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

**staticn0de** · 2014-07-07

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1. Use the [*CODE] brackets to paste the output of commands (the open and close code brackets are [*CODE] and [*/CODE] without the *. Put all the text between them.

Commands to execute

1.

Code:

lspci | egrep 'VGA|3D'

2.

Code:

modprobe nvidia

3.

Code:

modprobe nvidia-uvm

4.

Code:

optirun glxspheres64

5.

Code:

dmesg | tail -n 100

6.

Code:

echo $PATH

7.

Code:

cat /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf

8.

Code:

cat /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia

9.

Code:

service bumblebeed restart

10.

Code:

modinfo nvidia

11.

Code:

find 2> /dev/null / -name nvidia*.ko

**reintakura** · 2014-09-09

Originally Posted by staticn0de

Now, I know you want to see it in action so the next part will install pryit.

First, remove the wheezy repo. You may either comment out the line we added or delete it.
nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Save the file
apt-get update

The following instructions are slightly modified from the pyrit google code page here. Give them all your love.
https://code.google.com/p/pyrit/wiki/Installation

Moving to home directory as I'm installing there
cd ~

Checkout pyrit
svn checkout http://pyrit.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ pyrit_svn

Install required libraries
apt-get install libpcap-dev

cd pyrit_svn/pyrit/
python setup.py build
python setup.py install

Now to add CUDA support
cd ../cpyrit_cuda/
python setup.py build
python setup.py install

Now, what we have been waiting for this entire time. Lets see it work.
optirun pyrit benchmark

And we are done.

Who had problem when issued command #python setup.py build and screen give output like this

root@kali:~/pyrit-0.4.0# python setup.py build
svn: '.' is not a working copy
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7
copying pyrit_cli.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit
copying cpyrit/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit
copying cpyrit/cpyrit.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit
copying cpyrit/util.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit
copying cpyrit/pckttools.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit
copying cpyrit/config.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit
copying cpyrit/network.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit
copying cpyrit/storage.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit
running build_ext
building 'cpyrit._cpyrit_cpu' extension
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c cpyrit/_cpyrit_cpu.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit/_cpyrit_cpu.o -Wall -fno-strict-aliasing -DVERSION="0.4.0"
cpyrit/_cpyrit_cpu.c:32:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

Solution :

#apt-get install build-essential python-dev libssl-dev

and it should be works now

**reintakura** · 2014-09-09

Originally Posted by staticn0de

Now, I know you want to see it in action so the next part will install pryit.

First, remove the wheezy repo. You may either comment out the line we added or delete it.
nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Save the file
apt-get update

The following instructions are slightly modified from the pyrit google code page here. Give them all your love.
https://code.google.com/p/pyrit/wiki/Installation

Moving to home directory as I'm installing there
cd ~

Checkout pyrit
svn checkout http://pyrit.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ pyrit_svn

Install required libraries
apt-get install libpcap-dev

cd pyrit_svn/pyrit/
python setup.py build
python setup.py install

Now to add CUDA support
cd ../cpyrit_cuda/
python setup.py build
python setup.py install

Now, what we have been waiting for this entire time. Lets see it work.
optirun pyrit benchmark

And we are done.

Who had problem like me when issued command #phyton setup.py build , and your screen give output like this

root@kali:~/pyrit-0.4.0# python setup.py build
svn: '.' is not a working copy
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7
copying pyrit_cli.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit
copying cpyrit/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit
copying cpyrit/cpyrit.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit
copying cpyrit/util.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit
copying cpyrit/pckttools.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit
copying cpyrit/config.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit
copying cpyrit/network.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit
copying cpyrit/storage.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit
running build_ext
building 'cpyrit._cpyrit_cpu' extension
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c cpyrit/_cpyrit_cpu.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/cpyrit/_cpyrit_cpu.o -Wall -fno-strict-aliasing -DVERSION="0.4.0"
cpyrit/_cpyrit_cpu.c:32:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

this command should fix it

#apt-get install build-essential python-dev libssl-dev

**rat** · 2015-12-20

1.

Code:

 lspci | egrep 'VGA|3D'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
04:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/820M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] (rev ff)

2.

Code:

 modprobe nvidia  --> NO ouput in terminal

3.

Code:

 modprobe nvidia-uvm  --> NO ouput in terminal

4.

Code:

 modinfo nvidia
modinfo: ERROR: Module nvidia not found 
$ modinfo nvidia-uvm
  filename:       /lib/modules/4.0.0-kali1-amd64/updates/dkms/nvidia-uvm.ko
supported:      external
license:        MIT
depends:        nvidia
vermagic:       4.0.0-kali1-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions 
parm:           NVuvm_prefetch_stats:int
parm:           NVuvm_prefetch_threshold:int
parm:           NVuvm_prefetch_adaptive:int
parm:           NVuvm_prefetch_epoch:int
parm:           NVuvm_prefetch_sparsity_inc:int
parm:           NVuvm_prefetch_sparsity_dec:int
parm:           NVuvm_prefetch:int

5.

Code:

echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/VirtualGL/bin:/usr/local/cuda-7.5/bin

6.

Code:

dmesg | tail -n 100
[   27.169640] systemd-journald[271]: Received request to flush runtime journal from PID 1
[   33.199522] bbswitch: version 0.8
[   33.199530] bbswitch: Found integrated VGA device 0000:00:02.0: \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0
[   33.199539] bbswitch: Found discrete VGA device 0000:04:00.0: \_SB_.PCI0.RP05.PEGP
[  501.380850] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[  501.380856] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[  501.839747] nvidia 0000:04:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
[  501.840241] [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20150116 for 0000:04:00.0 on minor 1
[  501.840246] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  352.21  Tue Jun  9 21:53:31 PDT 2015
[  501.869241] nvidia_uvm: Loaded the UVM driver, major device number 248
[  519.056665] vgaarb: this pci device is not a vga device
[  519.074805] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.RP05.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20150204/nsarguments-95)
[  519.074864] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.RP05.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20150204/nsarguments-95)
[  519.074896] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.RP05.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20150204/nsarguments-95)
[  519.074925] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.RP05.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20150204/nsarguments-95)
[  519.074953] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.RP05.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20150204/nsarguments-95)
[  519.074981] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.RP05.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20150204/nsarguments-95)
[  519.075026] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.RP05.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20150204/nsarguments-95)
[  519.075055] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.RP05.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20150204/nsarguments-95)
[  519.092205] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.RP05.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20150204/nsarguments-95)
[  519.296065] vgaarb: this pci device is not a vga device
[  526.205863] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.RP05.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20150204/nsarguments-95)

7.

Code:

cat /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[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
8.

Code:
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:04:00:0"

# 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
9.

Code:
find 2> /dev/null / -name nvidia*.ko
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/352.21/4.0.0-kali1-amd64/x86_64/module/nvidia-current.ko
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/352.21/4.0.0-kali1-amd64/x86_64/module/nvidia-uvm.ko
/lib/modules/4.0.0-kali1-amd64/updates/dkms/nvidia-current.ko
/lib/modules/4.0.0-kali1-amd64/updates/dkms/nvidia-uvm.ko
10.
cat /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf
alias nvidia nvidia-current
remove nvidia-current rmmod nvidia nvidia-uvm

11.

Code:

ls /lib/modules/3.14-kali1-amd64/updates/dkms
ls: cannot access /lib/modules/3.14-kali1-amd64/updates/dkms: No such file or directory

12.

Code:

cat /lib/modules/3.14-kali1-amd64/modules.dep | grep -i nvidia
cat: /lib/modules/3.14-kali1-amd64/modules.dep: No such file or directory

13.

Code:

 dmesg
[  501.380850] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[  501.380856] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[  501.839747] nvidia 0000:04:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
[  501.840241] [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20150116 for 0000:04:00.0 on minor 1
[  501.840246] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  352.21  Tue Jun  9 21:53:31 PDT 2015
[  501.869241] nvidia_uvm: Loaded the UVM driver, major device number 248
[  519.056665] vgaarb: this pci device is not a vga device

14.

Code:

lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nvidia_uvm             73728  0 
nvidia               8519680  1 nvidia_uvm
nfnetlink_queue        24576  0 
nfnetlink_log          20480  0 
nfnetlink              16384  2 nfnetlink_log,nfnetlink_queue
bluetooth             425984  0 
bbswitch               16384  0 
binfmt_misc            20480  1

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