The log shows: [ 17.985] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau" [ 17.986] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nouveau [ 17.986] (EE) Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0) It means that you likely have some fixed configuration to use nouveau driver, instead of the automatic selection. Check /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/*.conf. If any of the file doesn't belong to a package (you can check via rpm -qf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/*), it's a non-standard config.