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

[Fulano Diego Perez]

Luca Boccassi:
> On 11 March 2016 at 13:24, Fulano Diego Perez <fulanoperez at cryptolab.net> wrote:
>> hi luca
>>
>> Luca Boccassi:
>>> On 10 March 2016 at 13:01, Fulano Diego Perez <fulanoperez at cryptolab.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> sure, i ran primusrun and optirun again
>>>>
>>>> systemctl restart bumblebeed
>>>>
>>>> then primusrun and optirun again
>>>>
>>>> the resultant logs enclosed
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> thanks a lot
>>>> there is no rush at all
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> also, i have doubts about what reportbug 'reports' concerning which
>>>> dependencies are installed for packages - it very often lists missing
>>>> dependencies when in fact they are installed
>>>>
>>>> i have filed a bug about it...
>>>>
>>>> just so you know, if its important...
>>>
>>> Mmh Xorg is still loading nouveau:
>>>
>>> [ 33630.995] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
>>> [ 33630.995] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
>>> [ 33630.995] (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>>> [ 33630.995] compiled for 1.18.0, module version = 1.0.12
>>> [ 33630.995] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
>>> [ 33630.995] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
>>>
>>> That's not what I'd expect, and what I see on my optimus laptop. The
>>> second card (/dev/dri/card1) is not seen at all by Xorg.
>>>
>>> bbswitch should be disabling the nvidia card at boot. In your
>>> journalctl, can you see something along those lines:
>>>
>>> kernel: bbswitch: version 0.8
>>> kernel: bbswitch: Found integrated VGA device 0000:00:02.0: \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0
>>> kernel: bbswitch: Found discrete VGA device 0000:03:00.0: \_SB_.PCI0.RP05.PEG
>>> kernel: bbswitch: detected an Optimus _DSM function
>>> kernel: bbswitch: Succesfully loaded. Discrete card 0000:03:00.0 is on
>>> kernel: bbswitch: disabling discrete graphics
>>>
>>> Or any other bbswitch line at all?
>>
>> found these:
>>
>> kernel: bbswitch: version 0.8
>> kernel: bbswitch: Found integrated VGA device 0000:00:02.0: \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0
>> kernel: bbswitch: Found discrete VGA device 0000:01:00.0:
>> \_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP
>> kernel: ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type
>> mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20150818/n
>> kernel: bbswitch: detected an Optimus _DSM function
>> kernel: pci 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
>> kernel: bbswitch: Succesfully loaded. Discrete card 0000:01:00.0 is on
>>
>> /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1118]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device
>> Power Button (/dev/input/event7)
>> /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1118]: (**) Power Button: Applying
>> InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
>> /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1118]: (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
>> /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1118]: (II) Loading
>> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
>> bumblebeed[831]: [   45.929171] [INFO]/usr/sbin/bumblebeed 3.2.1 started
>> kernel: bbswitch: disabling discrete graphics
> 
> Ok, so it is turning it off, never mind.
> 
> Going back to my other suspicion, it might be incompatibility with the
> rootless xorg that's in stretch/sid.
> 
> Can you please try to install:
> 
> xserver-xorg-legacy

it is installed

> This will run Xorg as root with a wrapper. That's the last thing I can think of.
> 
> It's on my list to have a sid partition on my laptop, but haven't had
> time to do that yet, so I can't reproduce this problem.

again, thanks a lot, you have done a lot

maybe bumblebee can assist with the bug report filed with them

we see

> 
> Kind regards,
> Luca Boccassi
>