Bug#815888: nvidia-detect: GF119M [GeForce 610M] nvidia-detect=ok for nvidia-driver . . . not ok

Fulano Diego Perez fulanoperez at cryptolab.net
Wed Mar 9 13:42:08 UTC 2016



Luca Boccassi:
> On 9 March 2016 at 11:49, Fulano Diego Perez <fulanoperez at cryptolab.net> wrote:
>> hi luca,
>>
>> Luca Boccassi:
>>> On 9 March 2016 at 10:05, Fulano Diego Perez <fulanoperez at cryptolab.net> 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:
>>
>> sure makes sense
>>
>>> reportbug --template nvidia-driver
>>
>> i enclose
>>
>> thanks for your help
> 
> Hi,
> 
>>From the log, it looks like nouveau is being loaded:
> 
> 2367.838] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
> [  2367.838] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
> [  2367.838] (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> [  2367.838] compiled for 1.18.0, module version = 1.0.12
> [  2367.838] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
> [  2367.838] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
> 
> <cut>
> 
> [  2367.839] (II) NOUVEAU driver Date:   Tue Dec 8 15:52:25 2015 +1000
> [  2367.839] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
> [  2367.839] RIVA TNT        (NV04)
> [  2367.839] RIVA TNT2       (NV05)
> [  2367.840] GeForce 256     (NV10)
> [  2367.840] GeForce 2       (NV11, NV15)
> [  2367.840] GeForce 4MX     (NV17, NV18)
> [  2367.840] GeForce 3       (NV20)
> [  2367.840] GeForce 4Ti     (NV25, NV28)
> [  2367.840] GeForce FX      (NV3x)
> [  2367.840] GeForce 6       (NV4x)
> [  2367.840] GeForce 7       (G7x)
> [  2367.840] GeForce 8       (G8x)
> [  2367.840] GeForce GTX 200 (NVA0)
> [  2367.840] GeForce GTX 400 (NVC0)
> 
> 
> Even though the module is blacklisted.
> 
> Have you rebooted after installing the nvidia stuff?

yes, actually ive only come back to this after about 2 weeks

> 
> To make sure the module configs are parsed and up to date, please run:
> 
> sudo depmod
> sudo update-initramfs -u

yep

> 
> and then reboot and try again.

ok, i rebooted

seems not to work again:

$ primusrun glxgears
primus: fatal: Bumblebee daemon reported: error: [XORG] (EE)

$ optirun glxgears
[  169.135208] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE)

[  169.135306] [WARN]The Bumblebee server was not available.
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh.  The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
458 frames in 5.0 seconds = 91.477 FPS
302 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.301 FPS
XIO:  fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0"
      after 2556 requests (2556 known processed) with 0 events remaining.


> 
> If the problem persists, please attach /var/log/Xorg.8.log (I'll take
> a note to collect that in the reportbug script, it doesn't at the
> moment).

strange?

does not exist...only this

-rw-r--r--  1 root        root         32804 Mar  9 01:41 Xorg.0.log
-rw-r--r--  1 root        root         34420 Mar  1 20:50 Xorg.0.log.old
-rw-r--r--  1 root        root         29633 Aug  2  2015 Xorg.1.log

> 
> Kind regards,
> Luca Boccassi
> 



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