--- title: Using the Khadas Mind Graphics 2 (NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti... description: Connecting the Khadas Mind Graphics 2 external GPU (NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti) to a mini PC over USB4 on Ubuntu 26.04 initially causes poor performance because the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/using-the-khadas-mind-graphics-2-nvidia-rtx-5060-ti-usb4-egpu-on-ubuntu-26-04-wr9tvk1aa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Using the Khadas Mind Graphics 2 (NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti USB4 eGPU) on Ubuntu 26.04 | daily.dev og:description: Connecting the Khadas Mind Graphics 2 external GPU (NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti) to a mini PC over USB4 on Ubuntu 26.04 initially causes poor performance because the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/using-the-khadas-mind-graphics-2-nvidia-rtx-5060-ti-usb4-egpu-on-ubuntu-26-04-wr9tvk1aa og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WR9TVk1Aa.png og:image:alt: Using the Khadas Mind Graphics 2 (NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti USB4 eGPU) on Ubuntu 26.04 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Using the Khadas Mind Graphics 2 (NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti USB4 eGPU) on Ubuntu 26.04 **[CNX Software](https://daily.dev/sources/cnx-software)** · [@cnxsoft](https://daily.dev/cnxsoft) · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Connecting the Khadas Mind Graphics 2 external GPU (NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti) to a mini PC over USB4 on Ubuntu 26.04 initially causes poor performance because the open-source Nouveau driver is not optimized for NVIDIA's Blackwell architecture. Installing the proprietary nvidia-driver-610-open package boosts performance roughly 5.75x. A second problem then appears: the system fails to boot when the eGPU is disconnected because the NVIDIA driver loops looking for the missing card. The fix is blacklisting the nvidia kernel modules in /etc/modprobe.d, updating initramfs, and adding a udev rule to load the drivers automatically only when the eGPU is detected, giving a system that boots fine with or without the dock. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why is my NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti eGPU so slow on Ubuntu when connected over USB4? The open-source Nouveau driver is not optimized for NVIDIA's Blackwell GPU architecture, causing very poor performance. Installing the proprietary NVIDIA driver, such as nvidia-driver-610-open found via `sudo ubuntu-drivers list`, resolves this, improving benchmark scores and average frame rates by about 5.75 times on a Khadas Mind Graphics 2 dock with an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB. _daily.dev surfaces fixes like this for developers wrestling with eGPU driver performance on Linux._ ### Why does my mini PC fail to boot when I disconnect my NVIDIA eGPU on Ubuntu? After installing proprietary NVIDIA drivers, the system can get stuck on a black screen because the driver loops searching for the now-missing graphics card. The fix is blacklisting nvidia, nvidia_modeset, nvidia_drm, and nvidia_uvm modules in a file like /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-egpu.conf, running sudo update-initramfs -u, then rebooting so the system boots fine with or without the eGPU. _Track boot-reliability fixes like this on daily.dev before an eGPU setup leaves you stuck._ ### How do I automatically load NVIDIA drivers only when an external GPU is connected on Linux? After blacklisting the NVIDIA kernel modules so the system boots without the eGPU, set up a udev rule that detects the GPU's vendor and device IDs and runs modprobe for nvidia, nvidia_modeset, nvidia_drm, and nvidia_uvm automatically when it is plugged in. This avoids manually running modprobe commands every time the dock, such as a Khadas Mind Graphics 2, is connected. _daily.dev helps developers automating eGPU driver loading find udev configuration tips like this._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I put a desktop graphics card in a mini PC with one cable, and I still don't quite believe it works](https://daily.dev/posts/i-put-a-desktop-graphics-card-in-a-mini-pc-with-one-cable-and-i-still-don-t-quite-believe-it-works-fp2hqao2y) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [RTX 5090 \+ M4 MacBook Air: Can it Game?](https://daily.dev/posts/rtx-5090-m4-macbook-air-can-it-game--kyxowm6ta) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Part 3: Ubuntu 26.04 on an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H mini computer](https://daily.dev/posts/part-3-ubuntu-26-04-on-an-intel-core-ultra-9-185h-mini-computer-xxdh81g6a) · CNX Software · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Nvidia Graphics Cards work on Pi 5 and Rockchip](https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-graphics-cards-work-on-pi-5-and-rockchip-0xk2obuin) · Jeff Geerling · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - 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