Bumblebee and nvidia problems with GT540M

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11-16-2011, 06:37 PM
Dezio

Bumblebee and nvidia problems with GT540M

I tried to install the bumblebee on BT5 running these commands but I had problems:

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install bumblebee

and I got this error:

Code:

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libecryptfs0 libdmraid1.0.0.rc16 libdebconfclient0 ecryptfs-utils cryptsetup rdate bogl-bterm libdebian-installer4 reiserfsprogs dmraid python-pyicu keyutils Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: acpid dkms linux-headers linux-headers-2.6.39.4 nvidia-current nvidia-settings virtualgl The following NEW packages will be installed: acpid bumblebee dkms linux-headers linux-headers-2.6.39.4 nvidia-current nvidia-settings virtualgl 0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 57 not upgraded. Need to get 50.6MB of archives. After this operation, 194MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/bumblebee/stable/ubuntu/ lucid/main virtualgl 2.2.90-1~lucidppa7 [1,566kB] Get:2 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main dkms 2.1.1.2-2fakesync1 [70.1kB] Get:3 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/microverse linux-headers 1.1-bt3 [896B] Get:4 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main acpid 1.0.10-5ubuntu2.1 [50.5kB] Get:5 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/microverse linux-headers-2.6.39.4 2.6.39.4-10.00.Custom [7,274kB] Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/bumblebee/stable/ubuntu/ lucid/main bumblebee 2.4.1-1~lucidppa1 [21.8kB] Get:7 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04 [40.8MB] Get:8 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main nvidia-settings 195.36.08-0ubuntu2 [841kB] Fetched 50.6MB in 11min 48s (71.5kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package acpid. (Reading database ... 202759 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking acpid (from .../acpid_1.0.10-5ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package virtualgl. Unpacking virtualgl (from .../virtualgl_2.2.90-1~lucidppa7_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package dkms. Unpacking dkms (from .../dkms_2.1.1.2-2fakesync1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package linux-headers-2.6.39.4. Unpacking linux-headers-2.6.39.4 (from .../linux-headers-2.6.39.4_2.6.39.4-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package linux-headers. Unpacking linux-headers (from .../linux-headers_1.1-bt3_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package nvidia-current. Unpacking nvidia-current (from .../nvidia-current_195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package bumblebee. Unpacking bumblebee (from .../bumblebee_2.4.1-1~lucidppa1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package nvidia-settings. Unpacking nvidia-settings (from .../nvidia-settings_195.36.08-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for python-central ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up acpid (1.0.10-5ubuntu2.1) ... acpid start/running, process 4709 Setting up virtualgl (2.2.90-1~lucidppa7) ... Setting up dkms (2.1.1.2-2fakesync1) ... Setting up linux-headers-2.6.39.4 (2.6.39.4-10.00.Custom) ... Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms 2.6.39.4 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.39.4 Setting up linux-headers (1.1-bt3) ... Setting up nvidia-current (195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-current/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/GL.conf (gl_conf) in auto mode. update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Loading new nvidia-current-195.36.24 DKMS files... First Installation: checking all kernels... Building only for 2.6.38 Building for architecture x86_64 Building initial module for 2.6.38 Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.38 (x86_64) Consult the make.log in the build directory /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/195.36.24/build/ for more information. dpkg: error processing nvidia-current (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bumblebee: bumblebee depends on nvidia-current; however: Package nvidia-current is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing bumblebee (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up nvidia-settings (195.36.08-0ubuntu2) ... No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Processing triggers for python-gmenu ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38 Processing triggers for python-support ... Errors were encountered while processing: nvidia-current bumblebee E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I try to update all by:

Code:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates sudo apt-get upgrade

But I have the same error:

Code:

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.38 (x86_64) Consult the make.log in the build directory /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/195.36.24/build/ for more information. dpkg: error processing nvidia-current (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bumblebee: bumblebee depends on nvidia-current; however: Package nvidia-current is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing bumblebee (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. Processing triggers for python-gmenu ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38 Processing triggers for python-support ... Errors were encountered while processing: nvidia-current bumblebee E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Just for a test, I tring to install with "traditional" installer:

https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/

Code:

apt-get update apt-get install nvidia-current tar -xzf MrMEEE-bumblebee-6629f3a.tar.gz cd MrMEEE-bumblebee-6629f3a sudo ./install sudo usermod -a -G bumblebee root

and it seems it work:

Code:

root@bt:glxgears 4800 frames in 5.0 seconds 4818 frames in 5.0 seconds 4691 frames in 5.0 seconds 4693 frames in 5.0 seconds

but when I try to use optirun

Code:

root@bt:optirun glxgears The Bumblebee X server was not available, please check the Bumblebee logfile at /var/log/bumblebee.log ==================================================

This is the log:

Code:

[ 1479.90] Bumblebee log started at Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:25:04 +0100 [ 1479.92] Creating fifo /var/run/bumblebee.fifo for communication... [ 1479.93] Making FIFO writable for members of group bumblebee [ 1479.95] Power management is disabled, not disabling card on start. [ 1479.96] Waiting for orders [ 1541.85] Optirun start request received. [ 1541.86] Checking for X server availability before starting X... [ 1541.87] X server is not started [ 1541.88] Power management is disabled, only loading driver [ 1541.94] Driver 'nvidia' has no matching kernel module installed [ 1541.96] The driver failed to load. [ 1541.97] Waiting for orders

Anyone help me? :(
11-19-2011, 02:34 AM
fivex

Re: Bumblebee and nvidia problems with GT540M

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dezio

I tried to install the bumblebee on BT5 running these commands but I had problems:

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install bumblebee

and I got this error:

Code:

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libecryptfs0 libdmraid1.0.0.rc16 libdebconfclient0 ecryptfs-utils cryptsetup rdate bogl-bterm libdebian-installer4 reiserfsprogs dmraid python-pyicu keyutils Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: acpid dkms linux-headers linux-headers-2.6.39.4 nvidia-current nvidia-settings virtualgl The following NEW packages will be installed: acpid bumblebee dkms linux-headers linux-headers-2.6.39.4 nvidia-current nvidia-settings virtualgl 0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 57 not upgraded. Need to get 50.6MB of archives. After this operation, 194MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/bumblebee/stable/ubuntu/ lucid/main virtualgl 2.2.90-1~lucidppa7 [1,566kB] Get:2 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main dkms 2.1.1.2-2fakesync1 [70.1kB] Get:3 http://all.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/microverse linux-headers 1.1-bt3 [896B] Get:4 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main acpid 1.0.10-5ubuntu2.1 [50.5kB] Get:5 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/microverse linux-headers-2.6.39.4 2.6.39.4-10.00.Custom [7,274kB] Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/bumblebee/stable/ubuntu/ lucid/main bumblebee 2.4.1-1~lucidppa1 [21.8kB] Get:7 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04 [40.8MB] Get:8 http://64.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main nvidia-settings 195.36.08-0ubuntu2 [841kB] Fetched 50.6MB in 11min 48s (71.5kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package acpid. (Reading database ... 202759 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking acpid (from .../acpid_1.0.10-5ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package virtualgl. Unpacking virtualgl (from .../virtualgl_2.2.90-1~lucidppa7_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package dkms. Unpacking dkms (from .../dkms_2.1.1.2-2fakesync1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package linux-headers-2.6.39.4. Unpacking linux-headers-2.6.39.4 (from .../linux-headers-2.6.39.4_2.6.39.4-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package linux-headers. Unpacking linux-headers (from .../linux-headers_1.1-bt3_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package nvidia-current. Unpacking nvidia-current (from .../nvidia-current_195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package bumblebee. Unpacking bumblebee (from .../bumblebee_2.4.1-1~lucidppa1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package nvidia-settings. Unpacking nvidia-settings (from .../nvidia-settings_195.36.08-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for python-central ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up acpid (1.0.10-5ubuntu2.1) ... acpid start/running, process 4709 Setting up virtualgl (2.2.90-1~lucidppa7) ... Setting up dkms (2.1.1.2-2fakesync1) ... Setting up linux-headers-2.6.39.4 (2.6.39.4-10.00.Custom) ... Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms 2.6.39.4 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.39.4 Setting up linux-headers (1.1-bt3) ... Setting up nvidia-current (195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-current/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/GL.conf (gl_conf) in auto mode. update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Loading new nvidia-current-195.36.24 DKMS files... First Installation: checking all kernels... Building only for 2.6.38 Building for architecture x86_64 Building initial module for 2.6.38 Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.38 (x86_64) Consult the make.log in the build directory /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/195.36.24/build/ for more information. dpkg: error processing nvidia-current (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bumblebee: bumblebee depends on nvidia-current; however: Package nvidia-current is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing bumblebee (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up nvidia-settings (195.36.08-0ubuntu2) ... No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Processing triggers for python-gmenu ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38 Processing triggers for python-support ... Errors were encountered while processing: nvidia-current bumblebee E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I try to update all by:

Code:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates sudo apt-get upgrade

But I have the same error:

Code:

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.38 (x86_64) Consult the make.log in the build directory /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/195.36.24/build/ for more information. dpkg: error processing nvidia-current (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bumblebee: bumblebee depends on nvidia-current; however: Package nvidia-current is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing bumblebee (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. Processing triggers for python-gmenu ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38 Processing triggers for python-support ... Errors were encountered while processing: nvidia-current bumblebee E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Just for a test, I tring to install with "traditional" installer:

https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/

Code:

apt-get update apt-get install nvidia-current tar -xzf MrMEEE-bumblebee-6629f3a.tar.gz cd MrMEEE-bumblebee-6629f3a sudo ./install sudo usermod -a -G bumblebee root

and it seems it work:

Code:

root@bt:glxgears 4800 frames in 5.0 seconds 4818 frames in 5.0 seconds 4691 frames in 5.0 seconds 4693 frames in 5.0 seconds

but when I try to use optirun

Code:

root@bt:optirun glxgears The Bumblebee X server was not available, please check the Bumblebee logfile at /var/log/bumblebee.log ==================================================

This is the log:

Code:

[ 1479.90] Bumblebee log started at Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:25:04 +0100 [ 1479.92] Creating fifo /var/run/bumblebee.fifo for communication... [ 1479.93] Making FIFO writable for members of group bumblebee [ 1479.95] Power management is disabled, not disabling card on start. [ 1479.96] Waiting for orders [ 1541.85] Optirun start request received. [ 1541.86] Checking for X server availability before starting X... [ 1541.87] X server is not started [ 1541.88] Power management is disabled, only loading driver [ 1541.94] Driver 'nvidia' has no matching kernel module installed [ 1541.96] The driver failed to load. [ 1541.97] Waiting for orders

Anyone help me? :(

Anyone help him;) I have almost the same problem with the 540m
11-19-2011, 06:01 PM
Dezio

Riferimento: Bumblebee and nvidia problems with GT540M

no one can help me?
11-20-2011, 09:02 PM
Snayler

Re: Bumblebee and nvidia problems with GT540M

I have a new laptop with the Optimus technology (Intel HD and GeForce 540M) and in my opinion, you won't need to install bumblebee in BT5 since the Intel HD graphics handles the X graphical environment pretty well. I mean, it's not like your going to play cutting-edge video games in BT5, right?
As for CUDA capabilities, you will only need to install the nVidia drivers and CUDA toolkit, and everything will work fine.
11-21-2011, 10:47 AM
Dezio

Re: Bumblebee and nvidia problems with GT540M

Definitely I don't play video games in BT5, but I want to take advantage of the the video card and have the nvidia control panel to change resolution, etc.. just that :) Optimus technology is helpful for the duration of the battery
11-21-2011, 10:55 AM
Dezio

Re: Bumblebee and nvidia problems with GT540M

I received an official response from the Bumblebee support:

Quote:

For some reason, your mail ended up in my spam box. I see you're using BackTrack Linux which is based on an old version of Ubuntu (10.04.2, the current LTS is 10.04.3 and the latest is 11.10).

The `vga=791` and `nomodeset` options might be problematic too.

If you've no special need for Backtrack Linux, I recommend to use the latest stable Ubuntu version available (11.10, 64-bit) to get the most out of your hardware (nVidia GT 540M and Sandy Bridge?)
Otherwise, you could try to install a more recent nvidia driver (not from nvidia.com!) by adding the ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates PPA as described at https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project...roubleshooting.

I believe that there's no solution.. ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates PPA don't work properly in BT :(
06-20-2012, 02:38 PM
vidak23

Re: Bumblebee and nvidia problems with GT540M

Does anybody knows if there is a way to disable main card and switch to integrated one only? So it can treat just like one.. :/ I'm out of ideas.. :(
06-21-2012, 10:10 PM
Magnet0

Re: Bumblebee and nvidia problems with GT540M

hi out there, i dont know where to ask this, so i decided to post it in here.
i just only want to know if it is possible to install NVIDA to a laptop that is not NVIDIA supported? or is there any way to make it?

video card is: VGA 128MB
06-22-2012, 12:46 AM
snafu777

Re: Bumblebee and nvidia problems with GT540M

Quote:

Originally Posted by vidak23

Does anybody knows if there is a way to disable main card and switch to integrated one only? So it can treat just like one.. :/ I'm out of ideas.. :(

I am not quite sure where this thread is heading, but I figured I'd share this anyways

http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...ad.php?t=48331

Check out post #6 in that thread, it might help out....