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Asbestbrezel

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Registered: 2014-07-27

Posts: 67

[solved] External gpu nvidia gtx760 does not work

Hello archers,

i just tried to connect my new eGPU-setup with Linux. But it does not work yet.
It's a nvidia gtx760 connected via ExpressCard to my Thinkpad x230.

Output of lspci | grep VGA :

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK104 [GeForce GTX 760] (rev a1)

So, i installed the proprietary nvidia driver and created following xorg-config:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "layout"
    Screen 0 "nvidia"
    Inactive "intel"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "nvidia"
    Driver "nvidia"
    BusID  "PCI:4:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "nvidia"
    Device "nvidia"
    Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "intel"
    Driver "modesetting"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "intel"
    Device "intel"
EndSection

The external Monitor is connected to the Card, but xrandr does not show any connection.

Any Idea how to get this work?

Last edited by Asbestbrezel (2014-11-30 19:51:06)

Asbestbrezel

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Registered: 2014-07-27

Posts: 67

Re: [solved] External gpu nvidia gtx760 does not work

Its working now. The config-file was named wrong.

But steam has some problems to detect the card or the right opengl-driver.

Last edited by Asbestbrezel (2014-11-29 12:29:49)

Asbestbrezel

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Registered: 2014-07-27

Posts: 67

Re: [solved] External gpu nvidia gtx760 does not work

I think this is because i had to deinstall mesa-libgl, because of a conflict with nvidia-libgl.
But how can i fix this?

Asbestbrezel

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Registered: 2014-07-27

Posts: 67

Re: [solved] External gpu nvidia gtx760 does not work

Forgot to install lib32-nvidia-libgl. Now its working fine!

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Re: [solved] External gpu nvidia gtx760 does not work

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kony

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Registered: 2014-12-11

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Re: [solved] External gpu nvidia gtx760 does not work

Does your eGPU work on the internal monitor, or just the external one?

Asbestbrezel

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Registered: 2014-07-27

Posts: 67

Re: [solved] External gpu nvidia gtx760 does not work

Just the external one. My actual conf-file looks now like this:

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier "layout"
	Screen 0 "nvidia"
	Inactive "intel"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier "nvidia"
	Driver "nvidia"
	BusID "PCI:4:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier "intel"
	Driver "intel"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "nvidia"
	Device "nvidia"
EndSection

Samgarr

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Registered: 2015-01-03

Posts: 1

Re: [solved] External gpu nvidia gtx760 does not work

Hello,
did you figured out conflict between intel and nvidia drivers? I want use integrated GPU on travel and eGPU for home gaming. But i dont want every time reinstall drivers and configure Xserver. Thanks.