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Guide to install nvidia eGpu on ubuntu 22.04
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
1. install nvidia driver:
- sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-525-open
2. reboot
3. install eGPU switcher:
- download release 0.19.0 egpu-switcher-amd64
- 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
4. reboot
5. 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
6. reboot
7. done!
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