Run Jetson OS without GUI

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson Orin Nano
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Hey all,

Very excited to have my Jetson up and running!

As someone who’s very comfortable with the command line, and VERY concerned about the resource intensiveness / stringent power constraints of my project, I’m curious if there is a way to run Jetson OS without any graphical interface.

I feel as though a headless approach would be much less wasteful, since I’ll never have a screen plugged into the Jetson anyways. If I don’t plug in a screen, is it still wasting resources with GUI rendering that no one sees?

Thanks!

-Wes

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Hi,
Please try minimal rootfs:

Root File System — NVIDIA Jetson Linux Developer Guide

There is a known issue in generating minimal rootfs and please apply the quick fix:
Booting Issue on Jetson Orin Nano with Minimal Root Filesystem - PARTUUID Mount Fail - #32 by WayneWWW

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Sorry if I’m being obtuse, but I don’t understand how these instructions begin contextually. Could you provide some steps? Do I have to reflash the device from square one?

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Hi,
Yes, you would need to follow the steps to generate the rootfs and re-flash Orin Nano developer kit.