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Issues with MSI Delta 15A5EFK Ubuntu setup Headless installation problems encountered

Issues with MSI Delta 15A5EFK Ubuntu setup Headless installation problems encountered

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03-04-2016, 11:40 PM
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I received a Delta 15A5EFK with a damaged screen. My boss installed it on his new laptop. I'm attempting to run it as a headless server with Ubuntu 24.04, but I'm unsure about any mistakes I might be making. Without the screen, I can't view the BIOS settings. Initially, I tried connecting via HDMI and USB C on the laptop side. That didn't work. Then I attempted a USB installation of Ubuntu using a new M.2 drive. I'm unsure if it would boot from USB alone without the BIOS interface. I installed the M.2 in my desktop to run Ubuntu with OpenSSH and later transferred it back to the laptop. I connected a USB-C dongle with an Ethernet port from ONN(Walmart). I haven't seen it on my router or run any IP scanner, so it's possible there are no standard drivers for the dongle. I need to be able to SSH into it or access the BIOS to check its status. The keyboard has a backlight, the power button glows orange, and the escape key emits a faint light. Are there any other signs I should notice? Or is this another brand that restricts certain configurations? I'm concerned about e-waste. The system specs are: CPU R9-5900H, GPU RX6700M, 10GB GDDR6 RAM, 16GB DDR4, 1TB M.2 SSD (Western Digital Blue SN550). Thank you.
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03-04-2016, 11:40 PM #1

I received a Delta 15A5EFK with a damaged screen. My boss installed it on his new laptop. I'm attempting to run it as a headless server with Ubuntu 24.04, but I'm unsure about any mistakes I might be making. Without the screen, I can't view the BIOS settings. Initially, I tried connecting via HDMI and USB C on the laptop side. That didn't work. Then I attempted a USB installation of Ubuntu using a new M.2 drive. I'm unsure if it would boot from USB alone without the BIOS interface. I installed the M.2 in my desktop to run Ubuntu with OpenSSH and later transferred it back to the laptop. I connected a USB-C dongle with an Ethernet port from ONN(Walmart). I haven't seen it on my router or run any IP scanner, so it's possible there are no standard drivers for the dongle. I need to be able to SSH into it or access the BIOS to check its status. The keyboard has a backlight, the power button glows orange, and the escape key emits a faint light. Are there any other signs I should notice? Or is this another brand that restricts certain configurations? I'm concerned about e-waste. The system specs are: CPU R9-5900H, GPU RX6700M, 10GB GDDR6 RAM, 16GB DDR4, 1TB M.2 SSD (Western Digital Blue SN550). Thank you.

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03-25-2016, 07:57 AM
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The laptops I've used display BIOS on the external screen, but the lid must be closed. Power it up, close the cover, and restart using Ctrl+Alt+Delete? UEFI forces the installation OS to move the drive, making it harder. Apparently, UEFI needs a specific instruction to recognize an OS on the drive. Windows offers a quirky feature that auto-creates a boot entry when switching drives, but GRUB doesn’t have this capability (at least from what I understand). If the machine started from a USB alone, you could perform a headless setup. You can verify boot by pressing the power button—if it powers off instantly with a brief press, it likely got stuck in UEFI. Under Linux, shutdown would take a few seconds.
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03-25-2016, 07:57 AM #2

The laptops I've used display BIOS on the external screen, but the lid must be closed. Power it up, close the cover, and restart using Ctrl+Alt+Delete? UEFI forces the installation OS to move the drive, making it harder. Apparently, UEFI needs a specific instruction to recognize an OS on the drive. Windows offers a quirky feature that auto-creates a boot entry when switching drives, but GRUB doesn’t have this capability (at least from what I understand). If the machine started from a USB alone, you could perform a headless setup. You can verify boot by pressing the power button—if it powers off instantly with a brief press, it likely got stuck in UEFI. Under Linux, shutdown would take a few seconds.

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