Nvidia kernel module missing on startup (Fedora 41/42)

Problem

Recently, I upgraded my linux kernel to version 6.13.0 and 6.14. But I could see “Nvidia kernel module missing” in both version after reboot.

It seemed that I didn’t install corresponding nvidia graphic card driver. And sudo akmods --force wouldn’t fix the bug.

Thoughts

Searching the web, I found this post: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/nvidia-kernel-module-missing-falling-back-to-nouveau/146642 . Thanks to leigh123linux, here is what he said:

You can disable compression in /usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.kmodtool , edit line#67

# It is also possible to uncomment one of the macros provided below:
%_kmodtool_zipmodules 0
#%%_kmodtool_zipmodules 1

So here comes the solution.

Solution

1. If you don’t have akmods in your system, install it by sudo dnf install akmods.
2. In /usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.kmodtool, uncomment line 67 to %_kmodtool_zipmodules 0.
3. sudo akmods --force
4. Reboot your computer.