[solved][bumblebee] error: Could not load GPU driver

Lax Lexis · 2018-05-21 14:12:10

I have got installed the packages: nvidia-dkms, nvidia-utils, lib32-nvidia-utils, acpi_call-dkms, bbswitch-dkms, bumblebee, primus.

~ % lsmod | egrep 'bbswitch|acpi_call|nvidia' 
---------------------------------------------
bbswitch               16384  0
acpi_call              16384  0

~ % lspci | egrep 'VGA|3D'                
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/810M/820M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] (rev a1)

~ % optirun glxgears -info
[  613.080802] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: Could not load GPU driver

[  613.080915] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.

 optirun -b primus glxspheres64                                                                     :(
[  649.599837] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: Could not load GPU driver

[  649.599882] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.

~ % systemctl status bumblebeed.service
● bumblebeed.service - Bumblebee C Daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bumblebeed.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Mon 2018-05-21 15:57:18 CEST; 9min ago
 Main PID: 694 (bumblebeed)
    Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915)
   Memory: 20.9M
   CGroup: /system.slice/bumblebeed.service
           └─694 /usr/bin/bumblebeed

Mai 21 15:57:18 UX32VD systemd[1]: Started Bumblebee C Daemon.
Mai 21 15:57:18 UX32VD bumblebeed[694]: [    7.667196] [INFO]/usr/bin/bumblebeed 3.2.1 started
Mai 21 16:01:11 UX32VD bumblebeed[694]: modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': No such device
Mai 21 16:01:11 UX32VD bumblebeed[694]: [  240.423144] [ERROR]Module nvidia could not be loaded (timeout?)
Mai 21 16:01:11 UX32VD bumblebeed[694]: [  240.423168] [ERROR]Could not load GPU driver

My user is part of group "bumblebee".

I am not able to load the nvidia module. Has anybody an idea, what's wrong? Thanks!

Last edited by Lax Lexis (2019-05-26 15:53:21)

V1del · 2018-05-21 14:18:15

That is a Fermi chip that has been relegated to legacy support. Install the equivalent nvidia-390xx packages instead.

Last edited by V1del (2018-05-21 14:20:28)

joasis · 2018-05-22 02:36:13

V1del wrote:

That is a Fermi chip that has been relegated to legacy support. Install the equivalent nvidia-390xx packages instead.

I'm experiencing the same issue (after update to Xorg 1.20) with GeForce GTX 960M which, as far as I know, is not among the legacy products. Should I wait for the update of my current nvidia drivers (396.24) or continue with nvidia-390xx instead?

seth · 2018-05-22 06:33:46

You are getting **this** **precise** error message?

modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': No such device"

joasis · 2018-05-22 16:20:13

Here's the log of the journal after I run "optirun glxgears":

May 22 18:14:25 Joasis kernel: bbswitch: enabling discrete graphics
May 22 18:14:26 Joasis kernel: ipmi message handler version 39.2
May 22 18:14:26 Joasis kernel: ipmi device interface
May 22 18:14:26 Joasis kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
May 22 18:14:26 Joasis kernel: Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
May 22 18:14:26 Joasis kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 239
May 22 18:14:26 Joasis kernel: NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  396.24  Thu Apr 26 00:10:09 PDT 2018 (using threaded interrupts)
May 22 18:14:26 Joasis acpid[533]: client connected from 6726[0:56]
May 22 18:14:26 Joasis acpid[533]: 1 client rule loaded
May 22 18:14:26 Joasis acpid[533]: client connected from 6726[0:56]
May 22 18:14:26 Joasis acpid[533]: 1 client rule loaded
May 22 18:14:26 Joasis kernel: nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX platforms  396.24  Wed Apr 25 23:54:18 PDT 2018
May 22 18:14:26 Joasis kernel: nvidia-modeset: Allocated GPU:0 (GPU-1c43062f-f292-bae5-c181-a63afe3c1227) @ PCI:0000:02:00.0
May 22 18:14:26 Joasis kernel: nvidia-modeset: Freed GPU:0 (GPU-1c43062f-f292-bae5-c181-a63afe3c1227) @ PCI:0000:02:00.0
May 22 18:14:26 Joasis bumblebeed[532]: [ 4983.299805] [WARN][XORG] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device for DPI computation.
May 22 18:14:26 Joasis bumblebeed[532]: [ 4983.299829] [WARN][XORG] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "NoLogo" is not used
May 22 18:14:26 Joasis bumblebeed[532]: [ 4983.314223] [ERROR]X did not start properly
May 22 18:14:29 Joasis acpid[533]: client 6726[0:56] has disconnected

Everything works fine if I roll back to xorg 1.19.

loqs · 2018-05-22 16:46:58

joasis you did not answer seth's question in post #4 and your output in post #5 seems to indicate the answer would be no.

joasis · 2018-05-22 16:51:16

My apologies. The answer to seth's question in post #4 is no.

Here's the additional output in the terminal:

[jmi@Joasis ~]$ optirun glxgears
[ 7098.843014] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: X did not start properly

[ 7098.843052] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.
[jmi@Joasis ~]$

Last edited by joasis (2018-05-22 16:51:29)

seth · 2018-05-22 17:08:44

check the xorg.8.log and rather open a new thread, since your problem is much different from the one here.

Lax Lexis · 2019-05-26 15:53:04

Solved! Thanks to all!

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[solved][bumblebee] error: Could not load GPU driver

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