Stonecold1995
October 22nd, 2012, 03:11 AM
I use to be able to use Bumblebee's "optirun" command, but now that I upgraded to Kubuntu 12.10, it's no longer working.
Here's the output of optirun:
alex@kubuntu:~$ optirun -vv glxspheres
[51698.088234] [DEBUG]Reading file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[51698.088638] [INFO]Configured driver: nouveau
[51698.196161] [DEBUG]optirun version 3.0.1 starting...
[51698.196182] [DEBUG]Active configuration:
[51698.196189] [DEBUG] bumblebeed config file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[51698.196196] [DEBUG] X display: :8
[51698.196203] [DEBUG] LD_LIBRARY_PATH:
[51698.196209] [DEBUG] Socket path: /var/run/bumblebee.socket
[51698.196216] [DEBUG] VGL Compression: proxy
[51700.678645] [INFO]Response: No - error: [XORG] (EE) [drm] Could not set DRM device bus ID.
[51700.678668] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) [drm] Could not set DRM device bus ID.
[51700.678675] [DEBUG]Socket closed.
[51700.678693] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.
[51700.678699] [DEBUG]Killing all remaining processes.
And here's the contents of "/etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf":
# 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=true
# 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=nouveau
## Client options. Will take effect on the next optirun executed.
[optirun]
# The method used for VirtualGL to transport frames between X servers.
# Possible values are proxy, jpeg, rgb, xv and yuv.
VGLTransport=proxy
# 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-current
Module=nvidia
PMMethod=auto
# colon-separated path to the nvidia libraries
LibraryPath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current:/usr/lib32/nvidia-current
# comma-separated path of the directory containing nvidia_drv.so and the
# default Xorg modules path
XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current/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
EDIT: I found out how. For some reason nouveau won't work with Bumblebee but the closed-source Nvidia driver now does!
Here's the output of optirun:
alex@kubuntu:~$ optirun -vv glxspheres
[51698.088234] [DEBUG]Reading file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[51698.088638] [INFO]Configured driver: nouveau
[51698.196161] [DEBUG]optirun version 3.0.1 starting...
[51698.196182] [DEBUG]Active configuration:
[51698.196189] [DEBUG] bumblebeed config file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[51698.196196] [DEBUG] X display: :8
[51698.196203] [DEBUG] LD_LIBRARY_PATH:
[51698.196209] [DEBUG] Socket path: /var/run/bumblebee.socket
[51698.196216] [DEBUG] VGL Compression: proxy
[51700.678645] [INFO]Response: No - error: [XORG] (EE) [drm] Could not set DRM device bus ID.
[51700.678668] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) [drm] Could not set DRM device bus ID.
[51700.678675] [DEBUG]Socket closed.
[51700.678693] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.
[51700.678699] [DEBUG]Killing all remaining processes.
And here's the contents of "/etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf":
# 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=true
# 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=nouveau
## Client options. Will take effect on the next optirun executed.
[optirun]
# The method used for VirtualGL to transport frames between X servers.
# Possible values are proxy, jpeg, rgb, xv and yuv.
VGLTransport=proxy
# 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-current
Module=nvidia
PMMethod=auto
# colon-separated path to the nvidia libraries
LibraryPath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current:/usr/lib32/nvidia-current
# comma-separated path of the directory containing nvidia_drv.so and the
# default Xorg modules path
XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current/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
EDIT: I found out how. For some reason nouveau won't work with Bumblebee but the closed-source Nvidia driver now does!