Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee — Issue #167: AE_NOT_FOUND
Author: stumpyuk
Created: 2011-11-26 17:35:31+00:00
State: open

I have an ACER Aspire 4752G with an Intel i3 processor and an Nvidia GEFORCE GT520M optimus card. I am running Linux Mint Lisa (12). Kernel:
3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

The output of lspci -k is as follows:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0506
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0507
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0506
Kernel driver in use: mei
Kernel modules: mei
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0506
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0506
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b4)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b4)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0506
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0506
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0506
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0506
Kernel modules: i2c-i801
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0df7 (rev a1)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0507
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia_current_updates, nvidia_current, nvidia, nouveau, nvidiafb
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43227 802.11b/g/n
Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device e040
Kernel driver in use: wl
Kernel modules: wl
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57785 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0500
Kernel driver in use: tg3
Kernel modules: tg3
04:00.1 SD Host controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM57765 Memory Card Reader (rev 10)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0500
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
Kernel modules: sdhci-pci
04:00.2 System peripheral: Broadcom Corporation Device 16be (rev 10)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0500
04:00.3 System peripheral: Broadcom Corporation Device 16bf (rev 10)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0500

I have installed bumblebee, installed the nvdia drivers (taking care to remove an nouveax drivers). I ran nvidia-xconfig then rebooted. Initially I got this error message:
intel_dsm_platform_mux_info MUX INFO call failed

X server was unable to start. So, I removed my xorg.conf file and rebooted. The Nvidia drivers had not loaded. So I created the cardon/cardoff files and populated them with the correct info and enabled power management and "stop service on exit" in the bumblebee.conf file. I ran nvida-xconfig and rebooted. This time I got the error message:
acpi_call: cannot get handle: Error: AE_NOT_FOUND
By removing the xorg.conf I was able to get into a gui environment but the Nvidia drivers had not loaded. It appears that the intel graphics system is being seen first at boot, Linux tries to apply the Nvidia graphics driver to them and fails. After removing the xorg.conf file, the i915 graphic driver is loaded for the intel graphics system. I have configured the bumbleebee.conf file to use the xorg.conf.nvidia file - I still get the same error.

Any help would be much appreciated

Stumpy