Ubuntu 13.10 Installation nvidia driver on card NVIDIA geoforce GT740M

[valnew62]

Hi folks,
I installed Ubuntu 13.10 (dual boot windows 8) on my PC/Toshiba satellite i5 with a card video geoforce GT740M and everyting was perfectly working.

After I tried to install manualy the nvidia-331 driver (last driver) driver as follows:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-331.

But after reboot I had the screen user&password and after the black screen.

So then I Tried to install another driver "nvidia-current" from a terminal (sudo apt-get install nvidia-current) and rebbot but I had the same result as above, i.e. the black screen.


Please can you help me to correct the error if possible or restore the original video settings ??.

thank you in advance.
Sandro

[Yellow Pasque]

You cannot install nvidia driver directly on an Optimus (Intel/nvidia hybrid) GPU setup. See: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee

[sgxnew54]

Hi folks

I'm blocked here, as can I go back to original video config please ??

thanks

[valnew62]

Hi everybody,
I tried to install bamblebee following the ubuntu wiki, an now the pc workes, does login normaly.
After on the terminal I tried to use NVIDIA card with cmd <$: optirun firefox> and I had this error :

[ 5470.593692] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: Could not load GPU driver
[ 5470.593718] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.


I report the configuration of the files /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nouveau


Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "Layout0"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
Option "AutoAddGPU" "false"
EndSection


Section "Device"
Identifier "DiscreteNvidia"
Driver "nouveau"
# If the X server does not automatically detect your VGA device,
# you can manually set it here.
# To get the BusID prop, run `lspci | egrep 'VGA|3D'` and input the data
# as you see in the commented example.
# This Setting is needed on Ubuntu 13.04.
BusID "PCI:01:00:0"


EndSection




and /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
Option "AutoAddGPU" "false"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "DiscreteNvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
# If the X server does not automatically detect your VGA device,
# you can manually set it here.
# To get the BusID prop, run `lspci | egrep 'VGA|3D'` and input the data
# as you see in the commented example.
# This Setting may be needed in some platforms with more than one
# nvidia card, which may confuse the proprietary driver (e.g.,
# trying to take ownership of the wrong device). Also needed on Ubuntu 13.04.
BusID "PCI:01:00:0"
# Setting ProbeAllGpus to false prevents the new proprietary driver
# instance spawned to try to control the integrated graphics card,
# which is already being managed outside bumblebee.
# This option doesn't hurt and it is required on platforms running
# more than one nvidia graphics card with the proprietary driver.
# (E.g. Macbook Pro pre-2010 with nVidia 9400M + 9600M GT).
# If this option is not set, the new Xorg may blacken the screen and
# render it unusable (unless you have some way to run killall Xorg).
Option "ProbeAllGpus" "false"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "UseEDID" "false"
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "none"
EndSection


So I execute cmd <l lspci | egrep 'VGA|3D'> and I had:



00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK208M [GeForce GT 740M] (rev a1)


So, I think to replace the BusID "PCI:01:00:0"above, in nouveau and nvidia, as follows
BusID "PCI:00:02:0"


please could you tell me if this update is correct, before doing it ??



thanks in advance
Sandro

[sgxnew54]

Hi everybody,
I finally resolved with the istallation of the driver nvidia-331, the nvidia-304, already installed on my PC is unable to manage the NVIDIA Geoforce GT 740M

thanks anyway

[Gustavo_Scaloni_Ve]

Hi everybody,
I finally resolved with the istallation of the driver nvidia-331, the nvidia-304, already installed on my PC is unable to manage the NVIDIA Geoforce GT 740M

thanks anyway


Thanks, same problem, same solution!

[Dani_Carbonell]

I worked for me as well. I removed nvidia-304 in synaptic, added nvidia-331 and installed bumblebee
My laptop is a MSI GE60 - i7 4700mq - GT 740m
Thanks