tried linux with fedora but found some issues installing nvidia drivers

[raptorddd]

ok so i have tried mint but only for few minutes.

this time i have done a bit more research and found ubuntu,fedora and manjaro but i picked fedora.

the issue is i dont have secure boot. still using the precision m4600 i was trying to install the nvidia drivers and was following a guide

Secure boot and akmods

sudo dnf install kmodtool akmods mokutil openssl

sudo kmodgenca -a sudo mokutil --import /etc/pki/akmods/certs/public_key.der

systemctl reboot

the 3rd line import the key and it says it should ask to create a password at that step it gives error because i dont have secure boot.

does that means i cant use fedora.?

[Aaron44126]

Your guide is assuming that you do have secure boot. The normal process these days it to set up a signing key for your third-party drivers so that the system won't reject them at boot time. This isn't needed if you don't have secure boot.

 

You might run into trouble with such an old system, if you haven't replaced the GPU. NVIDIA Fermi GPUs require NVIDIA driver version 390 or older; the same is true on both Windows and Linux. There is a repository for Ubuntu to get this driver loaded on newer versions of the distro; I am not sure if there is something similar for Fedora.

[raptorddd]

3 hours ago, Aaron44126 said:

Your guide is assuming that you do have secure boot. The normal process these days it to set up a signing key for your third-party drivers so that the system won't reject them at boot time. This isn't needed if you don't have secure boot.

 

You might run into trouble with such an old system, if you haven't replaced the GPU. NVIDIA Fermi GPUs require NVIDIA driver version 390 or older; the same is true on both Windows and Linux. There is a repository for Ubuntu to get this driver loaded on newer versions of the distro; I am not sure if there is something similar for Fedora.

thanks

it didnt mentioned method for secure boot

let me do some research on what you wrote..