Nvidia GPUs & Linux

A couple more non-link-dump link dumps:

1. Ubuntu Nvidia binary driver howto, which has some troubleshooting info
2. Using integrated graphics for display, albeit with a laptop; I ran into the login loop, and found elsewhere driver installation via PPA

This is tricky stuff.  Lots of compatibility problems, disinformation, and apathy, and money hangs in the balance.  Mining definitely isn't for everyone.  I'm not sure I'd do it again if I could go back--but I'm kind of committed now, at least until I recoup the hardware costs.

EDID for X

In X Window, when running headless, the resolution can be defaulted to something poor since no monitor's attached.  Apparently one can snag the EDID information for the monitor, save it to a file, and specify it in xorg.conf.  One wiki page describes how to extract the EDID info, but nvidia-settings has a means of extracting the monitor EDID info when it's plugged in.  Of course, that wiki's description of how to set up xorg.conf is useful.  The NVIDIA Tips and Tricks wiki also has a description of setting up the EDID for headless operation.