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

[Luca Boccassi]

On 9 March 2016 at 13:42, Fulano Diego Perez <fulanoperez at cryptolab.net> wrote:
>
>
> 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

That means it's not even trying to start the Xorg instance on the nvidia driver.

That warning is worrying about bumblebeed.

If you are running on systemd, can you please check the output of:

sudo systemctl status bumblebeed

sudo journalctl -b -u bumblebeed

Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi