My notebook specs:
CPU: Intel Core i5 3230m
RAM: 4gb 1600mhz
I have 2 GPUs:
1st: Intel HD 4000
2nd: Nvidia GT 720m
Today, I installed bumblebee and Nvidia 331 driver. The install was successful so notebook started without black screen. The problem is that notebook won't start programs with Nvidia. And it won't recognize the GPUs. Here is what I did:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-331 bumblebee linux-headers-generic
sudo gedit /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
Replaced matching keywords with these values:
Driver=nvidia
KernelDriver=nvidia-331
LibraryPath=/usr/lib/nvidia-331:/usr/lib32/nvidia-331
XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia-331/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules
Save and exit
I then removed the 304-driver
sudo jockey-text -d kmod:nvidia_304
Then reconfigure some stuff, by running this and pressing ok.
sudo pam-auth-update --force
Rebooted.
Then i installed VirtualGL http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualgl/files/VirtualGL/2.3.3/
sudo dpkg -i virtualgl_2.3.3_amd64.deb
After running optirun, here is the output :
nikola95o@nikola95o-X550VC:~$ optirun -vvv glxgears
[ 2454.183529] [DEBUG]Reading file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[ 2454.184219] [DEBUG]optirun version 3.2.1 starting...
[ 2454.184240] [DEBUG]Active configuration:
[ 2454.184248] [DEBUG] bumblebeed config file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[ 2454.184255] [DEBUG] X display: :8
[ 2454.184261] [DEBUG] LD_LIBRARY_PATH:
[ 2454.184267] [DEBUG] Socket path: /var/run/bumblebee.socket
[ 2454.184273] [DEBUG] Accel/display bridge: auto
[ 2454.184279] [DEBUG] VGL Compression: proxy
[ 2454.184285] [DEBUG] VGLrun extra options:
[ 2454.184291] [DEBUG] Primus LD Path: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/primus:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/primus
[ 2454.184340] [DEBUG]Using auto-detected bridge virtualgl
[ 2454.187518] [INFO]Response: No - error: Could not load GPU driver
[ 2454.187546] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: Could not load GPU driver
[ 2454.187555] [DEBUG]Socket closed.
[ 2454.187582] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.
[ 2454.187595] [DEBUG]Killing all remaining processes.</Code></Pre>
With lspci -v | less
:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core process
or Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 124d
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46
Memory at f7400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at f000 [size=64]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: i915
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] (rev a1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. GeForce GT 720M
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
Expansion ROM at f7000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: <access denied> </Code></Pre>
And here is my Bumblebee.conf file :
# 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=
# 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
# 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-331
PMMethod=auto
# colon-separated path to the nvidia libraries
LibraryPath=/usr/lib/nvidia-331:/usr/lib32/nvidia-331
# comma-separated path of the directory containing nvidia_drv.so and the
# default Xorg modules path
XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia-331/xorg,/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></Pre>
If you need something else from my side, please ask.