On 9 March 2016 at 10:05, Fulano Diego Perez <[email protected]> wrote: > hi luca > > Luca Boccassi: >> Control: package -1 nvidia-driver >> Control: tag -1 moreinfo >> Control: severity -1 normal >> >> On Thu, 2016-02-25 at 23:34 +1100, Fulano Diego Perez wrote: >>> Package: nvidia-detect >>> Severity: grave >>> Justification: renders package unusable >>> >>> >>> _disclaimer_ >>> >>> 1. >>> i do not know if the problem lies with nvidia-detect, nvidia-driver and its >>> dependencies, or neither >>> >>> 2. >>> this bug report was submitted after removal and revert back to nouveau >>> >>> 3. >>> applies to intel ivy bridge chipset with built-in intel graphics + >>> nvidia below >>> >>> >>> >>> nvidia-detect recommends nvidia-driver >>> >>> i then install nvidia-driver, its dependencies and nvidia-xconfig >>> >>> NB i attempted this ~6 months ago and yesterday, i do not know the affect of >>> the recent nvidia updates to xserver and whether nvidia-xconfig is still >>> necessary >>> >>> gdm3 cannot proceed after reboot >>> >>> please advise any further log provision where necessary: >> >> Hi, >> >> It looks like you have a laptop with a switchable Optimus system (610M). >> If that's indeed the case, you cannot just install the nvidia stack, as >> your hardware is wired to use the Intel card to drive the display. >> >> If you want to use the discrete Nvidia card, you must do so through >> bumblebee. Please install >> >> bumblebee-nvidia >> >> Then run: >> >> sudo update-glx --config glx >> >> And make sure nvidia/bumblebee is selected, if not pick it. > > done above > >> >> If the problem persists, please add more information by running: >> >> reportbug -N 815888 > > sorry, this is out ATM, nevertheless... > >> Kind regards, >> Luca Boccassi > > i get the following: > > $ primusrun glxgears > primus: fatal: Bumblebee daemon reported: error: [XORG] (EE) > > $ optirun glxgears > [23162.070642] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) > > ive tried various basic amendments such as > > adding my user to the bumblebee group; > > manually specifying the nvidia option in /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf; > > manually specifying BusID "PCI:1:0:0" in /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia > (from the github FAQ) > > $ lspci | egrep 'VGA|3D' > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core > processor Graphics Controller (rev 09) > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119M [GeForce > 610M] (rev a1) > > i admit im stuck
Hi, Sorry for your troubles. Unfortunately there's not much I can do without looking at the full system report. If reportbug -N is not working for you, could you please manually attach the output of: reportbug --template nvidia-driver Thank you! Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
