Ubuntu L4T User Guide

Getting Started

Host Environment

Ubuntu 18.04 (recommended) or 16.04

Force Recovery Mode

To enter force recovery mode, you can do:

1. Hold the Recovery key

2. Power on device

3. Wait for 5 seconds and you can release the Recovery key

Once it enters recovery mode successfully, the HDMI output should be disabled. Then, you have to connect a USB cable with TX2 device and PC. A new "nvidia apx" device will be detected on PC.

Flash Pre-built Image

First, make sure your TX2 device is already in Force Recover mode, and USB cable is connected.

Then, execute the TX2_flash.sh script which you can find it in the release folder.

$ sudo ./TX2_flash.sh

After script is done, the target device will boot into OS automatically.

Install SDK Components

SDK Manager

Download the SDK Manager for Jetson TX2 series from JetPack website.

You will need a nVidia developer account for access.

After download complete, install via dpkg.

$ sudo dpkg -i sdkmanager_0.9.14-4964_amd64.deb

Then, you're able to run SDK manager.

$ sdkmanager