moomou · Dec 29, 2021

Messing with Nvidia GPU on Headless Linux

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I have a PC with Ubuntu server installed and Nvidia GPUs attached. I have Googled on and off for a while trying to learn how to overclock the GPUs without success. 
 Finally, after gleaning bits and parts from different sources, I got power limit and overclocking working. 
 Here are the steps required 
 
 Virtual Monitor
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 nvidia-settings need a monitor attached in…

I have a PC with Ubuntu server installed and Nvidia GPUs attached. I have Googled on and off for a while trying to learn how to overclock the GPUs without success.

Finally, after gleaning bits and parts from different sources, I got power limit and overclocking working.

Here are the steps required

Virtual Monitor #

nvidia-settings need a monitor attached in order to work. For headless linux, one needs a virtual monitor. After messing with xorg conf manually for a while, I found and forked andyljones/coolgpus to automatically attach a virtual monitor for each GPU.

Read on /posts/2021-12-29-nvidia-gpus/ ↗

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