I am having issues with the first boot of the Jetson Nano I recently bought. I am using Mac and Windows 10 VM on parallels. I have tried both conecting using Mac and using Parallels Windows 10 VM. On the windows machine in Device Manager, I see the following error:
Currently, this hardware device is not connected to the computer. (Code 45)
The hardware Ids for this (COM3) are:
USB\VID_0955&PID_7020&REV_0002&MI_02
USB\VID_0955&PID_7020&MI_02
I have restarted the Mac and windows 10 VM, but still the same issue. I checked the driver and it says windows has the latest driver. I am using the power from J25 (with Jumper correctly set) and using Micro USB to connect to the Windows 10 VM.
Can I get the first boot to work from my Mac? I see “Linux for Tegra” under System Settings > Network, but it says “not connected”. I was just following the instructions for Getting Started.
Thanks for helping me. It is nice to be able to get some help! I still have not tried Ubuntu VM, but before that I am trying to follow the instructions at: Get Started With Jetson Nano Developer Kit | NVIDIA Developer
I am using MacOS (not VM) and the instructions are not working. I looked at both headless mode and with display attached. In the headless mode, I am not able to see the USB device whenI issue the command ls /dev/cu.usbmodem*.
Does this mean that the Jetson Nano I just purchased is defective?
So do I understand it right that I need to purchase a new computer that has Ubuntu 18.04 on it to make Jetson Nano work? I cannot even use Ubuntu on Parallels?
The VM is not officially supported, thus to use a true Ubuntu PC…this would be the easiest way…Otherwise, you would search this forum, but be aware that tricks would depend on your VM and L4T release…You may put your Jetson into recovery mode before launching your VM, and may try to adjust your USB settings
Interesting. I hope someone from NVIDIA sees this and updates the Getting Started page to indicate that only Ubuntu PC will work. I will try to get an Ubuntu PC and give it a shot - hopefully that I will have better luck and the Jetson Nano purchase is not a complete waste (and possibly the Ubuntu PC purchase as well!).
Thanks for your support. I will update on what I find.
Do you know where I can find a laptop that has ubuntu 18.04? (I know it is kind of silly to ask this here, but I am finding it hard to locate it.) Thanks!
Yes. I just watched a youtube video that showed connecting to a TV worked. So I tried that and that seems to be working. I just need to get wireless keyboard and mouse to be able to interact with it. I should be able to do that soon. I will write down the steps here if I can get it to fully work.
Thanks for the help. Following are the steps I used to get it working.
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Devices used:
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Jetson Nano 4G development kit
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5V-3A DC adapter
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WiFi dongle (tp link)
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Wireless keyboard and mouse with USB dongle (Logitech advanced MK540)
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HDMI cable to connect to display
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HDTV used as display
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64GB MicroSD
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Use a Mac or PC to download the Jetson Nano SDK
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Use Etcher to flash the MicroSD with the SDK
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Place the MicroSD in its socket
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Plug in the WiFI dongle in any of the USB sockets
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Plug in the USB dongle for the keyboard and mouse in another
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Connect the TV to Jetson Nano with the HDMI cable
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Make sure the jumper is used to connect the two pins (at J48)
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Connect the power to the Jetson Nano board at J25
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The processor will boot up and will show some screens:
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I chose all defaults
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Created a login:
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Initially I had a password with a special character. This did not work at a later stage when I wanted to connect with Remote Desktop. It looks like the keys from the Remote Desktop do not get translated correctly when communicated to Jstson Nano. So had to change it to something very simple
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Remote desktop connection:
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Install xrdp: sudo apt-get install xrdp
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In the file /etc/xrdp/sesman.ini add the following line:
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allow-users=
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The above line should be added under [Security]
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Restart xrdp using: sudo service xrdp restart
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Get the IP address of Jetson Nano by using one of the commands: ifconfig or “ip addr show”
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From the PC start Remote Desktop and connect with the above IP Address
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Enter the username/password
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If everything works, you should be able to see a connection to Jetson Nano and interact with it
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It did not work for me and the window was closing immediately after connecting
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You can look at the file /var/log/syslog using sudo tail /var/log/syslog on Jetson Nano to see what the possible error could be
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Since xrdp was not working, I installed xfce4 using the following commands:
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install xfce4
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echo xfce4-session > ~/.xsession
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sudo service xrdp restart
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Now start the Remote Desktop on the PC and connect with Jetson Nano. You should be Abel to see the connection and be able to interact with Jetson nano using a terminal in the Remote Desktop window.
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At this point you should not need the TV display or the keyboard and mouse any more and be able to do all the work directly from the Remote Desktop.
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Note that any time Jetson Nano is rebooted, its IP address may change and so you may have to get it by using the TV as the display for Jetson Nano.