(Guide) Installing Nvidia + Bumblebee + CUDA for Optimus enabled Laptops

[TheSeed]

Hey, I have a problem with installing CUDA. I'm trying this with package for ubuntu 14.04 and 12.04 but for both I got the same warning massage:

***WARNING: Incomplete installation! This installation did not install the CUDA Driver. A driver of version at least 346.00 is required for CUDA 7.0 functionality to work.
To install the driver using this installer, run the following command, replacing <CudaInstaller> with the name of this run file:
    sudo <CudaInstaller>.run -silent -driver

You wrote to grab x64 package, but in table i see only Linux x86, maby thats the point.
There is my test

Polygons in scene: 62464 (61 spheres * 1024 polys/spheres)
Visual ID of window: 0x21
Context is Direct
OpenGL Renderer: GeForce GT 740M/PCIe/SSE2
253.956557 frames/sec - 213.506356 Mpixels/sec
253.252170 frames/sec - 212.914165 Mpixels/sec
254.893954 frames/sec - 214.294445 Mpixels/sec
254.001783 frames/sec - 213.544379 Mpixels/sec
254.973161 frames/sec - 214.361036 Mpixels/sec
254.204086 frames/sec - 213.714460 Mpixels/sec
254.366610 frames/sec - 213.851096 Mpixels/sec
254.329671 frames/sec - 213.820041 Mpixels/sec
253.751591 frames/sec - 213.334037 Mpixels/sec
254.276085 frames/sec - 213.774990 Mpixels/sec

There is my modinfo

filename:       /lib/modules/3.18.0-kali3-amd64/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko
alias:          char-major-195-*
version:        346.47
supported:      external
license:        NVIDIA
alias:          pci:v000010DEd00000E00sv*sd*bc04sc80i00*
alias:          pci:v000010DEd00000AA3sv*sd*bc0Bsc40i00*
alias:          pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc02i00*
alias:          pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00*
depends:        drm,i2c-core
vermagic:       3.18.0-kali3-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions 
parm:           NVreg_Mobile:int
parm:           NVreg_ResmanDebugLevel:int
parm:           NVreg_RmLogonRC:int
parm:           NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles:int
parm:           NVreg_DeviceFileUID:int
parm:           NVreg_DeviceFileGID:int
parm:           NVreg_DeviceFileMode:int
parm:           NVreg_RemapLimit:int
parm:           NVreg_UpdateMemoryTypes:int
parm:           NVreg_InitializeSystemMemoryAllocations:int
parm:           NVreg_UsePageAttributeTable:int
parm:           NVreg_MapRegistersEarly:int
parm:           NVreg_RegisterForACPIEvents:int
parm:           NVreg_CheckPCIConfigSpace:int
parm:           NVreg_EnablePCIeGen3:int
parm:           NVreg_EnableMSI:int
parm:           NVreg_MemoryPoolSize:int
parm:           NVreg_RegistryDwords:charp
parm:           NVreg_RmMsg:charp
parm:           NVreg_AssignGpus:charp

I checked gcc version:

 gcc (Debian 4.7.2-5) 4.7.2

So i should be abble to run this 12.04 package.

I'm w8ing for your opinions about this problem and hope some solutions.

[staticn0de]

Hey, I have a problem with installing CUDA. I'm trying this with package for ubuntu 14.04 and 12.04 but for both I got the same warning massage:

***WARNING: Incomplete installation! This installation did not install the CUDA Driver. A driver of version at least 346.00 is required for CUDA 7.0 functionality to work.
To install the driver using this installer, run the following command, replacing <CudaInstaller> with the name of this run file:
sudo <CudaInstaller>.run -silent -driver

Hi there and welcome to the forum.

I'm taking a wild guess that you are trying to install the latest CUDA (version 7). Did you happen to use this link?

http://developer.download.nvidia.com...0.28_linux.run

CUDA can't find the version of the driver you currently have installed.

Did you follow the message provided by the installer?

You don't want to use the --driver flag as it will already be installed if you followed the guide.

I haven't downloaded the CUDA 7.0 installer yet (it's going now). Try the --help flag on your cuda*.run installer and look for a flag that will disable the driver check.

If you can't find one, --override should do it.

Edit: If you see that message at the end of the install (as in CUDA has installed samples and all that goodness) just ignore the message. You didn't really post what you were doing at the time so I'm not sure how to help.

[TheSeed]

Thanks, staticn0de, for respond. Sorry for uncomplet description of problem, I'm going to suplement this now.

I'm taking a wild guess that you are trying to install the latest CUDA (version 7). Did you happen to use this link?

http://developer.download.nvidia.com...0.28_linux.run

CUDA can't find the version of the driver you currently have installed.

Did you follow the message provided by the installer?

You don't want to use the --driver flag as it will already be installed if you followed the guide.

I haven't downloaded the CUDA 7.0 installer yet (it's going now). Try the --help flag on your cuda*.run installer and look for a flag that will disable the driver check.

If you can't find one, --override should do it.

Yes, I was running exactly step by step through your guide till moment of CUDA installation. And I'm trying to do so with latest (cuda-7.0). Now with installer from your link. I understand that i don't need to use --driver. I was looking for flag to disable the driver check, but i didn't find any. Also tried --override, but this didn't help me.

Edit: If you see that message at the end of the install (as in CUDA has installed samples and all that goodness) just ignore the message. You didn't really post what you were doing at the time so I'm not sure how to help.

Yes, this message appears at the end of installation. I'm new in useing CUDA technology, so for me message: "This installation did not install the CUDA Driver." is critical, and i received "CUDA Driver" as critical part of installation, meaning, for me, that I can't use this technology. So I started to find the way out.
But if you suggests me to ignore this message, as it appears at the end of installation informations, I'll set up dynamic linker for CUDA and try to build some samples to check it out.

I'll notify the results here soon.