Problems Installing Bumblebee

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Seacat17

Problems Installing Bumblebee

Post by Seacat17 »

I just installed bumblebee (or thought I did :/) but when I try a test my terminal reads

[ 6663.179486] [ERROR]The Bumblebee daemon has not been started yet or the socket path /var/run/bumblebee.socket was incorrect.
[ 6663.179524] [ERROR]Could not connect to bumblebee daemon - is it running?

My Nvidia driver is updated, my card is a GT 240M.
I want to run Bumblebee to reduce the fan noise/heating from my laptop.

I'd appreciate the help, thanks
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zerozero

Re: Problems Installing Bumblebee

Post by zerozero »

please share with us the terminal output of

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inxi -SGx


as far as i see your card is not optimus technology and unless you have a 2nd gpu bumblebee is useless
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Seacat17

Re: Problems Installing Bumblebee

Post by Seacat17 »

Thanks for the response, heres the read out with bumblebee 'installed'
inxi -SGx
System: Host: R2D2 Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.7.2) Desktop: N/A Distro: Linux Mint 14 Nadia
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GT216 [GeForce GT 240M] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org: 1.13.0 drivers: vesa,nouveau (unloaded: fbdev) Resolution: 1280x720@0.0hz
GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A Direct Rendering: N/A

Heres the read out after uninstalling bumblebee and reinstalling my Nvidia drivers
inxi -SGx
System: Host: R2D2 Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.7.2) Desktop: N/A Distro: Linux Mint 14 Nadia
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GT216 [GeForce GT 240M] bus-ID: 01:00.0 X.Org: 1.13.0 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1600x900@60.1hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce GT 240M/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 310.32 Direct Rendering: Yes
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zerozero

Re: Problems Installing Bumblebee

Post by zerozero »

uninstalling bumblebee and installing the nvidia drivers fixed the problem for you
GLX Renderer: GeForce GT 240M/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 310.32 Direct Rendering: Yes
as far as i can see all is fine now
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Seacat17

Re: Problems Installing Bumblebee

Post by Seacat17 »

So is there anything else I can try to reduce the fan noise/heating?
I was wondering if I should try changing the clock speeds, this is my current read out:
inxi -Cx -s
CPU: Quad core Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q9000 (-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 15966.6
Clock Speeds: 1: 1600.00 MHz 2: 1600.00 MHz 3: 1600.00 MHz 4: 1600.00 MHz
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0:52C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A

I looked into how to change the CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor, it seems a little complicated, is it something I should try as a newbie?
Thanks
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