Rocky Linux 9.5 KDE + nVidia Drivers = Black Screen of Death

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There is also this with a few ideas to check:

Trouble with 5000 series and Nvidia Driver v570

Hi there - I’m on a fresh install of rocky 9.5 and cannot for the life of me get nvidia drivers working with my 5080. I’ve tried using both the official Nvidia repos as well as rpmfusion. Following this guide works up until the scriptlets are running, my gui freezes up and I have to manually pull the plug from my PC, which breaks the drivers since they’re only partially installed. Is there something I’m missing? Since the 5080 is still relatively new I’m wondering if I need to use the Nvidia .…