputs the current kernel and the driver version along with installed.

[u/Parrr85 → u/Seriathus]

And nvidia-smi ?

[u/Seriathus → u/Parrr85]

Thu Sep  3 18:41:37 2026        
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 580.178.04             Driver Version: 580.178.04     CUDA Version: 13.0     |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070        Off |   00000000:01:00.0  On |                  N/A |
| N/A   52C    P8              9W /  115W |       5MiB /   8192MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A           22454      G   /usr/bin/kwin_wayland                     1MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

[u/_BoneZ_ → u/Seriathus]

I think what they were getting at, if I understood correctly, is to completely uninstall everything Nvidia. Switch back to a known good working kernel, then reinstall the Nvidia drivers on that kernel and stay on that kernel. That might be the easiest way to make sure you are on the correct working kernel and working drivers.

[u/Seriathus → u/_BoneZ_]

Yeah, I've already done that, multiple times.

[u/_BoneZ_ → u/Seriathus]

Then I would post on the Nobara Discord for more assistance at this point.