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 14:27:38 UTC 2016



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

you're right, big trouble in little china

$ sudo systemctl status bumblebeed
[sudo] password for fulano:
● bumblebeed.service - Bumblebee C Daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bumblebeed.service; enabled;
vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Thu 2016-03-10 00:27:14 AEDT; 58min ago
 Main PID: 826 (bumblebeed)
   CGroup: /system.slice/bumblebeed.service
           └─826 /usr/sbin/bumblebeed

Mar 10 00:29:19 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  158.349621] [ERROR][XORG] (EE)
Mar 10 00:29:19 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  158.349626] [ERROR][XORG] (EE)
Mar 10 00:29:19 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  158.349630] [ERROR][XORG] (EE)
Mar 10 00:29:19 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  158.349634] [ERROR]X did not
start properly
Mar 10 00:29:30 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  169.135116] [ERROR][XORG] (EE)
Mar 10 00:29:30 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  169.135145] [ERROR][XORG] (EE)
Mar 10 00:29:30 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  169.135158] [ERROR][XORG] (EE)
Mar 10 00:29:30 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  169.135163] [ERROR][XORG] (EE)
Mar 10 00:29:30 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  169.135169] [ERROR][XORG] (EE)
Mar 10 00:29:30 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  169.135174] [ERROR]X did not
start properly

$ sudo journalctl -b -u bumblebeed
-- Logs begin at Thu 2016-03-10 00:27:05 AEDT, end at Thu 2016-03-10
01:26:13 AEDT. --
Mar 10 00:27:14 hesse systemd[1]: Started Bumblebee C Daemon.
Mar 10 00:27:26 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [   44.974058]
[INFO]/usr/sbin/bumblebeed 3.2.1 started
Mar 10 00:29:19 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  158.349590] [ERROR][XORG] (EE)
Mar 10 00:29:19 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  158.349612] [ERROR][XORG] (EE)
Mar 10 00:29:19 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  158.349621] [ERROR][XORG] (EE)
Mar 10 00:29:19 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  158.349626] [ERROR][XORG] (EE)
Mar 10 00:29:19 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  158.349630] [ERROR][XORG] (EE)
Mar 10 00:29:19 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  158.349634] [ERROR]X did not
start properly
Mar 10 00:29:30 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  169.135116] [ERROR][XORG] (EE)
Mar 10 00:29:30 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  169.135145] [ERROR][XORG] (EE)
Mar 10 00:29:30 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  169.135158] [ERROR][XORG] (EE)
Mar 10 00:29:30 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  169.135163] [ERROR][XORG] (EE)
Mar 10 00:29:30 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  169.135169] [ERROR][XORG] (EE)
Mar 10 00:29:30 hesse bumblebeed[826]: [  169.135174] [ERROR]X did not
start properly

> 
> Kind regards,
> Luca Boccassi
> 



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