Month: November 2023

Install NVIDIA Driver and sign the Kernel module on Fedora 39

Last Updated on April 25, 2024

sudo dnf install kmodtool akmods mokutil openssl


sudo kmodgenca -a
sudo mokutil --import /etc/pki/akmods/certs/public_key.der

You will be asked to enter a password, it doesn’t have to be very strong, just make sure to remember it. You’ll only need it once during  these steps.

sudo reboot

After reboot you will see MOK Manager interface and will be asked to enroll the key.
First select “Enroll MOK“.
Then “Continue“.
Hit “Yes” and enter the password.
Then select “OK” and your device will reboot again.

sudo dnf install kernel-devel-$(uname -r)
sudo dnf install gcc kernel-headers kernel-devel akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686
sudo akmods --force
sudo dracut --force
sudo reboot
lsmod | grep -i nvidia

References
https://blog.monosoul.dev/2022/05/17/automatically-sign-nvidia-kernel-module-in-fedora-36/
https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA#Current_GeForce.2FQuadro.2FTesla

Deploy applications in Run as Administrator mode in Windows using PyInstaller and Inno Setup

PyInstaller 

venv\Scripts\pyinstaller.exe --noconsole --onefile --icon=images/icons8-anki-512.ico --manifest=MyAnki.exe.manifest --uac-admin -n MyAnki app.py

MyAnki.exe.manifest

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
  <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
    <security>
      <requestedPrivileges>
        <requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false" />
      </requestedPrivileges>
    </security>
  </trustInfo>
</assembly>

inno_setup.iss

[Setup]
PrivilegesRequired=admin