Public bug reported: Since Nvidia drivers version 396 (still present in 440), `gpu-manager` generates a configuration that does not allow External GPUs.
The reason is a new XConfig option introduced by Nvidia: "AllowExternalGpus" which defaults to False. https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux- x86_64/396.18/README/xconfigoptions.html#AllowExternalGpus The rationale behind their default value seems to be that eGPUs are not necessarily used for display but can be used to add general purpose GPU computing capacity to computers that don't need it on a permanent basis. It seems to me that eGPU usage for display should also be covered on Ubuntu. As there is no clear way to configure the output of gpu-manager in the documentation, it makes it fiddly to add this setting. Workaround available: For now I've done it by duplicating `/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/11-nvidia-prime.conf` generated by gpu-manager into `/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/12-nvidia-prime-fix.conf` and adding the setting in there, in order to override the configuration generated by gpu-manager. However this is not future-proof as this means that future updates to gpu-manager will not be taken into account in my configuration. It's also quite an obscure solution for most users. ** Affects: ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-drivers-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1876616 Title: External Nvidia GPUs won't work with recent proprietary drivers Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Since Nvidia drivers version 396 (still present in 440), `gpu-manager` generates a configuration that does not allow External GPUs. The reason is a new XConfig option introduced by Nvidia: "AllowExternalGpus" which defaults to False. https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux- x86_64/396.18/README/xconfigoptions.html#AllowExternalGpus The rationale behind their default value seems to be that eGPUs are not necessarily used for display but can be used to add general purpose GPU computing capacity to computers that don't need it on a permanent basis. It seems to me that eGPU usage for display should also be covered on Ubuntu. As there is no clear way to configure the output of gpu-manager in the documentation, it makes it fiddly to add this setting. Workaround available: For now I've done it by duplicating `/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/11-nvidia-prime.conf` generated by gpu-manager into `/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/12-nvidia-prime-fix.conf` and adding the setting in there, in order to override the configuration generated by gpu-manager. However this is not future-proof as this means that future updates to gpu-manager will not be taken into account in my configuration. It's also quite an obscure solution for most users. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/1876616/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
