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Nvidia GT630M lenovo
Hello Guys,
I facing an issue with installing the drivers for nvidia GT630M on lenovo G580 laptop. The gpu is with cuga tech.
I would like to get it fixed because this is the last device that was running linux @home and @work.
I tried the nvidia official driver, bumblebee, nothing worked for me, I received an error every time I tried optirun glxspheres, it returned some API error. I am not sure if it's really installed or not
I followed following tutorials:
http://eternalvoid.net/tutorials/linux-optimus-gt650m/
http://www.techlw.com/2012/03/install-n ... -1204.html
-I don't remember the other links
OBS: parameters for KernelDriver and Module are:
KernelDriver=nvidia
Module=nvidia
I would like to ask you if somebody had resolved this on a lenovo G580 with Intel+nvidia GT630M running latest Linux Mint with Cinnamon 64-bit? I would really appreciate it.
Thank you very much.
I facing an issue with installing the drivers for nvidia GT630M on lenovo G580 laptop. The gpu is with cuga tech.
I would like to get it fixed because this is the last device that was running linux @home and @work.
I tried the nvidia official driver, bumblebee, nothing worked for me, I received an error every time I tried optirun glxspheres, it returned some API error. I am not sure if it's really installed or not
I followed following tutorials:
http://eternalvoid.net/tutorials/linux-optimus-gt650m/
http://www.techlw.com/2012/03/install-n ... -1204.html
-I don't remember the other links
OBS: parameters for KernelDriver and Module are:
KernelDriver=nvidia
Module=nvidia
I would like to ask you if somebody had resolved this on a lenovo G580 with Intel+nvidia GT630M running latest Linux Mint with Cinnamon 64-bit? I would really appreciate it.
Thank you very much.
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Re: Nvidia GT630M lenovo
Could you post the exact API error you got? API mismatch errors are often caused by having two NVIDIA drivers installed at the same time.
What I would suggest is to remove everything you installed, then install only Bumblebee: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee
Also the difference in performance between Intel graphics and a GT 630M is rather small. Often it's enough to have Bumblebee turn off your NVIDIA GPU to save power, and use the Intel one.
What I would suggest is to remove everything you installed, then install only Bumblebee: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee
Also the difference in performance between Intel graphics and a GT 630M is rather small. Often it's enough to have Bumblebee turn off your NVIDIA GPU to save power, and use the Intel one.
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Re: Nvidia GT630M lenovo
Everything was uninstalled:
raptor ~ # dpkg -l|grep -i nvidia
raptor ~ # dpkg -l|grep -i bumble
Installed bumblebee:
raptor ~ # dpkg -l|grep -i nvidia
ii bbswitch-dkms 0.5-1~quantalppa1 all Interface for toggling the power on nVidia Optimus video cards
ii bumblebee 3.1-1~quantalppa1 amd64 nVidia Optimus support
ii bumblebee-nvidia 3.1-1~quantalppa1 amd64 nVidia Optimus support using the proprietary NVIDIA driver
ii nvidia-current 304.64-0ubuntu1~quantal~xup1 amd64 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library
ii nvidia-settings 304.64-0ubuntu1~quantal~xup1 amd64 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
raptor ~ #
Error:
raptor ~ # optirun firefox
[ 48.515130] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: Could not load GPU driver
[ 48.515170] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.
raptor ~ #
Now it cannot load GPU driver.
Any suggestions ?
Thanks.
raptor ~ # dpkg -l|grep -i nvidia
raptor ~ # dpkg -l|grep -i bumble
Installed bumblebee:
raptor ~ # dpkg -l|grep -i nvidia
ii bbswitch-dkms 0.5-1~quantalppa1 all Interface for toggling the power on nVidia Optimus video cards
ii bumblebee 3.1-1~quantalppa1 amd64 nVidia Optimus support
ii bumblebee-nvidia 3.1-1~quantalppa1 amd64 nVidia Optimus support using the proprietary NVIDIA driver
ii nvidia-current 304.64-0ubuntu1~quantal~xup1 amd64 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library
ii nvidia-settings 304.64-0ubuntu1~quantal~xup1 amd64 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
raptor ~ #
Error:
raptor ~ # optirun firefox
[ 48.515130] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: Could not load GPU driver
[ 48.515170] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.
raptor ~ #
Now it cannot load GPU driver.
Any suggestions ?
Thanks.
Re: Nvidia GT630M lenovo
Did you install any NVIDIA driver in the past using a .run file from NVIDIA's website?
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Re: Nvidia GT630M lenovo
I did now a fresh install of mint. I just booted up.
What do you recommend, should I install bumblebee following the link you provided?
Did it work for you the same?
Thanks.
What do you recommend, should I install bumblebee following the link you provided?
Did it work for you the same?
Thanks.
Re: Nvidia GT630M lenovo
I think you should just install bumblebee (it appears you did that correctly last time) and nothing else.
Note that a new Bumblebee version, 3.1, appeared in that PPA the day before yesterday. Since then, I have seen yet another person with a non-functional Bumblebee. It may be that version 3.1 is not yet working as it should.
I can't try this myself since I don't own any NVIDIA Optimus hardware.
Note that a new Bumblebee version, 3.1, appeared in that PPA the day before yesterday. Since then, I have seen yet another person with a non-functional Bumblebee. It may be that version 3.1 is not yet working as it should.
I can't try this myself since I don't own any NVIDIA Optimus hardware.
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Re: Nvidia GT630M lenovo
Ok, I installed bumblebee from the official site, according to the official procedure.
After the reboot the daemon was not started so I started the daemon from root.
output from optirun:
raptor ~ # optirun firefox
[ 242.798669] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA GPU at PCI:1:0:0. Please
[ 242.798780] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.
raptor ~ #
with verbose output:
raptor ~ # optirun -vv firefox
[ 466.636289] [DEBUG]Reading file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[ 466.637220] [DEBUG]optirun version 3.1 starting...
[ 466.637247] [DEBUG]Active configuration:
[ 466.637258] [DEBUG] bumblebeed config file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[ 466.637279] [DEBUG] X display: :8
[ 466.637288] [DEBUG] LD_LIBRARY_PATH: /usr/lib/nvidia-current:/usr/lib32/nvidia-current
[ 466.637298] [DEBUG] Socket path: /var/run/bumblebee.socket
[ 466.637308] [DEBUG] Accel/display bridge: auto
[ 466.637318] [DEBUG] VGL Compression: proxy
[ 466.637358] [DEBUG]Using auto-detected bridge virtualgl
[ 466.677758] [INFO]Response: No - error: [XORG] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA GPU at PCI:1:0:0. Please
[ 466.677782] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA GPU at PCI:1:0:0. Please
[ 466.677789] [DEBUG]Socket closed.
[ 466.677808] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.
[ 466.677815] [DEBUG]Killing all remaining processes.
Kernel log:
Feb 27 19:16:25 raptor kernel: [ 226.578284] bbswitch: version 0.5
Feb 27 19:16:25 raptor kernel: [ 226.578303] bbswitch: Found integrated VGA device 0000:00:02.0: \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0
Feb 27 19:16:25 raptor kernel: [ 226.578318] bbswitch: Found discrete VGA device 0000:01:00.0: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.VGA_
Feb 27 19:16:25 raptor kernel: [ 226.578349] bbswitch: failed to evaluate _DSM {0xF8,0xD8,0x86,0xA4,0xDA,0x0B,0x1B,0x47,0xA7,0x2B,0x60,0x42,0xA6,0xB5,0xBE,0xE0} 0x100 0x0 {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00}: AE_NOT_FOUND
Feb 27 19:16:25 raptor kernel: [ 226.578365] bbswitch: failed to evaluate _DSM {0xA0,0xA0,0x95,0x9D,0x60,0x00,0x48,0x4D,0xB3,0x4D,0x7E,0x5F,0xEA,0x12,0x9F,0xD4} 0x102 0x0 {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00}: AE_NOT_FOUND
Feb 27 19:16:25 raptor kernel: [ 226.578383] bbswitch: failed to evaluate _DSM {0xA0,0xA0,0x95,0x9D,0x60,0x00,0x48,0x4D,0xB3,0x4D,0x7E,0x5F,0xEA,0x12,0x9F,0xD4} 0x102 0x0 {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00}: AE_NOT_FOUND
Feb 27 19:16:25 raptor kernel: [ 226.578386] bbswitch: No suitable _DSM call found.
Feb 27 19:16:41 raptor kernel: [ 242.539895] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Feb 27 19:16:41 raptor kernel: [ 242.539899] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
Feb 27 19:16:41 raptor kernel: [ 242.550351] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: >enabling device (0006 -> 0007)
Feb 27 19:16:41 raptor kernel: [ 242.550368] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none
Feb 27 19:16:41 raptor kernel: [ 242.550496] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 304.43 Sun Aug 19 20:14:03 PDT 2012
Feb 27 19:16:41 raptor kernel: [ 242.663987] NVRM: failed to copy vbios to system memory.
Feb 27 19:16:41 raptor kernel: [ 242.665640] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x30:0xffffffff:861)
Feb 27 19:16:41 raptor kernel: [ 242.665648] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 27 19:20:21 raptor kernel: [ 462.371872] NVRM: failed to copy vbios to system memory.
Feb 27 19:20:21 raptor kernel: [ 462.373516] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x30:0xffffffff:861)
Feb 27 19:20:21 raptor kernel: [ 462.373525] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 27 19:20:25 raptor kernel: [ 466.321968] NVRM: failed to copy vbios to system memory.
Feb 27 19:20:25 raptor kernel: [ 466.323599] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x30:0xffffffff:861)
Feb 27 19:20:25 raptor kernel: [ 466.323607] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Config for bumblebee, starting from [driver-nvidia] section:
[driver-nvidia]
# Module name to load, defaults to Driver if empty or unset
KernelDriver=nvidia-current
PMMethod=auto
# colon-separated path to the nvidia libraries
LibraryPath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current:/usr/lib32/nvidia-current
# comma-separated path of the directory containing nvidia_drv.so and the
# default Xorg modules path
XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia
## Section with nouveau driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nouveau
[driver-nouveau]
KernelDriver=nouveau
PMMethod=auto
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nouveau
Got to the same point as before the mint reinstall.
Any suggestions ?
After the reboot the daemon was not started so I started the daemon from root.
output from optirun:
raptor ~ # optirun firefox
[ 242.798669] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA GPU at PCI:1:0:0. Please
[ 242.798780] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.
raptor ~ #
with verbose output:
raptor ~ # optirun -vv firefox
[ 466.636289] [DEBUG]Reading file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[ 466.637220] [DEBUG]optirun version 3.1 starting...
[ 466.637247] [DEBUG]Active configuration:
[ 466.637258] [DEBUG] bumblebeed config file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[ 466.637279] [DEBUG] X display: :8
[ 466.637288] [DEBUG] LD_LIBRARY_PATH: /usr/lib/nvidia-current:/usr/lib32/nvidia-current
[ 466.637298] [DEBUG] Socket path: /var/run/bumblebee.socket
[ 466.637308] [DEBUG] Accel/display bridge: auto
[ 466.637318] [DEBUG] VGL Compression: proxy
[ 466.637358] [DEBUG]Using auto-detected bridge virtualgl
[ 466.677758] [INFO]Response: No - error: [XORG] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA GPU at PCI:1:0:0. Please
[ 466.677782] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA GPU at PCI:1:0:0. Please
[ 466.677789] [DEBUG]Socket closed.
[ 466.677808] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.
[ 466.677815] [DEBUG]Killing all remaining processes.
Kernel log:
Feb 27 19:16:25 raptor kernel: [ 226.578284] bbswitch: version 0.5
Feb 27 19:16:25 raptor kernel: [ 226.578303] bbswitch: Found integrated VGA device 0000:00:02.0: \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0
Feb 27 19:16:25 raptor kernel: [ 226.578318] bbswitch: Found discrete VGA device 0000:01:00.0: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.VGA_
Feb 27 19:16:25 raptor kernel: [ 226.578349] bbswitch: failed to evaluate _DSM {0xF8,0xD8,0x86,0xA4,0xDA,0x0B,0x1B,0x47,0xA7,0x2B,0x60,0x42,0xA6,0xB5,0xBE,0xE0} 0x100 0x0 {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00}: AE_NOT_FOUND
Feb 27 19:16:25 raptor kernel: [ 226.578365] bbswitch: failed to evaluate _DSM {0xA0,0xA0,0x95,0x9D,0x60,0x00,0x48,0x4D,0xB3,0x4D,0x7E,0x5F,0xEA,0x12,0x9F,0xD4} 0x102 0x0 {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00}: AE_NOT_FOUND
Feb 27 19:16:25 raptor kernel: [ 226.578383] bbswitch: failed to evaluate _DSM {0xA0,0xA0,0x95,0x9D,0x60,0x00,0x48,0x4D,0xB3,0x4D,0x7E,0x5F,0xEA,0x12,0x9F,0xD4} 0x102 0x0 {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00}: AE_NOT_FOUND
Feb 27 19:16:25 raptor kernel: [ 226.578386] bbswitch: No suitable _DSM call found.
Feb 27 19:16:41 raptor kernel: [ 242.539895] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Feb 27 19:16:41 raptor kernel: [ 242.539899] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
Feb 27 19:16:41 raptor kernel: [ 242.550351] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: >enabling device (0006 -> 0007)
Feb 27 19:16:41 raptor kernel: [ 242.550368] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none
Feb 27 19:16:41 raptor kernel: [ 242.550496] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 304.43 Sun Aug 19 20:14:03 PDT 2012
Feb 27 19:16:41 raptor kernel: [ 242.663987] NVRM: failed to copy vbios to system memory.
Feb 27 19:16:41 raptor kernel: [ 242.665640] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x30:0xffffffff:861)
Feb 27 19:16:41 raptor kernel: [ 242.665648] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 27 19:20:21 raptor kernel: [ 462.371872] NVRM: failed to copy vbios to system memory.
Feb 27 19:20:21 raptor kernel: [ 462.373516] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x30:0xffffffff:861)
Feb 27 19:20:21 raptor kernel: [ 462.373525] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 27 19:20:25 raptor kernel: [ 466.321968] NVRM: failed to copy vbios to system memory.
Feb 27 19:20:25 raptor kernel: [ 466.323599] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x30:0xffffffff:861)
Feb 27 19:20:25 raptor kernel: [ 466.323607] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Config for bumblebee, starting from [driver-nvidia] section:
[driver-nvidia]
# Module name to load, defaults to Driver if empty or unset
KernelDriver=nvidia-current
PMMethod=auto
# colon-separated path to the nvidia libraries
LibraryPath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current:/usr/lib32/nvidia-current
# comma-separated path of the directory containing nvidia_drv.so and the
# default Xorg modules path
XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia
## Section with nouveau driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nouveau
[driver-nouveau]
KernelDriver=nouveau
PMMethod=auto
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nouveau
Got to the same point as before the mint reinstall.
Any suggestions ?
Re: Nvidia GT630M lenovo
Dmesg output for nvidia:
raptor log # dmesg | grep nvidia
[ 242.539895] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[ 242.550351] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: >enabling device (0006 -> 0007)
raptor log # dmesg | grep nvidia
[ 242.539895] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[ 242.550351] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: >enabling device (0006 -> 0007)
Re: Nvidia GT630M lenovo
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[ 242.663987] NVRM: failed to copy vbios to system memory
I think you're best off leaving it this way. The NVIDIA GPU is not much faster than your Intel graphics I think.
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Re: Nvidia GT630M lenovo
There is no such thing as an "official" installation. The Bumblebee page (https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bu ... -and-usage) says that it's recommended to install distribution packages, pointing to the same page I linked to for Ubuntu.
If you're fine with using no NVIDIA card, please uninstall bumblebee-nvidia and nvidia-current; with only the bumblebee and bbswitch packages installed the NVIDIA GPU can be powered down, then the laptop will run less hot and last longer on battery.
If you're fine with using no NVIDIA card, please uninstall bumblebee-nvidia and nvidia-current; with only the bumblebee and bbswitch packages installed the NVIDIA GPU can be powered down, then the laptop will run less hot and last longer on battery.
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Re: Nvidia GT630M lenovo
Thanks for the help, but I would like to continue finding a solution to use also the nvidia gpu .. I would like to play sometimes and to use some 3d applications with run smooth on nvidia and on the intel not
I will search further on the *net and if I find something I will post it here.
Thanks again.
I will search further on the *net and if I find something I will post it here.
Thanks again.
Re: Nvidia GT630M lenovo
Since it appears it was an NVIDIA driver problem, you could try upgrading the driver by installing nvidia-experimental-310 from the repository. This driver is supposed to replace nvidia-current, not requiring you to uninstall nvidia-current manually.
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