Jetson Orin Nano - No GUI?

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson Orin Nano
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Hello,
I own a Jetson Orin Nano Devkit.
I initially used a SD card with JetPack 5. Then switched to an NVMe drive and JetPack 6 Preview.
At some point, I installed NoMachine to be able to remote into the Jetson without a monitor and keyboard.
When it was released, I used the SDK to flash Jetpack 6 Release. All without any issues.

Recently I tried to run a Docker vm but couldn’t
I tried the following:
sudo docker info
Client: Docker Engine - Community
Version: 27.0.3
Context: default
Debug Mode: false
Plugins:
buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
Version: v0.15.1
Path: /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
Version: v2.28.1
Path: /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose

Server:
ERROR: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?
errors pretty printing info

Yet the server appears to be running:

sudo systemctl status docker
● docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset>
Active: active (running) since Mon 2024-07-15 13:11:09 PDT; 2h 49min ago
TriggeredBy: ● docker.socket
Docs: https://docs.docker.com
Main PID: 1763 (dockerd)
Tasks: 12
Memory: 101.9M
CPU: 1.700s
CGroup: /system.slice/docker.service
└─1763 /usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/cont>

Jul 15 13:11:09 ubuntu dockerd[1763]: time="2024-07-15T13:11:09.159881632-07:00>
…
Jul 15 13:11:09 ubuntu dockerd[1763]: time="2024-07-15T13:11:09.850016480-07:00>
Jul 15 13:11:09 ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Docker Application Container Engine.

In order to troubleshoot the issue, I connected the Jetson to a monitor and keyboard.
When I do this and restart the system, I can see the NVIDIA graphic logo with system information, but later, I do not get the usual GUI, I just get serial output, and eventually the output of my python program which is started by a service on boot. The program runs fine.

i believe these issues, lack of GUI, Docker unable to start are somehow related. But Linux is not my forte. Can anyone help me troubleshoot/repair this?
Thanks!

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Which JetPack SW ypu’re using?
Could you try with JetPack 6.0 GA release again?
Thanks

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I am no longer able to login to the jetson using NoMachine to check versions, as I feared would eventually happen. What would be the easiest way to reinstall JetPack 6.0 GA? I no longer have the Ubuntu machine I used for the initial upgrade. Can I use the SD card method and transfer to the NVMe drive?
I tried running the SDKManager CLI as a Docker image on a Windows 11 host, but I am getting ERROR Status under all the TARGET_COMPONENTS and don’t know how to troubleshoot that (I suspect an incorrect cable connection host/jetson). Is there a tutorial that would help with that?
Thanks,

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Only can suggest use the SDK to flash Jetpack 6 Release via Ubuntu host PC.

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Yes, after unsuccessfully trying different ways of reinstalling (WSL, Docker, Pi), I ended up creating a new Ubuntu partition on my Windows startup disk and running SDKManager from there. I am back up and running. Thanks.

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