Flame 2023 - Rocky Linux - rtx 3090 - non DKU video driver?

I tried the 8.7 installation (Flame 2025.0.1 HotFix Linux + Latest DKU) last night and got Flame running. However, I could not get any audio working. My audio devices did not show up in the settings. pavu was indefinitely establishing a connection. So I asked chat GPT for help. These are just the first half of the following commands I tried at some point:

sudo dnf install alsa-utils

sudo dnf update

sudo dnf install pulseaudio pulseaudio-utils
pulseaudio --check
pulseaudio --start

sudo usermod -a -G audio $(whoami)

journalctl | grep audio

pulseaudio -k
pulseaudio --start

sudo alsactl restore

pulseaudio -k
pulseaudio --start --log-level=debug

sudo dnf reinstall alsa-lib pulseaudio

coredumpctl list
coredumpctl info

rm -r ~/.config/pulse/* # Clears out user configuration to reset to defaults
pulseaudio -k # Kills the currently running PulseAudio, if any
pulseaudio --start # Attempts to start PulseAudio again

pulseaudio --log-level=debug --log-target=stderr

coredumpctl list pulseaudio
coredumpctl debug # Replace with the process ID from the list

sudo dnf reinstall pulseaudio pulseaudio-libs
pulseaudio -k
pulseaudio --start

One of the commands (I forget which), caused it to go into a kernel panic, and now every time I boot up into Rocky, I’m stuck indefinitely with a kernel panic. I’m thinking to start over with a new Rocky installation.