Info: Tumbleweed | x86_64 Linux 6.11.5-2-default | Wayland | Laptop: Lenovo 7 16ACHg6 | GPU: GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile [GA104M] | CPU: Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics
I’m at the end of my rope. I’ve tried reinstalling, uninstalling, open and proprietary Nvidia drivers. Now I realize even Nouveau doesn’t even work anymore, even if I modprobe, even if I un-blacklist. I have already posted a few posts on here about my problem (this, and this2), and all that’s made me realize is I’ve been trying to fix this problem for exactly 2 weeks from now. I also have tried to Snapper rollback, except even in the read-only backups, I could not get any driver to work for my GPU. Furthermore, I even tried to reinstall OpenSUSE from a USB Flash, but I couldn’t bring myself to wipe my hard drive. Although, in the Live Bootable USB of OpenSUSE, the Nouveau driver DOES work and uses the GPU, which fairly confuses me since I can’t even use Nouveau on my main system. And thing is, I used to be able to use my GPU on this system, until suddenly I just can’t after an update.
I’m here to ask what the best possible action to take here. I could reinstall OpenSUSE by wiping the hard drive, but I’ll need to know how to FULLY back everything up to another storage system, and for that, I’ll need help to know what exactly I should back up. I could also move over to Fedora, since I have another system that uses it, and so far I’ve been getting a good experience, and it’s been getting better. I’m open to more options to take, if anyone can provide one.
What’s the best possible action to take?