fedora-gpu-manager

A native GTK4/libadwaita GPU driver detection and management tool for Fedora 44+.

Inspired by Linux Mint's Driver Manager, built for Fedora with a proper Adwaita UI and no Python runtime dependency.

Features

• Detects NVIDIA, AMD (discrete + integrated), and Intel GPUs via lspci
• Shows active kernel driver and kernel modules per GPU
• Lists installed driver packages with versions
• Queries RPM Fusion repositories for available packages
• RPM Fusion install — one-click install of free + nonfree repos via pkexec
• NVIDIA driver install — installs akmod-nvidia and supporting packages via pkexec
• Distinguishes integrated vs discrete GPUs (AMD iGPU, Intel iGPU)
• Vendor-appropriate messaging — AMD and Intel users told no action needed
• Action Log tab streams all pkexec output in real time
• Fast startup — scanning runs in a background thread
• Single compiled binary, no Python/Ruby runtime required

Screenshots

GPU Detection	Repo Management
NVIDIA GPU with driver status	RPM Fusion install and status

Requirements

Runtime

• Fedora 44+
• libadwaita (usually pre-installed with GNOME)
• gtk4 (usually pre-installed with GNOME)
• pciutils (provides lspci, usually pre-installed)
• polkit (provides pkexec, usually pre-installed)

Build

sudo dnf install -y rust cargo gtk4-devel libadwaita-devel pkg-config gcc

Building

git clone https://github.com/rxmccaf/fedora-gpu-manager.git
cd fedora-gpu-manager
cargo build --release
./target/release/fedora-gpu-manager

Installing (manual)

sudo install -Dm755 target/release/fedora-gpu-manager /usr/local/bin/fedora-gpu-manager

GPU Support Matrix

Vendor	Detection	Driver Info	Install Driver	Notes
NVIDIA	✅	✅	✅ akmod-nvidia	Requires RPM Fusion nonfree
AMD Discrete	✅	✅	N/A	amdgpu in-kernel, no install needed
AMD Integrated	✅	✅	N/A	Identified as iGPU automatically
Intel Integrated	✅	✅	N/A	i915/xe in-kernel, no install needed

RPM Fusion

This tool can install and configure RPM Fusion repositories:

• rpmfusion-free — open-source packages (Mesa, ROCm)
• rpmfusion-nonfree — proprietary drivers (akmod-nvidia)

All privileged operations use pkexec and prompt for authentication.

Limitations (v1.0)

• Legacy NVIDIA drivers (390xx, 470xx series) are not managed — planned for a future release
• CUDA and ROCm toolchain packages are out of scope by design — advanced users who need these don't need a GUI
• Intel Arc discrete GPU support not yet tested
• Vulkan device info is system-wide, not per-GPU

Roadmap

v1.1

• Legacy NVIDIA driver detection and install (390xx, 470xx) — needs tester hardware

v1.2

• glxinfo -B output on GPU pages (OpenGL renderer, version, direct rendering status)
• Per-device Vulkan info

v2.0

• COPR/Fedora package submission

License

GPLv3+ — see LICENSE

Author

Ray McCaffity