RTX 3050 Mobile (Hybrid AMD + NVIDIA Laptop)

Reference Guide: Comprehensive-Wall28/Nvidia-Fedora-Guide

System Profile

Property Value

OS Fedora 43 Workstation

GPU (dGPU) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

GPU (iGPU) AMD Radeon Vega (Renoir)

LUKS Encryption ❌ None

Secure Boot ❌ Disabled

Driver Installed 580.142

Why the Freeze Happened

The freeze + screen dimming during use was caused by the default Nouveau open-source driver, which has poor power management on modern NVIDIA GPUs — especially on hybrid AMD+NVIDIA laptops.

The Fix: Install Proprietary NVIDIA Drivers

Step 1 — Update your system

sudo dnf update

Step 2 — Enable RPM Fusion (provides NVIDIA drivers)

sudo dnf install \ https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release- $( rpm -E %fedora ) .noarch.rpm \ https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release- $( rpm -E %fedora ) .noarch.rpm

Step 3 — Identify your GPU

lspci | grep -iE 'VGA|3D|nvidia'

Step 4 — Install the driver (RTX 3050 = current…