Nvidia Jetson AGX Orin Headless Factory Reset Issue

Autonomous Machines Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson AGX Orin
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Hello,

I am in need of assistance with my Nvidia Jetson AGX Orin, and I am hoping that someone in this forum can help me out. Here are the specifications of the Nvidia Jetson AGX Orin board I am using:

  • OS: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS aarch64
  • Kernel: 5.10.65-tegra
  • Version: 5.0.1-b118
    The issue I encountered started when I was experimenting with the system, and after a reboot, the GPU on my Nvidia Jetson AGX Orin board was no longer recognized. As a result, the system is now headless, and there is no GUI being created (the display doesn’t get a signal).
    I am currently interfacing the board through two methods:
  1. SSH connection I established through WLAN with a host Ubuntu machine which gives me access to the terminal.
  2. Using the Screen command explained in the [Getting Started] page (see below)(Getting Started with Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit | NVIDIA Developer)

To address this problem, I am considering re-flashing the board and resetting it to “factory settings.”
However, while doing this through interfacing with the host machine, I have encountered difficulties with this approach. Since the system is headless, using SDK manager becomes impossible, which then it seems that factory resetting might be a more challenging task. I followed the [Getting Started] instructions for setting up Ubuntu, and attempted to install nvidia-jetpack, but I encountered the following error: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages
Moreover, the installation process is showing unmet dependencies for the packages:

  1. nvidia-jetpack-runtime
  2. nvidia-jetpack-dev

Unfortunately, I am unsure of the best method to proceed and achieve a headless “factory-reset”.

I would greatly appreciate any advice or guidance on how to resolve this issue.

Thank you in advance for your time and expertise. I have been struggling with this problem for some time now and feel a bit lost. Any assistance or insights you can provide would be invaluable.

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Hi,

SDK Manager on the host side has nothing to do with GUI on the device side.
Or flash again with this command:

sudo ./flash.sh jetson-agx-orin-devkit internal

https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/archives/r35.3.1/DeveloperGuide/index.html

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Hi,
Thank you Dave. As you said, the SDK Manager on the host side has nothing to do with the device. I ended up flashing successfully the jetson.
Cheers

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