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ebshankar

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Registered: 2012-02-18

Posts: 91

[SOLVED]bbswitch doesn't work with latest kernel(3.2.11.1)

[ebs@shankar ~]$ sudo rc.d restart bumblebeed
Password: 
:: Stopping Bumblebee                                                    [DONE] 
:: Starting Bumblebee                                                    [BUSY] 
FATAL: Module bbswitch not found.
       

And due to that, my graphics card Nvidia is always draining power and heating up. How can I fix this?

UPDATE:
The only urgent fix for this is to downgrade to linux kernel 3.2.9.1.
But, I don't like this fix as I installed arch linux because I want to use the latest software.

Last edited by ebshankar (2012-03-19 05:44:02)

erdk

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Registered: 2012-01-23

Posts: 16

Re: [SOLVED]bbswitch doesn't work with latest kernel(3.2.11.1)

Hmm, I've also have newest kernel with bumblebee, bbswitch and nvidia, but instead of normal versions I've installed dkms-* packages (dkms-bbswitch and dkms-nvidia) - so when new kernel arrives these modules are automatically rebuild to match new kernel. You should reinstall this two packages (bbswtich and nvidia) - they be build against new kernel and everything should be ok

ebshankar

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Registered: 2012-02-18

Posts: 91

Re: [SOLVED]bbswitch doesn't work with latest kernel(3.2.11.1)

Hmm, I've also have newest kernel with bumblebee, bbswitch and nvidia, but instead of normal versions I've installed dkms-* packages (dkms-bbswitch and dkms-nvidia) - so when new kernel arrives these modules are automatically rebuild to match new kernel. You should reinstall this two packages (bbswtich and nvidia) - they be build against new kernel and everything should be ok

Yes, the dkms versions work fine with the new kernel
Thanks!

enochnotsocool

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From: Taiwan

Registered: 2011-11-02

Posts: 21

Re: [SOLVED]bbswitch doesn't work with latest kernel(3.2.11.1)

With linux kernel 3.2.14-1, the dkms version fails to work, but the original version does. What is the main differences between the two that causes this?