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

[Rarity]

Hey n0de, thanks for this write up! There's one problem I'm experiencing:

The drivers are correctly installed when I check 'modinfo nvidia', but when I run the command 'optirun glxspheres64' I get the error:

[ 2037.152986] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA GPU at PCI:1:0:0.  Please

[ 2037.153044] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.

When I check lspci | egrep "VGA|3D" it comes back as a 3D controller, not VGA. Not sure if that matters when configuring /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia

Also, I noticed in your updated post you didn't include

Now install the nvidia drivers
apt-get install nvidia-glx

Are there not certain dependencies needed from this? Cause even when I run glxspheres64 I get

Polygons in scene: 62464
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
ERROR (603): Could not obtain RGB visual with requested properties

Thanks again!! I'm looking forward to finally getting my video card recognized.

[staticn0de]

Hey n0de, thanks for this write up! There's one problem I'm experiencing:

The drivers are correctly installed when I check 'modinfo nvidia', but when I run the command 'optirun glxspheres64' I get the error:

[ 2037.152986] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA GPU at PCI:1:0:0.  Please

[ 2037.153044] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.

When I check lspci | egrep "VGA|3D" it comes back as a 3D controller, not VGA. Not sure if that matters when configuring /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia

Also, I noticed in your updated post you didn't include



Are there not certain dependencies needed from this? Cause even when I run glxspheres64 I get

Polygons in scene: 62464
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
ERROR (603): Could not obtain RGB visual with requested properties

Thanks again!! I'm looking forward to finally getting my video card recognized.

Hey there,

nvidia-glx is not required for the second install. This is a transitional package to install the older drivers.

That being said, i'm going to need a lot more information from you to help.

use the [CODE] brackets to paste the output of commands (the code close bracket is a [*/CODE] without the *. Put all the text between them.

run optirun glxspheres64 and then paste the output of the command below. The last 30 lines or so.

dmesg

Paste your /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf

Paste your /etc/bumblebee/xorg.nvidia.conf

Paste the output of

lspci | egrep 'VGA|3D'

Paste the output of

modinfo nvidia

and

modinfo nvidia-uvm

and

echo $PATH

Paste the output of

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

That should do for a start

[Rarity]

Hey there,

nvidia-glx is not required for the second install. This is a transitional package to install the older drivers.

That being said, i'm going to need a lot more information from you to help.

-snip-

That should do for a start

Okay, here we go! About time, right? Lol.

dmesg after running optirun glxspheres64:

[  239.050292] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[  239.050298] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[  239.620698] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
[  239.620969] [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20130102 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 1
[  239.620973] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  340.32  Tue Aug  5 20:58:26 PDT 2014
[  303.632166] vgaarb: this pci device is not a vga device
[  303.633346] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: irq 54 for MSI/MSI-X
[  303.646647] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20131218/nsarguments-95)
[  303.646790] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20131218/nsarguments-95)
[  303.646873] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20131218/nsarguments-95)
[  303.646950] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20131218/nsarguments-95)
[  303.647024] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20131218/nsarguments-95)
[  303.647098] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20131218/nsarguments-95)
[  303.647214] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20131218/nsarguments-95)
[  303.647290] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20131218/nsarguments-95)
[  309.149085] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20131218/nsarguments-95)
[  309.150859] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x24:0x38:1170)
[  309.150873] NVRM: rm_init_adapter failed for device bearing minor number 0
[  309.150909] NVRM: nvidia_frontend_open: minor 0, module->open() failed, error -5

/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
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

/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

lspci | egrep 'VGA|3D'

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0fe4 (rev a1)

modinfo nvidia

filename:       /lib/modules/3.14-kali1-amd64/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko
alias:          char-major-195-*
version:        340.32
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:       3.14-kali1-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

modinfo nvidia-uvm

filename:       /lib/modules/3.14-kali1-amd64/updates/dkms/nvidia-uvm.ko
supported:      external
license:        MIT
depends:        nvidia
vermagic:       3.14-kali1-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions

echo $PATH

/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/VirtualGL/bin:/usr/local/cuda-6.5/bin

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

/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/340.32/3.14-kali1-amd64/x86_64/module/nvidia.ko
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/340.32/3.14-kali1-amd64/x86_64/module/nvidia-uvm.ko
/lib/modules/3.14-kali1-amd64/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko
/lib/modules/3.14-kali1-amd64/updates/dkms/nvidia-uvm.ko