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Improve NVidia recipe

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David Young
2018-01-22 10:11:57 +13:00
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Like overclocking itself, this process is still a work in progress. YMMV.
Of course, you want to squeeze the optimal performance out of your GPU. This is where the X11 environment is required - to adjust GPU clock/memory settings, you need to use the ```nvidia-settings``` command, which (_stupidly_) requires an X11 display, even if you're just using the command line.
Of course, you want to squeeze the optimal performance out of your GPU. This is where the X11 environment is required - to adjust GPU clock/memory settings, you need to use the ```nvidia-settings``` command, which (_stupidly_) **requires** an X11 display, even if you're just using the command line.
This command gives you a "fake" screen so that X11 will run, even on a headless machine managed by SSH only:
The following command: configures X11 for a "fake" screen so that X11 will run, even on a headless machine managed by SSH only, and ensures that the PCI bus ID of every NVidia device is added to the xorg.conf file (to avoid errors about )
```
nvidia-xconfig -a --allow-empty-initial-configuration --cool-bits=28 --use-display-device="DFP-0" --connected-monitor="DFP-0"
nvidia-xconfig -a --allow-empty-initial-configuration --cool-bits=28 --use-display-device="DFP-0" --connected-monitor="DFP-0" --enable-all-gpus --separate-x-screens
```