Overclocking Nvidia GPU under Linux

[AWBbox]

Hi everyone,

I am trying to overclock a pair of GTX 960s under Debian Linux, the catch is that I need the machine to run 'headless' and it seems that without a running X session you can't set the necessary parameters to enable overclocking.

Are there any Linux experts out there who can suggest a way to get around this issue?

Thanks.

 

[russell664]

Can't you run the X session, and leave the display unplugged?

I assume that you remote in?

 

[AWBbox]

It doesn't appear to work that way, a monitor has to be plugged in for the local X session to come up. And to add insult to injury I can't change settings related to that X session in real time if I remote into the PC as I would then be in a separate X session.