nvidia optimus [Solved]

[mg979]

This is a relatively new MX-21 Fluxbox installation, reusing my previous home folder from MX-19.

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System:    Host: <filter> Kernel: 5.10.0-9-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-9-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.7 info: tint2, polybar dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-21_fluxbox_x64 Wildflower Oct 20  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Dell product: G3 3779 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 
           serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Dell model: 0NY03M v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.18.0 
           date: 09/22/2021 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 36.3 Wh condition: 36.3/56.0 Wh (65%) volts: 16.8/15.2 
           model: BYD DELL 7FHHV86 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Full 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-8300H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake 
           family: 6 model-id: 9E (158) stepping: A (10) microcode: EA L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 36799 
           Speed: 1217 MHz min/max: 800/4000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1278 2: 1398 3: 1393 
           4: 1398 5: 1366 6: 1333 7: 1398 8: 1395 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, 
           STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Dell driver: i915 
           v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:3e9b 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] driver: N/A bus ID: 01:00.0 
           chip ID: 10de:1c8d 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: intel compositor: compton v: 1 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 
           compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a348 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0fb9 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-9-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9560 [Jefferson Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel 
           port: 5000 bus ID: 00:14.3 chip ID: 8086:a370 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Dell 
           driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.03 TiB used: 60.99 GiB (5.8%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM035-1RK172 size: 931.51 GiB block size: 
           physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> 
           rev: SDM3 scheme: GPT 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: SK Hynix model: SC311 SATA 128GB size: 119.24 GiB block size: 
           physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 0P10 
           scheme: GPT 
RAID:      Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 
           port: 5060 bus ID: 00:17.0 chip ID: 8086.282a rev: 10 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 39.90 GiB size: 38.98 GiB (97.69%) used: 6.94 GiB (17.8%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda5 
           ID-2: /home raw size: 98.79 GiB size: 96.74 GiB (97.92%) used: 49.20 GiB (50.9%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6 
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 8.01 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 100 (default) dev: /dev/sda7 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirror.units.it/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
Info:      Processes: 232 Uptime: 11m Memory: 7.63 GiB used: 1.48 GiB (19.4%) Init: SysVinit 
           v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 clang: 11.0.1-2 
           Shell: quick-system-in running in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.0.36 

I installed nvidia drivers with mx-tools, then bumblebee and bumblebee-nvidia.

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$ nvidia-settings

ERROR: NVIDIA driver is not loaded


ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system

That the driver is not loaded should be because of bumblebee, right?

But with optirun I still can't open settings.

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$ optirun nvidia-settings
[  963.884950] [ERROR]No bridge found. Try installing primus or virtualgl.

$ optirun -b none nvidia-settings -c :8
[  986.886349] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: Could not enable discrete graphics card

[  986.886402] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.

Same if I try to run anything with optirun, not just the settings. What am I supposed to do to use the secondary card?

[Lupin]

I installed nvidia drivers with mx-tools, then bumblebee and bumblebee-nvidia.

hey there,
did you install the driver through MX-Tools and then install bumblebee manually after that?
if thats the case, then you should uninstall them all:

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sudo ddm-mx -p nvidia
sudo apt-get --auto-remove purge bumblebee*

and then reinstall the bumblebee nvidia driver with:

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sudo ddm-mx -i nvidia -f bumblebee

[mg979]

Thanks for the answer, before I uninstall and reinstall drivers for the third time, is there an official guide with steps to follow for optimus nvidia laptops?

[SwampRabbit]

I believe the new command to use instead of “optirun” is

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nvidia-run-mx 

Note: I think it’s still optirun for legacy Nvidia drivers.

We don’t have a official guide that I know of.

[mg979]

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$ nvidia-run-mx nvidia-settings

ERROR: NVIDIA driver is not loaded


ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system

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$ cat /usr/bin/nvidia-run-mx
#!/bin/bash
# Part of ddm-mx for MX Linux by Dolphin Oracle (dolphinoracle@mgail.com)
# and farius
#
# This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
#

__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia "$@"

exit 0

It doesn't seem to enable the card (bumblebee should do it).

[SwampRabbit]

Did you purge everything you install like what posted earlier?

Then reinstalled using Nvidia Driver Installer and selecting Optimus when it asks?

It sounds like your Nvidia install and configuration is still not right.

[mg979]

I purged/reinstalled already once today, and it did not ask about optimus, nor it did on first install. I'll purge/reinstall again I guess.

[mg979]

Purged and reinstalled with

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sudo ddm-mx -i nvidia -f bumblebee-nvidia

still not working

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$ optirun nvidia-settings
[  242.957960] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: Could not enable discrete graphics card

[  242.958025] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.

[SwampRabbit]

Is there a reason you are not just running the Nvidia Driver Installer and keep doing it from the terminal with all that extra stuff added?

Again, just I believe optirun is deprecated (except for legacy driver which you aren’t using) and the new command I provided should be used, but that’s from using the Nvidia Driver Installer like normal.

[mg979]

I did use the installer the first time, but it didn't explain what to do next, so I installed bumblebee. I'll try again with only the installer and nvidia-run-mx.

One thing I noticed though is that with bumblebee (that actually disables the card when not in use) the laptop is much cooler (about 5°C), so I would have preferred that.