Ok so due to AMD pushing Nobara to remove the patch from the kernel that unlocks OC mode, you now need to run a command manually to re-enable that functionality. From the discord pin (command is at the end) Recent kernel changes: Dropping support for AMD Southern Islands (old 7000 series from 2012) and Sea Islands (8000 series from 2013) cards. Previously we would enable these gpus to use the amdgpu driver by default. Per advice from AMD doing so can result in power management issues with those cards. No longer enabling amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff by default except in handhelds. This setting is used to allow CPU TDP adjustments and GPU overclocking on AMD hardware. It is generally used with CoreCtrl and RyzenAdj. If you do not overclock, you do not need this enabled. Per advice from AMD having this enabled invalidates bug reports and can cause other irregularities. If you prefer to have it enabled you can do so manually with: sudo grubby --args=amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff --update-kernel=ALL and a reboot. Answer from Parrr85 on reddit.com
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r/NobaraProject on Reddit: Nobara 38 CoreCtrl Guide for GPU Advanced Control Settings.
August 30, 2023 -

Wanted to post and leave this here for other who may been having the struggle with getting core CoreCtrl up and working on Nobara like I did. the Gitlab doesn't have all the correct instructions for this distro.

REMINDER: CoreCtrl for GPU advanced settings like this guide shows only works for AMD GPU's. NVIDIA GPU's don't support it on Linux.

1: Install it, duh. then run it to make sure it works too.

sudo dnf install corectrl 

2: Create a text file and name it "90-corectrl.pkla" in the file destination bellow.

/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/90-corectrl.pkla

with the following contents:

[User permissions] 

Identity=unix-group:your-user-group Action=org.corectrl.* ResultActive=yes

The "your-user-group" is your user group which should be the first bit of the command line in a terminal that appears before typing.

EX:

[tc@TC ~]$

Therefore~ "tc"

[User permissions]

Identity=unix-group:tc Action=org.corectrl.* ResultActive=yes

In my case.

3: Time to edit the grub and this is where it deviates from the Gitlab guide a bit cause Fedora stuff.

In terminal enter

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

Then as the guide mentions you need to enter

amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff

to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= as instructed. it should look something like this.

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT='quiet splash resume=UUID=ec70262b-7e5d-4402-a48b-c22a855757c1 amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff'

Then regenerate the bootloader with this command

sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

Just adds 2 in different places in the line so Nobara can do the correct thing. the command in the Gitlab page will just tell you "grub-mkconfig: command not found..." Thank you LionHeartP on the Nobara Discord for helping me with that.

4: Just reboot and then you should be good to go for Corectl on your AMD GPU. Enjoy!

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r/NobaraProject on Reddit: How to set up CoreCtrl
June 2, 2023 - you have to run corectrl as sudo. If you want your settings to apply at system startup, you have to do the Polkit part ... My NOBARA OS freezes on startup.
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Linux Tech Tips EP#9: CoreCtrl Tutorial - Undervolting, Overclocking and profiles | Nobara Project - YouTube
Quick Tutorial how to use CoreCtrl to undervolt, overclock and use profiles.==Disclaimer==If you are not experienced with Linux, please always make sure that...
Published   September 11, 2022
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r/NobaraProject on Reddit: Help starting at Nobara (And Linux)
November 30, 2022 -

So, i decided to change from windows to linux officialy, and got recommended to use Nobara as i'm a ""gamer"". There is something like a "starter guide" to nobara and linux in general? I'm kinda used to the terminal as i used Linux Mint at my job, but i really need some help to learn about customization, download the right drivers (i have a nvidia gpu) etc.

any tip will be accepted, i'm really interested in learning about this beautiful world of linux and do some r/unixporn stuff lol

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Improving performance - Linux Gaming wiki
April 7, 2026 - BUT: Generally, you should be expecting about the same performance (±10%) as on Windows[1]. If your experience is much worse, there is probably an issue. Most Linux distributions aren't properly configured for gaming at all. Nobara is a notable exception, it already includes many of the tweaks ...
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r/NobaraProject on Reddit: Anyone else’s corectrl not working properly after an update?
October 11, 2024 -

Lost voltage control, power limit maxes out at 280 instead of 315 watts, and I can only choose between the maximum frequency and the minimum, no in between. This happened to anyone else yet?

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Ok so due to AMD pushing Nobara to remove the patch from the kernel that unlocks OC mode, you now need to run a command manually to re-enable that functionality. From the discord pin (command is at the end) Recent kernel changes: Dropping support for AMD Southern Islands (old 7000 series from 2012) and Sea Islands (8000 series from 2013) cards. Previously we would enable these gpus to use the amdgpu driver by default. Per advice from AMD doing so can result in power management issues with those cards. No longer enabling amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff by default except in handhelds. This setting is used to allow CPU TDP adjustments and GPU overclocking on AMD hardware. It is generally used with CoreCtrl and RyzenAdj. If you do not overclock, you do not need this enabled. Per advice from AMD having this enabled invalidates bug reports and can cause other irregularities. If you prefer to have it enabled you can do so manually with: sudo grubby --args=amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff --update-kernel=ALL and a reboot.
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From Discord: Recent kernel changes: Dropping support for AMD Southern Islands (old 7000 series from 2012) and Sea Islands (8000 series from 2013) cards. Previously we would enable these gpus to use the amdgpu driver by default. Per advice from AMD doing so can result in power management issues with those cards. No longer enabling amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff by default except in handhelds. This setting is used to allow CPU TDP adjustments and GPU overclocking on AMD hardware. It is generally used with CoreCtrl and RyzenAdj. If you do not overclock, you do not need this enabled. Per advice from AMD having this enabled invalidates bug reports and can cause other irregularities. If you prefer to have it enabled you can do so manually with: sudo grubby —args=amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff —update-kernel=ALL and a reboot.
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Advice needed on linux os for work/gaming - nobara vs pop-os 22.04 lts - Linux - Level1Techs Forums
January 1, 2023 - Im almost done with my new build which will feature a 3900x + 6700xt & 64gb ram i was going to load with pop os 22.04 lts till i checked back on the Nobara Linux project an saw all the latest spec an features especially this an this an a whole lot out of the box newer tweaks then when i first ...
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r/linux_gaming on Reddit: CoreCtrl not working nobara G15 advantage edition
October 31, 2023 -

ive been using linux for a bit now but ive had some pretty severe performance issues on battery ive installed CoreCtrl from the nobara repo but GPU MHz and power limit seem to do nothing memory MHz does apply but thats all as i said in the title i have a G15 advantage edition 5900HX+6800M and no its not just using my integrated graphics tho some apps still do that if anyone knows how to force an app to run with the dedicated graphics that would be great too

my specs are

Operating System: Nobara Linux 38

KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.8

KDE Frameworks Version: 5.110.0

Qt Version: 5.15.10

Kernel Version: 6.5.9-200.fsync.fc38.x86_64 (64-bit)

Graphics Platform: X11

Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX with Radeon Graphics

Memory: 30,7 GiB of RAM

Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics

Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

Product Name: ROG Strix G513QY_G513QY

System Version: 1.0

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r/NobaraProject on Reddit: Power control on Nobara
February 20, 2024 -

Greetings!

I'm beginner at Linux (worked on it flawlessly, god bless chatGPT) and currently stuck on installing power control panel for gamescope and desktop.

I've successfully installed Decky and got it running on gamescope, but can't surpass installing power control anyhow. I've tried regular stuff like downloading tar.gz and installing through terminal, but there's no install or ./make or anything else.

Also, couldn't install it as ZIP (v1 and v2 panel with source code and non source code).

I really want to get playing on Nobara instead of Win, but without TDP control and fan curve it's just too loud and ineffective. Any suggestions?

P.S.: got GPD WIN MINI, Ryzen 7840.

SOLVED!: was trying to install wrong plugin (power control panel), while I was needed powercontrol mentioned down by u/NotARedShirt. Now I have fan controls.

And wouldn't find awesome corectrl software, which I will discover and explore later to completely find out how configuring AMD works (couldn't get it running properly). On my way to linux. Thanks guys!

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r/NobaraProject on Reddit: Need help controlling fan speed
August 4, 2023 -

system specs: Gigabyte b650 gaming x ax motherboard, radeon 6950 xt, ryzen 5 7600x.

When I play any game (at this point just using Steam) the fans spin up to full blast even though my system is running easy and cool. When I run "sensors" via commandline it show fan1 at 0 RPM. There are six fans in the case right now, I just kinda stuck them in because I had room. So yes, I realize there are prob more fans than are needed but how do you calm them down or at least get the system to recognize that they don't need to be running 100% all the time in games.

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Nobara 38 2023-07-09 released
July 9, 2023 - The Nobara project is a customized version of Fedora Linux that includes modifications for gaming such as WINE dependencies, obs-studio, third-party codec packages like those for gstreamer, third-party drivers like ...
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Kernel Panic EP#2: Installing and Setting Up Nobara for gaming | Nobara KDE - YouTube
A quick guide on how to install and setup Nobara for gaming post install. Since Nobara pretty much has everything already installed, atleast for AMD GPU owne...
Published   January 7, 2023
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Nobara Project
May 7, 2022 - r/NobaraProject: The (unofficial) subreddit dedicated to discussion of GloriousEggroll’s Nobara linux distro, based on Fedora and designed to make…
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r/NobaraProject on Reddit: Corectrl gpu power profiles cause screen flicker
April 5, 2023 - So i have been facing this weird issue which i will try to document below. Since nobara i used by ppl that use their pc to game among other things i…
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Nobara 39 Released - Customized Version Of Fedora Catering To Gamers/Enthusiasts - Phoronix
Nobara 39 was released today as this modified Fedora Linux downstream that focuses on adding user-friendly fixes and various gamer/enthusiast type desktop optimizations.