Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee — Issue #187: optirun Problem
Author: Deniz1337
Created: 2012-01-13 19:29:33+00:00
State: open

Hey Guys,
I've got a problem when running optirun and im not sure what to do.
I hope you can help me.

Distro:
Ubuntu 11.10

Kernel:
Linux Aspire-5742G 3.0.0-14-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Mon Nov 21 20:28:43 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Manufacturer and model:

baseboard-manufacturer: Acer
baseboard-product-name: Aspire 5742G
baseboard-version : V1.10
system-manufacturer : Acer
system-product-name : Aspire 5742G
system-version : V1.10

Bumblebee version:
2.4.1

When I try to run 'optirun glxgears'
I always get following error:

The Bumblebee X server was not available, please check the
Bumblebee logfile at /var/log/bumblebee.log
==================================================

at /var/log/bumblebee.log

[ 284.15] Bumblebee log started at Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:27:21 +0100
[ 284.16] Creating fifo /var/run/bumblebee.fifo for communication...
[ 284.23] Making FIFO writable for members of group bumblebee
[ 284.24] Power management is disabled, not disabling card on start.
[ 284.24] Waiting for orders
[ 779.12] Checking for X server availability before stopping it...
[ 779.12] The X server has not started or the pidfile is invalid.
[ 779.13] X is stopped.
[ 779.13] Power management is disabled, not unloading driver
[ 779.14] Power management is disabled, card already enabled.
[ 779.15] Bumblebee log ended on Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:35:36 +0100
[ 901.06] Bumblebee log started at Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:37:37 +0100
[ 901.07] Creating fifo /var/run/bumblebee.fifo for communication...
[ 901.07] Making FIFO writable for members of group bumblebee
[ 901.08] Power management is disabled, not disabling card on start.
[ 901.08] Waiting for orders
[ 940.84] Checking for X server availability before stopping it...
[ 940.85] The X server has not started or the pidfile is invalid.
[ 940.85] X is stopped.
[ 940.86] Power management is disabled, not unloading driver
[ 940.86] Power management is disabled, card already enabled.
[ 940.87] Bumblebee log ended on Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:38:17 +0100
[ 949.00] Bumblebee log started at Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:38:25 +0100
[ 949.01] Creating fifo /var/run/bumblebee.fifo for communication...
[ 949.01] Making FIFO writable for members of group bumblebee
[ 949.02] Power management is disabled, not disabling card on start.
[ 949.02] Waiting for orders
[ 1011.12] Checking for X server availability before stopping it...
[ 1011.12] The X server has not started or the pidfile is invalid.
[ 1011.13] X is stopped.
[ 1011.13] Power management is disabled, not unloading driver
[ 1011.14] Power management is disabled, card already enabled.
[ 1011.15] Bumblebee log ended on Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:39:28 +0100
[ 23.93] Bumblebee log started at Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:40:20 +0100
[ 23.93] Creating fifo /var/run/bumblebee.fifo for communication...
[ 24.88] Making FIFO writable for members of group bumblebee
[ 24.88] Power management is disabled, not disabling card on start.
[ 24.88] Waiting for orders
[ 76.82] Optirun start request received.
[ 76.83] Checking for X server availability before starting X...
[ 76.83] X server is not started
[ 76.83] Power management is disabled, only loading driver
[ 77.08] insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-14-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia_current.ko
[ 77.09] Starting X using nvidia...
[ 77.09] Waiting for X server to become available...
[ 87.75] The Bumblebee X server failed to start. Please check /var/log/Xorg.8.log
[ 87.75] Waiting for orders
[ 184.89] Optirun start request received.
[ 184.90] Checking for X server availability before starting X...
[ 184.90] X server is not started
[ 184.91] Power management is disabled, only loading driver
[ 185.09] insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-14-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia_current.ko
[ 185.10] Starting X using nvidia...
[ 185.10] Waiting for X server to become available...
[ 185.13] The Bumblebee X server failed to start. Please check /var/log/Xorg.8.log
[ 185.13] Waiting for orders
[ 604.02] Optirun start request received.
[ 604.02] Checking for X server availability before starting X...
[ 604.02] X server is not started
[ 604.03] Power management is disabled, only loading driver
[ 604.28] insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-14-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia_current.ko
[ 604.29] Starting X using nvidia...
[ 604.29] Waiting for X server to become available...
[ 604.32] The Bumblebee X server failed to start. Please check /var/log/Xorg.8.log
[ 604.33] Waiting for orders
[ 1182.55] Optirun start request received.
[ 1182.55] Checking for X server availability before starting X...
[ 1182.56] X server is not started
[ 1182.56] Power management is disabled, only loading driver
[ 1182.77] insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-14-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia_current.ko
[ 1182.77] Starting X using nvidia...
[ 1182.78] Waiting for X server to become available...
[ 1182.81] The Bumblebee X server failed to start. Please check /var/log/Xorg.8.log
[ 1182.81] Waiting for orders
[ 1281.11] Optirun start request received.
[ 1281.12] Checking for X server availability before starting X...
[ 1281.12] X server is not started
[ 1281.13] Power management is disabled, only loading driver
[ 1281.32] insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-14-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia_current.ko
[ 1281.33] Starting X using nvidia...
[ 1281.34] Waiting for X server to become available...
[ 1281.36] The Bumblebee X server failed to start. Please check /var/log/Xorg.8.log
[ 1281.37] Waiting for orders
[ 2351.12] Optirun start request received.
[ 2351.13] Checking for X server availability before starting X...
[ 2351.13] X server is not started
[ 2351.13] Power management is disabled, only loading driver
[ 2351.34] insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-14-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia_current.ko
[ 2351.35] Starting X using nvidia...
[ 2351.35] Waiting for X server to become available...
[ 2351.38] The Bumblebee X server failed to start. Please check /var/log/Xorg.8.log
[ 2351.38] Waiting for orders

then at /var/log/Xorg.8.log

grep -Fn '(EE' /var/log/Xorg.8.log

15:	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
123:[ 2351.379] (EE) Failed to load module "kbd" (module does not exist, 0)
158:[ 2351.380] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the
159:[ 2351.380] (EE) NVIDIA(0): system's kernel log for additional error messages and
160:[ 2351.380] (EE) NVIDIA(0): consult the NVIDIA README for details.
161:[ 2351.380] (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
168:[ 2351.380] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Thanks!