Questions tagged [headless]
Headless software (e.g. "headless Java" or "headless Linux") is software capable of working on a device without a graphical user interface.
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Did I bloat my network devices? <nmcli d s | grep ^$IFNAME> Help
I'm a Linux noob so bear with me. I'm in the process of trying to figure out how to use my device as a WiFi extender using NetworkManager to create a persistent hotspot. I tried out multiple methods ...
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Ubuntu 24.04 Headless Remote Login?
Is it possible to use the Gnome Remote Login feature on Ubuntu 24.04 to have a session that is not displayed on physical monitor attached to the computer?
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OpenVPN Access Server Stuck on License Agreement
I followed the steps from the OpenVPN Access Server Portal to install OpenVPN Access Server on an Ubuntu Server 22 headless VM. After installing and automatically configuring the service, I went to ...
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Rebooting Halted Unless Manually Power Button Pressed
I had Ubuntu 20 installed in my Dell Precision 7920 Tower. When I was upgrading it to Ubuntu 22, I got disconnected on the way. Hence the upgrade was halted in the middle. Somehow I managed to get it ...
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Trying to wipe clean a headless server without plugging a monitor/keyboard?
I have a server, which is hard to access. I could take it from the understairs "network mess". I want to use that server for some stuff that is security sensitive, so would prefer if I wiped ...
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Tasksel cinnamon install stuck at 81%
Not sure what to do as my Ubuntu headless server is now stuck on a purple terminal gui.
I've tried to use tasksel to install cinnamon-desktop. It seems it's now stuck on 81% which is displayed as &...
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How can I upgrade a package to a specific version? [duplicate]
I know how to install a specific version of a package. Now I want to upgrade all packages of my system with:
sudo apt upgrade
But for a specific package, I do not want it to upgrade to the latest ...
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Rclone and Google Drive Authorization giving an error
I'm running a Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS public server. I'm attempting to install Rclone to back up a folder to my Google Drive. I'm using the notes from where I did this before but I cannot get it to work ...
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Headless Ubuntu 23.10 on Raspberry Pi 5
I have Ubuntu 23.10 running from an SSD attached to my Raspberry Pi 5. I would like to run the setup headlessly but if there is no monitor attached I cannot access it via Microsoft Remote Desktop. It ...
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Headless computer (Update 2)
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS, GNOME 42.9, Windowing X11.
I can turn off the monitor but if I restart the OS I can't log back in with Windows RDT, and my goal is to never have to plug a monitor into ...
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Can I still run Ubuntu Desktop without a graphics card on 20.04?
I'm a bit of a Linux noob so bear with me here!
A few years ago I set up an ubuntu desktop (I think 18.04 or maybe 16.04) to boot up and auto run a program for me with no graphics card plugged in to ...
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Minimal latex installation for headless server
I have a (headless) server running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS.
I would like to install latex, mainly to embed latex fonts in plots
with Python/matplotlib.
Is there a minimimal latex installation option which ...
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Minimum set of packages for headless LibreOffice install?
I need to install LO on a server, and run headless transforms between various document types. The full LO install is about 1 GB, most of which is useless in a server environment.
There's now a ...
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Chromium and Chromedriver do not work correctly, permission denied
I'm trying to automate some features with php-chrome library.
I need to use chromium.chromedriver installed on my server.
So I installed these apps.
root@afs2:~#: google-chrome --version
Google Chrome ...
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Ubuntu Server Headless Installation to SSH
I want to install Ubuntu Server via SSH. I am new to this, so I want to see the installation prompts to guide me through the install. So I want to get the SSH service running and then have the rest of ...
