Questions tagged [headless]
Headless software (e.g. "headless Java" or "headless Linux") is software capable of working on a device without a graphical user interface.
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how to enable headless operation on an Ubuntu 22.04 desktop running on a Raspberry PI without screen
I've tried to follow:
RPI4 and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: Switch between headless and hdmi mode without any changes
but it doesn't seem to work. The RPi fails to boot.
My goal is to be able to connect via ...
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Remote into headless Unit
So when I try to remote in via TightVNC I just get a black screen, the port was open and after some troubleshooting I figured it had to be that screen sharing was disabled in preferences. That's fine, ...
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Restart network interface after reconfiguration of default gateway
I had to swap out my router, and unfortunately that also means changing the default gateway.
I have updated the configuration in /etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yml with my net configuration and run #...
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How to install QEMU on Ubuntu Server?
All the info I can find do something like this:
sudo apt install qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients
But when executing it shows it will install a LOT of packages that are for systems with ...
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Remote controlled headless Ubuntu Desktop question
I run a C&C Ubuntu Desktop system in my datacentre which I access using VNC-over-SSH. However, the video driver always formats the screen according to the monitor that's physically present there, ...
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NVIDA driver starts X on external monitor, laptop screen still shows boot log (UPDATED)
I ran into a strange error after installing NVIDIA drivers on my laptop with Ubuntu 22.04. The machine has an RTX 2070 and an Intel video card and my screen is connected via HDMI.
After first ...
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How can I ensure I can login to my laptop with a failing screen?
I have a Lenovo Flex with Ubuntu installed and the screen has been increasingly unreliable (flickering, sometimes just black). I'd like to ensure I can still use the computer when the screen dies, so ...
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Install ubuntu server without screen
Is it possible to install ubuntu server on headless machine?
I downloaded the image on my windows pc, i can flash it to pendrive, but i don't have a screen for the machine i want to install it on.
Can ...
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Bash - Accept EULA in script non-interactively
I'm trying to build a singularity container for working with Microsoft Azure Kinect SDK. I need to install k4a-tools in a headless manner, but I can't figure out the right way to accept the EULA non-...
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VNC unattended on virgin instal ubuntu workstation
I have a new laptop running LTS ubuntu workstation. It runs the default GNOME GUI
I want to keep this thing running 24x7 and have cacti to poll several systems via script and/or SNMP. Cacti is not the ...
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TigerVNC as service in 22.04 headless Ubuntu server fails to start
I have set up TigerVNC on a headless Ubuntu 22.04 server in the cloud, so headless.
Launching
vncserver
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Ubuntu 22.04 Server on Raspberry Pi - how to install regenerate_ssh_host_key.service
I have created a custom image of "ROS2 Humble Hawksbill on Ubuntu 22.04 Server LTS (64-bit) for the GoPiGo3 robot" but cannot ssh into the first boot. It boots fine, connects to WiFi, but ...
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Logging in to headless Ubuntu Server has started take Long Time
recently I've been having trouble with one of my (headless) Ubuntu servers. Critical software like NFS and munge have stopped working, and it seems to be because of how long it takes to log into the ...
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Installed pi-hole on headless raspberry pi running ubuntu server 20.04 - now ssh not working. What's going on?
I don't know what to share. My pi stopped working a while ago after my micro sd card broke somehow. I recently bought a new card, and have just finished setting it up to be accessed from ssh. I ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 reinstallation without a screen
I have an Ubuntu server at home to use as a workplace storage, etc. and I need to reinstall it. I don't have a monitor to do it because I don't have the right plug, they aren't selling them in my ...
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How can I set up my headless Ubuntu $DISPLAY to a local network Windows 11 PC display?
I am very confused about X server/client and got many errors that I could not solve, nor the community here (maybe). My main goal is to have a seamless GUI integration, just like when working over ...
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Headless Chrome Doesn`t Work In Virtual Environment On Ubuntu Server Under Ther Root User
Help me please to solve this issue.
I have Ubuntu server running. I had installed chrome from .deb package by user1 in order to use it in headless mode in Selenium web driver (via Python) and within ...
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Install ubuntu server by flashing disk drive
I wonder if there is a way to install ubuntu server(or any other linux distribution) just by flashing drive and plugging it into new machine(configuring it by conf files beforehand).
I found way for ...
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How to enable Anydesk unattended access on headless Ubuntu machine?
My company is subscribed to the Anydesk performance license, we hoped that there would be an option to create a custom client with unattended access available - however, there is not.
Now we are ...
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Does anybody have working network-config for headless boot ? Ubuntu 22.04
As stated in the Title. I have tried several combinations and can't get it to work. There are no samples I could find on internet... everybody is happy with dhcp default settings... ???
I have tried ...
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Erase logical volume and use freed space to enlarge existing volume on RAID
I am working remotely in command line and need to remove old unused volume and use this freed space to enlarge the volume holding /home.
I am not sure of the terminology so see relevant lsblk below.
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Error starting a tmuxinator session via systemd service on Ubuntu 18.04
I have a tmuxinator (note not tmux, tmuxinator) project running on Ubuntu 18.04 (running in headless/server mode). My tmuxinator project file is located in the default directory of /home/karsh/....
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WSL2 ubuntu 20.04 tamil font headless
I am on trials to use trans to translate one language to the other on WSL2 ubuntu 20.04.
Basically, I am trying to reproduce this
I have done these so far:
Administrator: Windows PowerShell
git clone ...
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21.10 make (screen) share password permanent?
I am running a headless raspberry pi and I want to remote into the desktop. I set the user to auto login, enable screen sharing with a password (there's nobody there to respond to a request!), and it ...
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Real mode call failed on MacBook Pro when trying to turn screen off Ubuntu Server 20.04
I have Ubuntu Server 20.04 installed on an early 2011 MacBook Pro 8,1 and I want to close the lid and turn the screen off.
I have succesfully prevented it from sleeping when closing the lid as ...
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Alternatives to openjdk-7-jre?
Trying to build headless serv for minecraft w/ friends. I'm following a guide that wants me to install openjdk-7-jre, however I noticed that people are saying it doesn't have updates anymore and to ...
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Connecting to a headless Server for gaming?
So I'm kind of in deep already with this but basically, I put together a computer its got everything in it EXCEPT a GPU. My thought process here was to connect to it from my main computer and use it ...
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Does Libinput require X/Wayland?
In short: Is X.org a dependency of Libinput?
Rephrased, can libinput work standalone?
The question is mostly about hacking around with some input devices. I'm trying to route USB/PS1/Bluetooth input ...
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Headless Ubuntu into VirtualBox virtual machine
I want to run just any regular image set up in VirtualBox. Is it possible to run a virtual image/desktop with VirtualBox before the Ubuntu desktop environment loads?
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Enable automatic power management of NVIDIA graphics card on headless server?
My NVIDIA card seems to be using the full performance mode even when running a headless server:
$ nvidia-smi
Tue Oct 5 11:10:47 2021
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remove graphics card from ubuntu server machine
I used a old HP media PC to install Ubuntu Linux 20.04.3 and removed the video card and restart the machine. The server boots after making several beeps. I guess it is because I removed the graphics ...
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How to access a cloned VirtualBox Ubuntu Server via SSH to get a different Address
I installed a headless Ubuntu server build on VirtualBox, and once I fully prepared it to work, I cloned it to have a second, exactly the same, instance. However, the clone shares it's CMD SSH access ...
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I need to know how to set up an old computer to be a multiple instance Ubuntu Server
This may sound quite ignorant, I'm not by any means an expert on this subject, so forgive me if I ask something that's quite easy for you all.
I've been searching for multiple instances I need for a ...
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Fall back to hotspot when no Wi-Fi network is available
I am running Kubuntu 20.04.2 LTS. I want my Wi-Fi card to create a hotspot if it cannot find one of the networks to connect to. I plan on taking this system out in the boonies and want to run headless ...
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How to use transmission-show and other command line tools to find the status of torrents?
In going through the man pages for transmission I'm not seeing how to find the status of current downloads initiated through the GUI:
nicholas@gondor:~$
nicholas@gondor:~$ transmission-show --...
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How is transmission monitored from the console?
Normally I add magnet links from firefox to transmission via the GUI, but also want it to continue the downloads even when the GUI isn't running.
I've also installed:
transmission-cli
transmission-...
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Ubuntu20 headless xfce slow response on VNC
I have installed Ubuntu20 on intel NUC. I have also installed VNC on it so that I can access this machine at client site from my office. I have to operate it without monitor, so as soon as I unplug ...
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How to Headless Install Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop Environment for the Raspberry Pi 4 using UART Pins (TTL to USB Serial Port)
I want to install Ubuntu onto my Raspberry Pi 4 using the desktop release build, not the server release build, because I do not have the time for the Pi to install all the huge packages and massive ...
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Losing my mind over headless Ubuntu 20.04.2 WiFi - many times ssh and ping report host down
My robot is running Ubuntu 20.04.2 64-bit Server headless on Raspberry Pi 3B+
Sometimes my robot boots and all appears to be going well. It centers the servo, writes the battery voltage into its life....
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Headless Ubuntu 20.04 change resolution w/o breaking nautilus-admin
I’m running Ubuntu 20.04 desktop headless. Using NoMachine to connect to the headless desktop using dummy video driver (need desktop to use nautilus-admin). I am not able to set my preferred ...
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How can I autostart a headless Kodi on Lubuntu?
I am running Kodi on Lubuntu (Ubuntu) 20.10 on an Intel NUC, but I think this works in general. I wanted the system to auto-login and auto-start into Kodi.
I installed Lubuntu on a fresh system and ...
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How to install headless Ubuntu with option for GUI + wireless
I have a wireless PC that I normally will run headless (using the monitor and keyboard/mouse for other PCs). And access via SSH to manage NFS and samba.
I had the PC running in headless only, and ...
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Has anyone successfully upgraded their headless Ubuntu running on a Dell PowerEdge T710 using a Keyboard, Video, Mouse console?
Just as the title says.
I have headless Ubuntu server running on a Dell PowerEdge T710, and it says I need to do a release upgrade to 20.04.2 LTS from 18.04.5 LTS which I can perform using the Dell's ...
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Is it possible to install ubuntu on banana pi m2 zero No graphic interface (headless)
I have banana pi m2 zero, I need to use it to only get accelerometer data and post it to a remote server.
I'm wondering if there is any version of ubuntu which I can use it.
Thanks !
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RPI4 and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: Switch between headless and hdmi mode without any changes
I've installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on my fresh Raspberry Pi 4.
The OS is configured to boot to desktop (xubuntu) and autologin is enabled.
The Pi should boot either with an HDMI cable plugged in or in ...
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Raspberry Pi 3B+ No LAN after Ubuntu Server 20.10 setup
I've tried to flash the 64 bits Ubuntu Server 20.10 image to my Raspberry Pi 3B+, but I cannot ping or SSH into it. The Pi does show up in my ARP table, with 4 different addresses, yet none of them ...
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Connecting Ethernet Cable to Ubuntu Server Makes Terminal Response Very Slow
I'm setting up an ubuntu server for the first time, and ran into an odd problem.
Basically, when I have my ethernet cable plugged in, the response to terminal commands gets very slow.
For example: the ...
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How do I increase the resolution of headless system using dummy monitor?
Please, this question has not been answered, I have read them all and none seems to work for me.
I have a headless system Ubuntu 20.04 with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Richland [Radeon HD ...
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Display emulator no longer working with Ubuntu 20.04
I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 19 to 20.04.
I was using TeamViewer to connect to my box in lieu of the display.
The box was running headless with display emulator
After the upgrade, TeamViewer sees ...
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How to handle / create disaster backups for an ubuntu 18.04 server that can boot on any / most hardware
I'm currently running 4 different Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 servers for Apache and Bind. I got my configuration backup done by a script I wrote myself, making sure I got my MySQL databases, apache files ...
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