The original post: /r/debian by /u/gnychis on 2024-12-24 04:09:06.
Hi all, I have an eGPU that I want to use with my laptop. My laptop has an integrated Intel graphics card. Everything works perfectly fine with the Intel card and my desktop without the use of the eGPU.
However, after I installed the Nvidia driver via “nvidia-driver firmware-misc-nonfree”, my applications lag and delay in loading. I do not have the eGPU plugged in when this happens, and I rebooted with the eGPU unplugged to be sure that it wasn’t accessible either. Though, even with it plugged in this still happens. When I install the Nvidia drivers the nouveau driver is removed.
In the first video, you can see the graphical distortion and the time it takes to load Chrome (over 10 seconds). And the second video shows how quickly Chrome loads when I uninstall the Nvidia drivers and use nouveau again without the eGPU:
I am on Debian 12.