Questions tagged [bumblebee]
Bumblebee is a software solution trying to support nVidia Optimus laptops
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NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running
I just installed CUDA in a notebook like this:
sudo apt-get install cuda
Like said here.
The compilation wokrs just fine but when I try to run I got the followin problem:
CUDA error at file.cu:128 ...
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Additional Drivers page does not see my graphics card 16.04
I am using a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 with all of the updates installed. When I go to additional drivers it simply shows one option with "Unknown: unkown".
The model is a Thinkpad P50s, it is ...
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Nvidia 740M still not working after Bumblebee installation
First of all, I have checked a lot of similar topics, but I still can't get my laptop to use Nvidia 740M.
So first things first.
I have a laptop Asus X550V (i5-3230, 4gb RAM, Nvidia 740M + Intel ...
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How to choose dedicated videocard over integrated videocard in a laptop?
I have a Lenovo z580 laptop and it has 2 video cards
Intel HD Graphics 2000 integrated in Intel Pentium Dual Core CPU B970
nVidia Geforce GT 630M.
I use Bumblebee but it doesn't work for Virtual ...
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bbswitch unable to turn discrete graphics off
Laptop: Acer Predator PH315-52
OS : UBUNTU 18.04.2 LTS
Nvidia Driver : 418.87
Kernel : 5.0.0-37-generic
Processors : Intel UHD 630 and Nvidia 1660 Ti
bbswitch version: 0.8-4ubuntu1
bumblebee ...
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How do I only use my discrete nvidia graphics card (turn off integrated graphics)?
How do I turn off the Intel integrated graphics and only use my discrete nvidia 960m card?
I know I can install bumblebee and then use optirun, but I want to use the nvidia card by default. I always ...
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vlc player doesn't run with optirun
I have installed bumblebee. Other applications are working with optirun instead of vlc.
optirun -b primus vlc
error
VLC media player 2.0.8 Twoflower (revision 2.0.8a-0-g68cf50b)
[0x19d0108] main ...
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How to launch a single application on Nvidia card with proprietary driver on 16.04
At the very beginning of the support of Optimus technology on Ubuntu, there was Bumblebee, that could launch a single application on the dedicated Nvidia card, while leaving the rest of the system on ...
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Bumblebee [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG]
Though this may seem like a duplicate question, none of the suggestions I've seen have worked for me, however nearly all posters get good results.
I'll start with hardware:
Metabox W350ST notebook
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Removing Nvidia CUDA Toolkit and installing new one
I installed the CUDA 5.5 package on Ubuntu 14.04 (which is not supported for this version of Ubuntu version) , and I didn't do it well.
I want to remove what I've installed earlier and install a new ...
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How use multiple monitors with hybrid discrete/integrated gpu on laptop with ubuntu 18.04?
I am a bit confused of what is needed to make my laptop work with an external monitor. I have a Gigabyte Aero 15. I had no issues installing Ubuntu 18, but the intel gpu is used by default. I ...
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After installing bumblebee, overlayfs: missing 'lowerdir' with black screen
I was trying resolve an issue with my nvidia/intel GPUs in my laptop. Installed bumblebee, bumblebee-nvidia, and primus, and I added my username to the bumblebee group, then ran ‘optirun glxgears -...
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nvidia-smi works, but glxinfo show OpenGL uses Intel graphics card; Ubuntu 18.04
I want to play a game using the discrete graphics on my notebook. I don't care about the Intel graphic card - I just want to use exclusively NVidia.
$ nvidia-smi
Mon Mar 23 20:40:58 2020
+-----...
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vblank_mode=0 primusrun in application .desktop file
I just installed bumblebee and primusrun in my Ubuntu 12.04.
I can execute applications like totem successfully through vblank_mode=0 primusrun totem in terminal. My doubt is how do I edit the ....
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Getting Vulkan to support dedicated NVIDIA card on a laptop with AMD CPU
I have been trying for many hours now to run a Vulkan application on my discrete NVIDIA GPU. I am running Ubuntu 22.04 on an ASUS ZenBook Pro K53SV, which has an NVIDIA RTX 3050 Ti Mobile GPU. The GPU ...
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which process is using nvidia module?
I've got bumblebee 3.0 installed, I started chromium-browser with optirun and although I have closed chromium off, the card is still on. How can I know which process is using nvidia module that ...
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Switch Nvidia Prime without logging out
I run a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 on a new laptop with GTX 960m and Intel i7 and using the recommended proprietary drivers in the Additional Drivers settings is working well.
However, I was a ...
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modprobe nvidia throws error: could not insert 'off'
I am trying to configure bumblebee to switch my nvidia discrete card. As well bumblebee crashes when tries to modprobe nvidia. When i try to do it manually, i face the same error:
$ modprobe nvidia
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Thinkpad T530 with Optimus and Docking Station
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T530 with Optimus video, which is not supported on 12.04.1.
I don't normally need the discrete (nVidia) graphics, so I turn it off in the BIOS settings to achieve longer ...
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Nvidia Geforce 820M GPU problem on mainly ubuntu-based distros
Ok, I really love linux but I REALLY DETEST the fact that it is awful with GPUs.
Over the last couple of weeks I have tried fedora, kubuntu, kde neon, zorin os, and manjaro and NONE of then could ...
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How to setup HDMI output on m11x with Nvidia GeForce GT 540M?
I have an Alienware m11x with Optimus Technology. I setup (Fresh Install) Ubuntu 12.04 with bumblebee as below. Please help me set up the HDMI output so that I can connect it to my monitor.
$ uname -...
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Nvidia Problems - how to completely "reset" Xorg?
There is a complete background below (borne out of frustration) as to why I want to know this - but the basic question is how do I completely reset Xserver to the state it was in when I installed ...
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Failed Nvidia graphics driver installation - bad aspect ratio
Here are the specs I'm working with:
x86_64 architecture
Intel Core i7-4790K processor
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 graphics card
Ubuntu version 20.04.3 LTS
From what I can tell, this seems to be a common ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Installing Nvidia drivers
I am having troubles with getting Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 drivers going on my AMD Ryzen desktop. I have entered the following terminal commands:
ubuntu-drivers devices
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
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How to use "prime-select on-demand" in latest Kubuntu 19.10
I'm using
Kubuntu 19.10
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7820HQ CPU @ 2.90GHz
NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 435.21
and since Kubuntu has dropped bumblebee I was looking for another possibility to use ...
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optirun "Could not enable discrete graphics card" despite setting driver to nviia-current
I've been trying to set up optirun/primusrun for about a day now, and can't get past the part where I test optirun/primusrun glxgears. Both return an error "Could not enable discrete graphics ...
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IronHide / BumbleBee with a VirtualBox VM. Will it pass through video acceleration to the physical card?
Any ideas whether you can run a Windows VM via IronHide for graphics card acceleration? I'd like to play games / watch bluray etc utilising my video card.
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Ubuntu 12.04.3 Graphics Issues: Broken Pipes, Reinstalled Xorg and Bumblebee
It seems I have a problem, and am only making it worse by following what I find online. I have a new Asus N550JV-D71 (not sure about the part after the dash, though I definitely know it includes 71). ...
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Ubuntu not turning on after installing bumblebee
I have installed bumblebee to switch between Gpu but after reboot the laptop is stack on the Ubuntu and Gp logo.
What can I do ?
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bumblebee optirun not working
i installed bumblebee to switch between GPU but when i run the commande optirun i get the following message
[ 97.796880] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) Failed to load module ...
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Error after downloading and installing Bumblebee
So, i've changed the .conf file adding my NVIDIA driver (nvidia-440) and when i try to optirun it just doesn't work, so i need some help with that, i've an Intel I7-7500U (HD 620) and a Geforce 920mx, ...
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What's Ubuntu package for virtualgl-libs
I stumble upon an error while trying to run League of Legends (through PlayOnLinux) with optirun. I got these errors :
ERROR: ld.so: object 'libdlfaker.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ...
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Getting Nvidia GeForce GT 635M to work in 13.04
I tried installing NVIDIA drivers in 12.10 via x-swat repository, and primus, and nouveau, and a million things i found on the net and everything just broke the system, until I finally got bumblebee ...
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Trying to figure out what happened with LightDM and Xorg
Thank you for trying to help me with this issue! :)
I installed bumblebee and then my screen got a low resolution after my PC crashed (not related, cat pulled electric cable ;) ). To fix this issue I ...
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Help Getting HDMI Output with Bumblebee
Running Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit. Gnome Shell as interface.
Graphics card of nVidia GT555M.
Drivers - Bumblebee and not nVidia's.
Can get great VGA support (which is also on card) and optimal screen res....
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Installed 14.04 and Nvidia Graphics card won't load
So I've installed 14.04 and after hours of working on it I finally got grub to work. I noticed during the live cds that my main monitor (powered by my nvidia card) wasn't working, and I figured that ...
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System is running in low-graphics mode after instaling Bumblebee in my Lenovo Z570 NVIDIA gpu
I am a newable ubuntu user about a month ago.
My machine's specs are:
Linux lenovo-Ideapad-Z570 3.11.0-19-generic #33~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 12 21:16:27 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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primus: fatal: Bumblebee daemon reported: error: Could not load GPU driver
I recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 and then installed bumblebee following the instructions on Ubuntu Bumblebee wiki(where they said that primusrun is better than optirun for version=> 13.10) But when I ...
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Laptop gets too hot
My laptop has Intel (integrated) and Nvidia graphic cards. I have installed bumblebee.
But laptop is still getting too hot.
How can I check if I have done everything correctly?
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Xrandr and nvidia-settings information inconsistent
I have primus, bumblebee, bumblebee-nvidia, nvidia-current, libdrm-nouveau1a, libdrm-noveau2, and xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-lts-quantal on my machine (should I delete the noveau stuff? It seems ...
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Is Bumblebee required in 19.10?
I'm trying to optimise the power management on my Dell XPS 15 laptop, whose current consumption is approximately equivalent to the output of a midsized nuclear power plant.
I would therefore like to ...
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Reinstalling bumblebee on Kernel 4.4
I updated my kernel from 3.19 to 4.4, but afterwards the initialization of bumblebee failed. Therefore I removed it completely (purge) and reinstalled it, this time with the current nvidia driver (352)...
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Ubuntu 19.04 + Nvidia MX150
I can't find any related info about this, maybe because of how new 19.04 is?
I don't see the proprietary drivers in the additional software window...
I only see the open source drivers which don't ...
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NVIDIA X Server Display Configuration - I don't have any resolution! (Ubuntu 13.04)
I have some problems with configuring the resolution of my screen in Ubuntu 13.04. The data of my hardware:
Acer Aspire V3-531G
Intel B970 processor (2.3GHz dual core)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
My ...
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Ubuntu 19.04 background kind of pixelized
I have a problem with my Ubuntu background. It seems to get some kind of pixelized. I searched the internet but couldn't find any solution. My background is the default background from Ubuntu 19.04.
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How to use a second GPU on a laptop running Ubuntu 18.04 ? [Nvidia Optimus]
I'm currently on Ubuntu 18.04.2.
I have two GPU on my laptop : Intel HD graphics 5500 and Nvidia Geforce 950M
I would like to use the GPU from Nvidia.
I've been tinkering with the drivers for the ...
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Is there a replacement for Bumblebee yet?
Bumblebee used to be a package that allowed you to start specific programs with dedicated graphics without having to reboot your system to choose if you wanted to use integrated or dedicated.
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How do I determine whether bumblebee is working as expected?
I followed the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update
Instead of ...
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How install bumblebee with nvidia-390 on ubuntu 18.04
i try to install bumblebee on my laptop
sudo apt install bumblebee linux-headers-generic
But i got following error
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an ...
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NVidia blank screen with cursor
[Note: I know there are many questions on nvidia and blank screen, but none so far have brought me closer to a solution, I've tried a lot, see below]
Problem:
Running Xubuntu 18.10 on a Dell XPS 9570 ...