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slackbuntu

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Registered: 2014-01-23

Posts: 2

Nvidia VGA driver with vanilla kernel

hello
i have problem with Nvidia Geforce GT635M driver on my laptop (Asus A46C i5), and i use vanilla kernel 3.12.8(continue upgrade), nvidia-dkms 331.38, nvidia-hook, bbswitch-dkms, bbswitch-hook

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [GeForce GT 635M] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 100d
    Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 11
    Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=16M]
    Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=256M]
    Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=32M]
    I/O ports at e000 [disabled] [size=128]
    Expansion ROM at f7000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
    Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
    Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
    Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
    Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?>
    Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
    Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
    Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?>
    Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia

# dkms status
bbswitch, 0.8, 3.12.8-ARCH, x86_64: installed
nvidia, 331.38, 3.12.8-ARCH, x86_64: installed

# bumblebeed
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'bbswitch': Required key not available
[10552.968815] [ERROR]Module bbswitch could not be loaded (timeout?)
[10552.968852] [WARN]No switching method available. The dedicated card will always be on.
[10552.970320] [INFO]bumblebeed 3.2.1 started

# optirun -vvv glxgears
[10637.753099] [DEBUG]Reading file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[10637.753418] [INFO]Configured driver: nvidia
[10637.753504] [ERROR]The Bumblebee daemon has not been started yet or the socket path /var/run/bumblebee.socket was incorrect.
[10637.753532] [DEBUG]Socket closed.
[10637.753563] [ERROR]Could not connect to bumblebee daemon - is it running?

any idea?

sorry for my bad english

Last edited by slackbuntu (2014-01-25 02:09:23)

pspkzar

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Registered: 2014-01-24

Posts: 10

Re: Nvidia VGA driver with vanilla kernel

did you enabled the bumblebee daemon?
thy using

sudo systemctl enable bumblebeed

and you also need to add your user to the bumblebee group

sudo usermod -a -G bumblebee YOUR_USER_NAME

Last edited by pspkzar (2014-01-25 16:46:04)

slackbuntu

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Registered: 2014-01-23

Posts: 2

Re: Nvidia VGA driver with vanilla kernel

did you enabled the bumblebee daemon?
thy using

sudo systemctl enable bumblebeed

and you also need to add your user to the bumblebee group

sudo usermod -a -G bumblebee YOUR_USER_NAME

ok bumblebee running now
but optirun still failed

optirun -vvv glxgears
[  759.117247] [DEBUG]Reading file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[  759.117556] [INFO]Configured driver: nvidia
[  759.117693] [DEBUG]optirun version 3.2.1 starting...
[  759.117713] [DEBUG]Active configuration:
[  759.117725] [DEBUG] bumblebeed config file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[  759.117737] [DEBUG] X display: :8
[  759.117750] [DEBUG] LD_LIBRARY_PATH: /usr/lib/nvidia:/usr/lib32/nvidia
[  759.117762] [DEBUG] Socket path: /var/run/bumblebee.socket
[  759.117774] [DEBUG] Accel/display bridge: auto
[  759.117785] [DEBUG] VGL Compression: proxy
[  759.117799] [DEBUG] VGLrun extra options:
[  759.117810] [DEBUG] Primus LD Path: /usr/lib/primus:/usr/lib32/primus
[  759.117841] [DEBUG]Using auto-detected bridge virtualgl
[  759.124709] [INFO]Response: No - error: Could not load GPU driver

[  759.124728] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: Could not load GPU driver

[  759.124734] [DEBUG]Socket closed.
[  759.124751] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.
[  759.124756] [DEBUG]Killing all remaining processes.