Creating a headless virtual VNC session (i.e. no monitor plugged in) for Ubuntu 20.04 using GNOME was harder than anticipated. It was easy to set up a local VNC session, but going headless without a dummy adapter AND with the GNOME desktop was a challenge. Install TigerVNC Some VNC servers only support local VNC sessions … Read more
Notes to self. Should be a one-time move, but there were two issues that might be helpful to remember in the future if not. Install Git, Setup SSH On git server: Install git Setup and switch to git user Setup ssh files Setup directory that holds bare repos On SVN server: Install git and git-svn … Read more
Notes to self after fresh install of 20.04 (16.04 finally reached EOL). Install NVIDIA drivers Launch “Software & Updates.” Under “Additional Drivers” install metapackage from nvidia-driver-460. Install CUDA 11.2 Download CUDA from NVIDIA using deb (network) Per the installation instructions, after installation add the following entries to the end of .bashrc Install third party libraries … Read more