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Guide to install nvidia eGpu on ubuntu 22.04
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DISCLAIMER This might break your current partition, no guarantees for any damages these steps might cause

System: MSI summit with i7 1280P, RTX 3070, Razer Core X Don't have you eGPU plugged in initially

  1. install nvidia driver:
  • sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-525-open
  1. reboot and plugin your eGPU
  2. install eGPU switcher:
  • download release 0.19.0 egpu-switcher-amd64 here
sudo cp Downloads/egpu-switcher-amd64 /opt/egpu-switcher
sudo chmod 755 /opt/egpu-switcher
sudo ln -s /opt/egpu-switcher /usr/bin/egpu-switcher
sudo egpu-switcher enable
  • select eGPU
  1. reboot
  2. add Kernel parameter
  • sudo nano /etc/default/grub
  • change line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nvidia.NVreg_OpenRmEnableUnsupportedGpus=1"
  • sudo update-grub
  1. reboot
  2. done!
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