Re: [AMMRL] resizing-screen-freezing-almalinux

From: Denize Favaro via groups.io <dfavaro=gc.cuny.edu_at_groups.io>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:31:48 +0000

Hi Bert,

I changed from X11 to Gnome, it worked well for 5 days, and now I’m
getting the same problem..

I tried to import and enable elrepo, that’s what I get:


sudo rpm --import https://elrepo.org

error: https://elrepo.org
: key 1 not an armored public key.


My security boot is already disabled.

Thank you for your help.

Warm regards

D.

> From: main_at_ammrl.groups.io on behalf of Spin-Doc
> Date: Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 1:55 PM
> To: main_at_ammrl.groups.io
> Subject: Re: [AMMRL] resizing-screen-freezing-almalinux

Hi,

We just had the same issue with an Alma 9.8 installation (not Topspin but
OpenVnmrJ, but that’s not the issue) - even something benign like
resizing a window or opening a web browser crashed the screen.

We successfully did this with
dnf install kmod-nvidia

It may be necessary to enable ELrepo before with something like
sudo rpm --import https://elrepo.org
sudo dnf install https://elrepo.org

After that Linux only came up with a black screen only - turned out it is
necessary to disable Secure Boot in BIOS (in our case with AMI BIOS: switch
Secure Boot from „Windows UEFI“ to „Other OS“) -
apparently secure boot prevents the new driver from compiling during
reboot…

Cheers
Bert

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Am 18.06.2026 um 16:14 schrieb gregory.wylie via groups.io:


HI Denize

We have had similar issues on our systems that use Nvidia drivers. Originally
we were having issues with dependencies so I removed most of the Nvidia
graphics with command:
dnf remove *nvidia* --exclude nvidia-gpu-firmware

This did help with those issue for months. However about a month or so ago
the issues you are describing started on these systems. So just recently I
reinstalled the Nvidia graphics:
dnf install akmod-nvidia

It has been about a week and I have not seen this issue.

You could also just try switching between wayland/X11/gnome and see if
issues go away? This was a suggestion when I googled the problem.

Hope you get it resolved.
Greg

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