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

[staticn0de]

Hey all,

I have a problem with the following:

root@kali:~# optirun glxspheres64 
[  347.923592] [ERROR]The Bumblebee daemon has not been started yet or the socket path /var/run/bumblebee.socket was incorrect.
[  347.923672] [ERROR]Could not connect to bumblebee daemon - is it running?

root@kali:~# dmesg | tail -n 30
[    5.971403] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG_.VID_._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20131218/nsarguments-95)
[    5.971960] bbswitch: detected an Optimus _DSM function
[    5.971977] pci 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0004 -> 0007)
[    5.972028] bbswitch: Succesfully loaded. Discrete card 0000:02:00.0 is on
[    6.106233] Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.
[    6.226566] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 43 for MSI/MSI-X
[    6.329054] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 43 for MSI/MSI-X
[    6.329158] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[    6.330542] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[    6.330782] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[    6.343007] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[    6.620947] psmouse serio2: trackpoint: IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
[    6.820633] input: TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/input/input10
[   13.634626] wlan0: authenticate with 24:a2:e1:ec:af:5a
[   13.638425] wlan0: send auth to 24:a2:e1:ec:af:5a (try 1/3)
[   13.640307] wlan0: authenticated
[   13.641771] wlan0: associate with 24:a2:e1:ec:af:5a (try 1/3)
[   13.645717] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 24:a2:e1:ec:af:5a (capab=0x1411 status=0 aid=1)
[   13.647617] wlan0: associated
[   13.647676] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[   13.647758] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: PL
[   13.655344] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: PL
[   13.655351] cfg80211:  DFS Master region: unset
[   13.655354] cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[   13.655359] cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[   13.655362] cfg80211:   (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[   13.655365] cfg80211:   (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[   13.655368] cfg80211:   (5490000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2700 mBm)
[   13.655371] cfg80211:   (57240000 KHz - 65880000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 4000 mBm)
[   13.691353] wlan0: Limiting TX power to 20 (20 - 0) dBm as advertised by 24:a2:e1:ec:af:5a

Do you have any ideas ?
if more info needed please let me know

Try the following

/etc/init.d/bumblebeed start

If that fails, I would guess that bbswitch failed to install correctly.

Try :

apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
apt-get install --reinstall bbswitch
/etc/init.d/bumblebeed start

Edit: try optirun -vv glxspheres64

The above will give more debugging info. With dmesg, try -n 100 so it has some more info in it.