Headless and time question

Hello

I ran into issues before with my jetson agx Orín dev kit not booting properly. Upgrading the jet pack version has helped. However I wanted to make sure k understood some functionality. If I have a monitor connected, the jetson boots up no problem every time. If I don’t have a monitor connected, sometimes it won’t boot and it’ll just keep cycling attempting to boot until it eventually reaches a recovery boot.

My question is, should I be able to ssh into my jetson without a monitor connected? Or is that something that needs to be configured. My normal set up is monitor with jetson, and jetson connected to my host through usb c (no issues here). I’d like to be able to disconnect the monitor reboot the jetson and still be able to connect.

My second question is time related. Every time it boots up with no internet then the time is not set. Is there a way to fix that? Or have it try to figure out its own time with no internet?

Hello @jcoliveros,

You should be able to ssh into the board without a monitor connected. You can use it as you would in headless mode. Just be aware that for software that uses egl, you might run into issues.

As per your seccond question, we have never been in that spot and really don’t have an answer for you.

Please let us know if there anything else we can help you with, we are happy yo assist.

regards,
Andrew

Hi,
For running in headless mode, we suggest modify device tree to disable DP output, please refer to

Jetson AGX Orin FAQ
Q: How to run developer kit in headless mode?

Would I still be able to switch seamlessly to using a monitor? Or will I have to undo the edits to use a monitor again?

Hi,
You would need to re-flash the origin dtb to the system to enable display output.

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