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USB ssh into a raspberry pi running Ubuntu

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Edit /boot/firmware/config.txt and add dtoverlay=dwc2 at the bottom
Edit /boot/firmware/cmdline.txt and add modules-load=dwc2,g_ether after rootwait (or at the end if there’s no rootwait)
Add the following to /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml

network:
    ethernets:
        usb0:
            dhcp4: false
            link-local: [ ipv4 ]
            optional: true

Shutdown, remove power pins if connected, turn the pi on with usb-c, verify being able to ssh in.

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