Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee-old — Issue #191: bumblebee service won't run, no optimus card?!
Author: RyOsEpH
Created: 2012-01-20 20:26:53+00:00
State: open

Distro: Ubuntu Desktop 11.10 (64 bit)

Kernel: 3.0.0-14-generic

Manufacturer and model:
baseboard-manufacturer: ZOTAC
baseboard-product-name: NM10
baseboard-version :

system-manufacturer : To Be Filled By O.E.M.
system-product-name : To Be Filled By O.E.M.
system-version : To Be Filled By O.E.M.

Bumblebee version: 2.4.1~git5d086c9

Description:
When using optirun, for example: optirun firefox, optirun doesn't start. In the Xorg.8.log file the reason is listed.

Information about my system:
ZOTAC IONITX-T-E (http://pden.zotac.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=95&flypage=flypage_images.tpl&product_id=317&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1)

I installed ubuntu desktop 11.10 64 bit (including closed source additionals like flash, mp3 and nvidia). After that I did:
1. full software update.
2. remove the xorg.conf file.
3. sudo apt-get purge nvidia-current
4. reboot
5. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
6. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
7. sudo apt-get update
8. sudo apt-get install bumblebee
9. sudo usermod -a -G bumblebee ryoseph
10. reboot
11. Nvidia module wasn't loaded by X. So I did: sudo -e xorg:nvidia_current
12. Reboot (after reboot, nvidia module was properly loaded).
13. Then I had an issue and reported it on github. Answer: "use new version of bumblebee". So I did...

No when I try to run optirun it says:

ryoseph@zotac:~$ optirun firefox
[ERROR]The Bumblebee daemon has not been started yet or the socket path /var/run/bumblebee.socket was incorrect.
[ERROR]Could not connect to bumblebee daemon - is it running?

So I looked in my /var/log/syslog:

Jan 20 21:14:08 zotac bumblebeed[2234]: No Optimus system detected, quitting.
Jan 20 21:14:08 zotac kernel: [ 252.784880] init: bumblebeed main process (2234) terminated with status 1

Then I did:

ryoseph@zotac:~$ lspci -vnn | grep '\''[030[02]\]'
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GT218 [ION] [10de:0a64] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

Is my card an optimus enabled card?
Do you have any suggestion to get the service up and running?

Thanks alot!