I got to step 15 but couldn't get optirun to work.
In the guide it doesn't look like we are disabling nouveau anywhere, shouldn't this cause a conflict with the Nvidia driver loading?
Code:
root@DEFNOTKALI:~# lspci | egrep 'VGA|3D'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK104M [GeForce GTX 870M] (rev a1)
Code:
root@DEFNOTKALI:~# modprobe nvidia
Code:
root@DEFNOTKALI:~# modprobe nvidia-uvm
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root@DEFNOTKALI:~# optirun glxspheres64
[ 146.023065] [ERROR]The Bumblebee daemon has not been started yet or the socket path /var/run/bumblebee.socket was incorrect.
[ 146.023114] [ERROR]Could not connect to bumblebee daemon - is it running?
Code:
root@DEFNOTKALI:~# /etc/init.d/bumblebeed start
[ ok ] Starting bumblebeed (via systemctl): bumblebeed.service.
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root@DEFNOTKALI:~# optirun glxspheres64
[ 166.013170] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE)
[ 166.013201] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.
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root@DEFNOTKALI:~# dmesg | tail -n 100
[ 8.332790] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI(PEGP) defines _DOD but not _DOS
[ 8.333960] ACPI: Video Device [PEGP] (multi-head: yes rom: yes post: no)
[ 8.333964] ACPI Error: [\_SB_.PCI0.GFX0.DD02._BCL] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND (20150930/psargs-359)
[ 8.333968] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP.DD02._BCL] (Node ffff8802270e2220), AE_NOT_FOUND (20150930/psparse-542)
[ 8.334106] input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:5e/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input16
[ 8.335503] ACPI: Video Device [GFX0] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
[ 8.335609] input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:01/input/input17
...
[ 8.373529] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain package
...
[ 8.373580] intel_rapl: RAPL package 0 domain dram locked by BIOS
[ 8.396062] [drm] GMBUS [i915 gmbus vga] timed out, falling back to bit banging on pin 2
[ 8.540116] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:03.0: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
[ 8.540124] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20151010 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
[ 8.553731] fbcon: inteldrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[ 8.587479] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-mvm-rs'
[ 8.599189] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input18
[ 8.599255] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input19
[ 8.599310] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input20
[ 8.865906] Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.
[ 9.768266] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 400x112
[ 9.776747] i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
[ 17.625014] fuse init (API version 7.23)
[ 132.106742] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[ 132.106746] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[ 132.114807] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0006 -> 0007)
[ 132.114995] [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20150116 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 1
[ 132.114998] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 352.79 Wed Jan 13 16:17:53 PST 2016
[ 138.579100] nvidia_uvm: Loaded the UVM driver, major device number 247
[ 163.380537] bbswitch: version 0.8
[ 163.380544] bbswitch: Found integrated VGA device 0000:00:02.0: \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0
[ 163.380549] bbswitch: Found discrete VGA device 0000:01:00.0: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP
[ 163.380560] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20150930/nsarguments-95)
[ 163.380653] bbswitch: detected an Optimus _DSM function
[ 163.380667] bbswitch: Succesfully loaded. Discrete card 0000:01:00.0 is on
[ 163.383584] nvidia_uvm: Unregistered the UVM driver
[ 163.400337] [drm] Module unloaded
[ 163.437393] bbswitch: disabling discrete graphics
[ 163.437408] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20150930/nsarguments-95)
[ 163.452106] pci 0000:01:00.0: Refused to change power state, currently in D0
[ 165.457270] bbswitch: enabling discrete graphics
[ 166.007073] [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20150116 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 1
[ 166.007077] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 352.79 Wed Jan 13 16:17:53 PST 2016
Code:
root@DEFNOTKALI:~# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/VirtualGL/bin:/usr/local/cuda-7.5/bin
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root@DEFNOTKALI:~# cat /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
# Configuration file for Bumblebee. Values should **not** be put between quotes
## Server options. Any change made in this section will need a server restart
# to take effect.
[bumblebeed]
# The secondary Xorg server DISPLAY number
VirtualDisplay=:8
# Should the unused Xorg server be kept running? Set this to true if waiting
# for X to be ready is too long and don't need power management at all.
KeepUnusedXServer=false
# The name of the Bumbleblee server group name (GID name)
ServerGroup=bumblebee
# Card power state at exit. Set to false if the card shoud be ON when Bumblebee
# server exits.
TurnCardOffAtExit=false
# The default behavior of '-f' option on optirun. If set to "true", '-f' will
# be ignored.
NoEcoModeOverride=false
# The Driver used by Bumblebee server. If this value is not set (or empty),
# auto-detection is performed. The available drivers are nvidia and nouveau
# (See also the driver-specific sections below)
Driver=nvidia
# Directory with a dummy config file to pass as a -configdir to secondary X
XorgConfDir=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.d
## Client options. Will take effect on the next optirun executed.
[optirun]
# Acceleration/ rendering bridge, possible values are auto, virtualgl and
# primus.
Bridge=auto
# The method used for VirtualGL to transport frames between X servers.
# Possible values are proxy, jpeg, rgb, xv and yuv.
VGLTransport=proxy
# List of paths which are searched for the primus libGL.so.1 when using
# the primus bridge
PrimusLibraryPath=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/primus:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/primus:/usr/lib/primus:/usr/lib32/primus
# Should the program run under optirun even if Bumblebee server or nvidia card
# is not available?
AllowFallbackToIGC=false
# Driver-specific settings are grouped under [driver-NAME]. The sections are
# parsed if the Driver setting in [bumblebeed] is set to NAME (or if auto-
# detection resolves to NAME).
# PMMethod: method to use for saving power by disabling the nvidia card, valid
# values are: auto - automatically detect which PM method to use
# bbswitch - new in BB 3, recommended if available
# switcheroo - vga_switcheroo method, use at your own risk
# none - disable PM completely
# https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/Comparison-of-PM-methods
## Section with nvidia driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nvidia
[driver-nvidia]
# Module name to load, defaults to Driver if empty or unset
KernelDriver=nvidia-current
PMMethod=auto
# colon-separated path to the nvidia libraries
LibraryPath=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nvidia:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/nvidia:/usr/lib/nvidia
# comma-separated path of the directory containing nvidia_drv.so and the
# default Xorg modules path
XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia,/usr/lib/xorg/modules
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia
## Section with nouveau driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nouveau
[driver-nouveau]
KernelDriver=nouveau
PMMethod=auto
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nouveau
Code:
root@DEFNOTKALI:~# cat /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
Option "AutoAddGPU" "false"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "DiscreteNvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BusID "PCI:01:00:0"
# If the X server does not automatically detect your VGA device,
# you can manually set it here.
# To get the BusID prop, run `lspci | egrep 'VGA|3D'` and input the data
# as you see in the commented example.
# This Setting may be needed in some platforms with more than one
# nvidia card, which may confuse the proprietary driver (e.g.,
# trying to take ownership of the wrong device). Also needed on Ubuntu 13.04.
# BusID "PCI:01:00:0"
# Setting ProbeAllGpus to false prevents the new proprietary driver
# instance spawned to try to control the integrated graphics card,
# which is already being managed outside bumblebee.
# This option doesn't hurt and it is required on platforms running
# more than one nvidia graphics card with the proprietary driver.
# (E.g. Macbook Pro pre-2010 with nVidia 9400M + 9600M GT).
# If this option is not set, the new Xorg may blacken the screen and
# render it unusable (unless you have some way to run killall Xorg).
Option "ProbeAllGpus" "false"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "UseEDID" "false"
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "none"
EndSection
Code:
root@DEFNOTKALI:~# service bumblebeed restart
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root@DEFNOTKALI:~# modinfo nvidia
modinfo: ERROR: Module nvidia not found.
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root@DEFNOTKALI:~# find 2> /dev/null / -name nvidia*.ko
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/352.79/4.4.0-kali1-amd64/x86_64/module/nvidia-current.ko
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/352.79/4.4.0-kali1-amd64/x86_64/module/nvidia-current-uvm.ko
/lib/modules/4.4.0-kali1-amd64/updates/dkms/nvidia-current.ko
/lib/modules/4.4.0-kali1-amd64/updates/dkms/nvidia-current-uvm.ko