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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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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nvidia drivers on 20.04 headless server
I'm installing Nvidia driver 450 on a 20.04 brand new server with no desktop environment (which I do not want to have).
(Context: final goal is to install cuda toolkit via Tensorflow Docker, and ...
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Heeadless reboot of Ubuntu 20.04on Raspberry PI [duplicate]
I have successfully set up Ubuntu 20.04 on a raspberry PI 4. It is connected to a TV via HDMI. When I have the TV on and tuned to the PI input the PI boots perfectly. However when the TV is off or I ...
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Do I have to run headless if I want to access my ubuntu machine from windows?
I have a PC running ubuntu and also a NVIDIA Xavier running ubuntu.
One is a desktop and the other one a embedded machine. Both are at my office.
I would like to access them from my windows PC at home....
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20.04 headless on Raspberry pi 4 re-install will not allow password authentication on ssh
I installed 20.04 on a new headless pi 4 - no problems.
Using Raspberry Pi Imager and selecting 20.04 server each time.
Decided to re-install for a clean production environment but the new ...
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Server Setup Trouble... I Want VNC on a Headless Server
I was working with a startup at one point, and they had an awesome setup where they had a headless server that spun up and launched everything without the need for a login or GUI. Then you could VNC ...
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Create persistent usb with Déjà Dup
I broke my ubuntu install on a usb, but luckily, I backed up my ubuntu install to google drive. Since my server is a headless server, I would like to figure out how to restore my ubuntu install ...
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How to add google remote to a headless docker on vast
I want to add a GUI to a headless docker that I'm renting on vastai. It is using a cuda 16.04 docker image
I start by updating and upgrading and then
I followed this guide https://cloud.google.com/...
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How to run an application in headless mode?
Let's say I have a desktop app with GUI. I switch to the text terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F3, I login and I try to run this app. I get an error message indicating that display is not available.
The ...
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Gnome-session from ssh X returns "X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication", but xterm works
This is a new post from an previous question - someone said to use gnome-session vs. startx, but that gets 4
X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication
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How to run (if possible) gpu-accelerated apps in LXC (LXD) container?
In its great post https://blog.simos.info/how-to-easily-run-graphics-accelerated-gui-apps-in-lxd-containers-on-your-ubuntu-desktop/ Simos Xenitellis describes how to run GUI apps inside the container.
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How to connect to localhost of headless server (for Syncthing)
I was unable to use
ssh [email protected] -L 8384:raspberrypi.local:8384 -N
to connect to localhost:8384 when installing Syncthing. This was odd because I successfully connected to another ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Server Silently Becomes Unresponsive
I have a small headless server, running Ubuntu 18.04. After some time (e.g. a day or two) the server becomes unresponsive; no SSH access, no ping response, no disk activity when the power button is ...
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How do I make my own custom Ubuntu headless image?
What are the ways for me to make my own Ubuntu headless image? What I really want to achieve is to create an image that I can burn onto an sd card or emmc and upon first start up on a single computer ...
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I want my PC to boot in recovery mode by default
I have a headless 18.04 machine without screen, mouse and keyboard. I can't press keys to select the recovery mode and the machine won't show a working greeter in standard mode. So I want it to start ...
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Headless TeamViewer on Ubuntu 19.10
I have been attempting to connect to my home server running Ubuntu 19.10 over TeamViewer from my other devices (Linux computers, Android phones or Windows computers) in vain. I have tried fiddling ...
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xrandr "Failed to get size of gamma for output default" with xserver-xorg-video-dummy on a headless NUC/BACE in 18.04
I am trying to set up Ubuntu 18.04 on a NUC-like Gigabyte BACE. Everything works perfect. BUT: I would like to use Gnome with a screen resolution of 1680x1050.
This is what I did:
sudo apt-get ...
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VNC doesn't work with display switched off
I have my Ubuntu 19.10 HTPC plugged-in to a HDMI switch, which then routes to my monitor. Most of the time that HDMI switch is set to my Nvidia ShieldTV streaming device, and the TV is off.
When I ...
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Windows 10 Virtualbox on Ubuntu Server
I have an Ubuntu 18.04 server running at my house, which replaced my windows server (as it was getting to slow). The only issue is that I have some ssh resources that require windows (and wine will ...
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How to turn off Nvidia GPU on a headless server?
I am running a headless server with an Nvidia GPU.
Even when the GPU is not doing any work, it is consuming about 25 Watts of power:
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Purge GUI from Ubuntu [duplicate]
I have a pivot box that I access only through SSH. It has a small hard disk and I will never use GUI apps on it so I want to purge those.
Ubuntu 16.04. Please recommend a safe way to do this.
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How do I resize partitions when I don't have physical access to a remote server?
I have a:
cloud instance
remote server
Virtual Machine
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of Ubuntu to which I don't have physical access and I need to resize mounted partitions like / that I cannot dismount!
All the tutorials /...
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Dropbox headless crashes "could not connect to display :1"
I installed dropbox from https://www.dropbox.com/install-linux as described to installed it headless. However when I try to run it I get the following error at the end ouf a list of outputs:
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VNC client(only) in Ubuntu 18.04 headless server
So basically I'm trying to setup a configuration line Qubes os but based on Ubuntu and KVM. I used Ubuntu 18.04 but it's still too heavy and I'm thinking of using headless Ubuntu for KVM installation. ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS configuring WEPA WiFi for static address
I have an Ubuntu 18.04.02 LTS (headless) server that has been communicating with Ethernet. Circumstances demand that I now switch to Wifi using a USB Wifi dongle. I have used this Wifi dongle in the ...
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Launch GUI apps from text-mode tty without loading window/desktop manager
Is it possible, in latest Ubuntu distro, to launch GUI apps directly from a tty without loading window/desktop manager?
We need this in situations like:
After configuring an Ubuntu system to boot ...
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How to use system tray with X11 forwarding?
I'm using X11 forwarding to use GUI apps from my headless remote server. Everything was fine until I needed to use a program that needs system tray.
Program needs a system tray to work correctly ...
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Is there any value in using ClamAV to scan the entire filesystem and/or run as root?
I am setting up a headless server that'll be hosting SAMBA for my LAN and a web accessible website.
ClamAV seems to be the defacto standard for Linux anti-virus. Most articles I read online talk ...
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How to get vino to run after autologin on a headless server - Ubuntu Server 18.04.2 LTS
I have a server I prepped here in the office and got everything working.
I set up auto-login followed by an immediate lock-screen so that vino would start automatically after a reboot.
I took the rack ...
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headless ubuntu server with desktop gui with working gpu
I've ordered a dedicated (headless) server with an nvidia GeForce GT 710B GPU at ikoula (offsite data center). Now I am trying to get a full blown desktop gui to run on it so I can actually run what I ...
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Ubuntu 18.04, issue with headless desktop and remote access
I have an Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS desktop install that I use as a Tor relay. It's using a mini-PC with an Intel j4105 (integrated graphics).
I am wanting to have it not connected via HDMI, as I don't have ...
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Running headless doesn't start correctly unless a display is attached
I want to run Ubuntu 18 headless and connect with AnyDesk. Everything works fine as long as there is a display connected, even when not powered on. If I don't have a display attached, then when it ...
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Shorten nmcli connection timeout from 120s to 10s, try a lower priority interface quicker
On Ubuntu 16.04 lts I am using nmcli to manage the network interfaces. I have connections like so.
NAME UUID TYPE DEVICE
link-local-0 da55e0dd-...
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Adding a fake monitor for headless system breaks boot when a real monitor is connected
I'm trying to add a fake monitor in Ubuntu 16.04. This is a headless system and the problem is that remote desktop like teamviewer are really slow, so I tried the accepted solution here:
Add Fake ...
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Creating an ubuntu live USB for an appliance with no video adapter
I have an appliance for which I do not know the root password - and I can't access the GRUB menu ( I tried SHIFT,SPACE and ESC ). This appliance doesn't have any video adapter - only a serial ...
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X11VNC and Nvidia 390 headless; MATE not loading from login
Running LightDM w/ 18.04 LTS Desktop. X11VNC is configured correctly and works whenever NVIDIA drivers not installed. Xorg.conf has been configured with nvidia-xconfig with the display none parameter.
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After booting headless (no monitor) there's no video output when monitor attached
On an Ubuntu 16.04 server normally run headless (i.e., no monitor), there's no video output, no text at all, when a monitor is attached later. However if that Ubuntu server is booted with a monitor ...
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switching from ifconfig to ip but still not seen by router
I have searched google, askubuntu and stackoverflow and I cannot find a solution to my situation.
currently on ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS
previously connected to Netgear R7000 behind att pace 5268AC with a ...
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WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH [duplicate]
IT IS IN PATH
echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable:/usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromedriver:/usr/lib/...
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How to run Lightroom on a server, with no physical display -- headless mode? [closed]
I've not found anything in the internet. Is that possible at all?
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Headless OpenGL rendering on Google Compute Engine (Ubuntu 16.04)
I created a GPU instance on Google Compute engine with NVIDIA Tesla K80 attached.
I have installed GPU drivers and CUDA based on this guide.
nvidia-smi check - ok.
nvcc -V check - ok
Now I am ...
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Disable GUI in Ubuntu 18.04. desktop? (SSH/Webmin headless setup)
Is there a way to disable the GUI in the desktop version of Ubuntu 18.04. so save on power consumption during idle states?
Since I won't have a monitor hooked up to the machine anyway, I'd rather ...
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connecting to Windows VM from the headless server
I've setup a Ubuntu headless server and installed a Windows VM on it. I can perfectly connect to it from a remote computer but.... I cannot connect to the Windows VM from the headless server.
Is there ...
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How do I turn a laptop into headless Ubuntu server?
looking for a way to turn a laptop into a headless box server with ubuntu server, with ssh only access, disk encryption activated, no login prompt at reboot and deactivate screen and keyboard.