feat(fedora): add nvidia proprietary driver setup script

[harshv5094]

Pull Request

Type of Change

• New feature

Description

This script allows fedora user to install and remove proprietary NVIDIA drivers properly, without locking their system to infinity state on startup.

Testing

• Tested this script on my personal laptop with Fedora 40 running.
• I've run this script multiple times to check if the driver is working properly.

Additional Information

• After installing the NVIDIA driver, before rebooting, the user need to keep their system on for up to 5 min to build drivers properly. then you need to run this command to check if your driver is installed properly or not.

modinfo -F version nvidia

• So I've already implemented a solution for this in my script. I added a sleep timer for up to 4 minutes, so that the drivers can build in that time. Then it run above command to check if the driver number is showing or not.
• I've also added instruction in my script for what to do if installation doesn't work.

Checklist

• My code adheres to the coding and style guidelines of the project.
• I have performed a self-review of my own code.
• I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas.
• My changes generate no errors/warnings/merge conflicts.

[jeevithakannan2]

We've refactored the scripts to remove most of the Bash-specific notations and ensure they are POSIX-compliant (sh). Please review the changes. You can also checkout my https://github.com/jeevithakannan2/linutil/tree/fedora-nvidia for your reference for this PR

[harshv5094]

@jeevithakannan2 I made changes according to your suggestion, and also I've used your script as reference to modify my own script. I modified some changes from your script and tested on my own system, the script works way better than the previous iteration.

[harshv5094]

Should I Add VAAPI drivers, as an option for video acceleration? @nnyyxxxx, @jeevithakannan2

[jeevithakannan2]

Yeah you could do that, also check whether the user's graphics card is compatible before proceeding with vaapi drivers installation

[harshv5094]

@jeevithakannan2, Do you have any idea how I can check that?

[jeevithakannan2]

It would be something like this

if command_exists nvidia-smi; then
  gpu_info=$(nvidia-smi --query-gpu=name --format=csv,noheader)
  printf "%b\n" "${GREEN}NVIDIA GPU detected: $gpu_info${RC}"
else
  printf "%b\n" "${RED}nvidia-smi not found or drivers not installed.{RC}"
  exit 1
fi

if echo "$gpu_info" | grep -Eq "GeForce (8|9|[1-9][0-9])|GTX|RTX"; then
  printf "%b\n" "${GREEN}Your GPU ($gpu_model) is GeForce 8 series or above.${RC}"
else
  printf "%b\n" "${RED}Your GPU ($gpu_model) is below GeForce 8 series.${RC}"
fi

Add few more informational message for users and it is a sample script develop your own script based on that

[harshv5094]

Yeah! This'll help a lot thanks @jeevithakannan2

[ChrisTitusTech]

Sorry for the inconvenience. We had a massive restructure of the codebase to improve future development. Because of this can you update your PR to the new structure. Thank you for your assistance and contribution.

[harshv5094]

Okay @ChrisTitusTech, I'll do it now, and also thanks for checking in.

[harshv5094]

I'm having this problem now. I'm unable to sync the repo

[nnyyxxxx]

I'm having this problem now. I'm unable to sync the repo

The file structure has changed, you'll have to rebase.

[nnyyxxxx]

No need for the uninstalling feature, see #362 for more information.

[harshv5094]

To resolve conflicts, Should I delete this pull request and create a fresh one?

[harshv5094]

So, I don't know how I can fix this issue so I'm going to create a new pull request, with proper precaution.