#[SOLVED] Newest Nvidia Driver doesn't work with my eGPU

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waxen compass
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SOLUTION (hopefully, I will report back if the issue happens again): If you're also experiencing this nieche issue you will probably have to reset your system, when doing an install using arch install and are in the part where you have to chose the driver DONT chose all drivers and choose proprietary nvidia drivers instead.

I recently updated everything on my PC and then after rebooting my external GPU (Geforce GTX 1070 connected via Thunderbolt, GIGABYTE GV-N1070IXEB-8GD) didn't display any output (But the fans still spin, light still lights up, display and cable work), but the internal one of my CPU (intel) still worked.
I am using Plasma (Wayland).
The connection is also connected authorized and trusted.
I already tried to downgrade my Nvidia drivers to the 580xx Versions but that apparently didn't do anything.
Whenever I try to run nvidia-smi it gives me the error message: "NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running."
But dkms status doesn't give me any error messages ("nvidia/580.119.02, 6.18.2-arch2-1, x86_64: installed"
I also modified my grub file (this line: "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash modprobe.blacklist=nouveau nvidia-drm.modeset=1 pci=realloc intel_iommu=off iommu=pt"")
Previously when my eGPU actually worked whenever I booted into the login screen it displayed a white noise screen until I logged in, I never thought to fix it though as it did not really disrupt my regular use.
Can anyone please help me to make my eGPU actually display an output again? (it is also just my best guess that this is because of the new driver, it could also be because of some other reason)

true rapids
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Have you read this post?

waxen compass
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I didn't specifically read that post, but ( I think) I have installed those packages, just to be sure are there any wrong packages in this output of sudo pacman -Qs nvidia:
ocal/egl-gbm 1.1.2.1-1
The GBM EGL external platform library
local/egl-wayland 4:1.1.21-1
EGLStream-based Wayland external platform
local/egl-x11 1.0.4-1
NVIDIA XLib and XCB EGL Platform Library
local/libva-nvidia-driver 0.0.14-1
VA-API implementation that uses NVDEC as a backend
local/libvdpau 1.5-3
Nvidia VDPAU library
local/libxnvctrl-580xx 580.119.02-2
NVIDIA NV-CONTROL X extension (580xx)
local/linux-firmware-nvidia 20251125-2
Firmware files for Linux - Firmware for NVIDIA GPUs and SoCs
local/nvidia-580xx-dkms 580.119.02-2
NVIDIA kernel modules - module sources (580xx)
local/nvidia-580xx-settings 580.119.02-2
Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver (580xx)
local/nvidia-580xx-settings-debug 580.119.02-2
Detached debugging symbols for nvidia-580xx-settings
local/nvidia-580xx-utils 580.119.02-2
NVIDIA drivers utilities (580xx)
local/nvtop 3.2.0-1
GPUs process monitoring for AMD, Intel and NVIDIA

copper trail
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did you remove nvidia-open-dkms before you installed from the aur?

waxen compass
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Yes I removed all packages that I wanted to get the 580xx version of first and then installed said version, or should I remove all nvidia related packages first and then install the 580xx version?

waxen compass
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WTH I just opened T-modloader and then my PC crashed (i was only getting a black screen) and then after shutting it down and booting it back up again my graphics card displayed an output again.
But now I am getting a lot of visual glitches (like some random pixels staying in a spot where they shouldnt be anymore or the desktop peaking through some other pixels), they seam to be aranged in horizontal stripes.
Does anyone have an idea how to fix this?

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I am also getting an output from nvidia-smi

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🙁 I just rebooted my PC and now its gone again and im not getting any output from nvidia-smi