Installing Ubuntu desktop on target (DRIVE AGX)

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Software Version
DRIVE OS Linux 5.2.0
DRIVE OS Linux 5.2.0 and DriveWorks 3.5
NVIDIA DRIVE™ Software 10.0 (Linux)
NVIDIA DRIVE™ Software 9.0 (Linux)
other DRIVE OS version
other

Target Operating System
Linux
QNX
other

Hardware Platform
NVIDIA DRIVE™ AGX Xavier DevKit (E3550)
NVIDIA DRIVE™ AGX Pegasus DevKit (E3550)
other

SDK Manager Version
1.6.0.8170
1.5.1.7815
1.5.0.7774
other

Host Machine Version
native Ubuntu 18.04
other

After installing DRIVE OS 5.2 and flashing my DRIVE AGX, I need to install Ubuntu desktop on the target to be able to use the GUI.
I was able to gain access thanks to Minicom, however after I ran “sudo apt-get clean” then “sudo apt-get update” when I run “sudo apt-get install gdm3 ubuntu-unity-desktop” it starts installing until 75% and then gives me this error : "E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update … "

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Hi @mohammed.el-yaagoubi,
To run NvMedia Sample Applications in DRIVE OS, you just need to run the below command.

sudo -b X -ac -noreset -nolisten tcp

I haven’t tried to install ubuntu desktop. I can have it a try later.

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also paste our previous discussion on this in another topic below.

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Here’s the output that I get

command_output
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Maybe you already ran it. You can check with the command.

$ ps aux | grep X

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Seems that way

ps_aux
ps_aux1211×141 24 KB

However the monitor still doesn’t show anything

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It’s because all running processes don’t have GUI.
Maybe you can install some X11 applications to run or you can also try with DRIVE OS sample applications.

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I just tried to flash with SDK Manager, run “sudo apt-get update” and “sudo apt-get install gdm3 ubuntu-unity-desktop”. It worked well.

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I think it maybe due to the fact that my /etc/apt/sources.list file doesn’t contain all the necessary links

etc_apt_sources
etc_apt_sources965×484 78.2 KB

That is why I have these errors at the end while running “sudo apt-get install gdm3 ubuntu-unity-desktop”.

errors
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I have the same apt source list as you.
This should be a common issue of apt itself.
I guess ports.ubuntu.com mirror isn’t stable on your side currently.
May you can have a try later.

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I tried a couple of times again this morning, still no luck !

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Can you give me more details when it comes to implementing an X11 client that reconfigures the HDMI display ?

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Did you see any error message output by “sudo apt-get update”?

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Have you tried NvMedia Sample Applications or any GUI application?

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apt_get_update
apt_get_update1800×178 36.8 KB

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No don’t know how to

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Please refer to this topic.

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Let’s focus this topic on desktop installation.
Please create another topic for running any sample application.

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I was able to install Ubuntu desktop on the target by correclty setting the clock for today’s date.

Following the video on this page https://developer.nvidia.com/drive/drive-agx, I am supposed to have setup scripts to run once I have access to the GUI on the Dev Sys (AGX DRIVE).

P.S : I now longer have the NVIDIA Wallpaper on my HMDI display monitor (AGX DRIVE), is this normal ?

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Yes, it’s expected. That video is based on an older release.