tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post2395322494841243502..comments2024-03-28T08:06:15.494-07:00Comments on Linuxed - Exploring Linux distros: [SOLVED] NVIDIA - "Can't access Secondary GPU" with Bumblebee in Ubuntu 14.04 LTSArindam Senhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-78489314051648823522015-07-15T23:36:44.397-07:002015-07-15T23:36:44.397-07:00Thanks for this informative stuff. I was looking f...Thanks for this informative stuff. I was looking for information something like this. I have bookmarked your blog.<br /><a href="http://www.evetech.co.za/components/nvidia-ati-graphics-cards-21.aspx" rel="nofollow">graphics card prices</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14631818218555940542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-80991224291537135362015-02-04T06:28:14.163-08:002015-02-04T06:28:14.163-08:00Worked perfectly on elementary OS Freya (Ubuntu 12...Worked perfectly on elementary OS Freya (Ubuntu 12.04) with Intel/Nvidia Geforce GT 650M. I also recommend installing bumblebee-indicator.<br /><br />Thanks :)!Marcos Jerezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00581079857087715965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-54925090613975192542015-01-31T21:27:40.143-08:002015-01-31T21:27:40.143-08:00THANKS!!THANKS!!Yeison Fabian Gutierrez Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381381046618152701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-79001065776908421972014-09-02T14:34:57.212-07:002014-09-02T14:34:57.212-07:00Hello, I am getting a related error after followin...Hello, I am getting a related error after following all of your instructions. However, there are no specific error messages after "Cannot access secondary GPU"...Anyone that could help?<br /><br />jared@hyperion:~$ optirun -vv glxgears <br />[ 121.559131] [DEBUG]Reading file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf<br />[ 121.559477] [DEBUG]optirun version 3.2.1 starting...<br />[ 121.559483] Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16724141030210922891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-87686979426599005042014-08-31T08:40:05.844-07:002014-08-31T08:40:05.844-07:00Works but I advise also taking a look at the boot ...Works but I advise also taking a look at the boot settings. For my laptop (Dell 15z), edit grub:<br /><br />sudo gedit /etc/default/grub<br /><br />Remove or comment any instance similar to this one:<br /><br />GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi=off"<br /><br />and replace with this:<br /><br />GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_backlight=vendor dell_laptop.backlight=0"<br /><br />or just:<br /><Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15205654151992855717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-50495254776971833762014-08-27T22:18:45.789-07:002014-08-27T22:18:45.789-07:00Thankyou bro, it works. (y) Lenovo G480Thankyou bro, it works. (y) Lenovo G480Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561908884830060429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-81903751895831724732014-08-18T11:25:07.527-07:002014-08-18T11:25:07.527-07:00I replaced the kernel from version 3.13.0.34 to ve...I replaced the kernel from version 3.13.0.34 to version 3.14.1 and the driver began working. Kernel PPA with fresh kernels: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.14.1-trusty/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575725056118482997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-64166560164466740262014-08-18T07:45:31.896-07:002014-08-18T07:45:31.896-07:00@arindam sen
Dell Inspiron 17-5748
Thanks very m...@arindam sen<br /><br />Dell Inspiron 17-5748<br /><br />Thanks very much for these instructions, they worked perfectly on my LinuxMint 17 Mate.<br />(Linux 3.13.0-24-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux)Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05752330485165065254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-48728094057277541802014-08-16T00:51:01.558-07:002014-08-16T00:51:01.558-07:00Yes, I have this issue too on my Lenovo ThinkPad E...Yes, I have this issue too on my Lenovo ThinkPad E440 with Ubuntu 14.04 (kernel 3.13.0-34), NVIDIA GT740M :-(Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575725056118482997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-88439582717394147982014-08-11T12:03:46.635-07:002014-08-11T12:03:46.635-07:00Hello. I followed exactly the same instructions (s...Hello. I followed exactly the same instructions (same package installation order and same bumblebeed.conf configuration).<br /><br />However, I am having issues. If I try to run with "optirun", I have errors like:<br /><br />sarroutbi@parsemad2:~$ optirun glxgears -info <br />[ 1155.590905] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: Could not load GPU driver<br /><br />[ 1155.590974] [Sergiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08308083650924165467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-3462044902042699442014-07-16T23:18:57.378-07:002014-07-16T23:18:57.378-07:00Nvidia Prime still works well in Ubuntu. I've ...Nvidia Prime still works well in Ubuntu. I've noticed similar levels of temperature in both Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 14.04. Temp ranges from 55 deg C to 72 deg C. <br />CPUfreq helps by slightly controlling the CPU states using governors (used enough in Android) but doesn't contribute more than 30 minutes of battery time. The best can be 2 hour 40 mins. But earlier when bumblebee was Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657585266891196389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-82463451734204562812014-06-29T10:50:13.053-07:002014-06-29T10:50:13.053-07:00Hi Prateek:
Nvidia Prime works pretty good with m...Hi Prateek:<br /><br />Nvidia Prime works pretty good with me on Kubuntu 14.04 and I get about 4 to 5 hours of battery life on Asus K55VM. Can you check if installing CPUfreq and TLP improves power usage or not? By the by, how is the laptop heat?Arindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-32151009037571671782014-06-24T09:30:25.721-07:002014-06-24T09:30:25.721-07:00Hello Mr. Arindam, thanks for the great tutorial. ...Hello Mr. Arindam, thanks for the great tutorial. <br />I had tried this earlier in April with Ubuntu 14.04 and battery performance improved heavily after this on my Asus K55VM laptop.<br /><br />However, now after recent updates Nvidia prime v331.38 works well for graphics, tested with games on Steam.<br /><br />But, unfortunately the battery life is hardly 2 hours now and glxgears also show Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657585266891196389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-91563315180449364122014-06-23T11:59:29.607-07:002014-06-23T11:59:29.607-07:00It should not break if you update the kerneldriver...It should not break if you update the kerneldriver name and library path. Anyway, the best option is to install LDM and replace GDM in gnome distros and use Nvidia-Prime. Bumblebee performs pretty poor in Ubuntu compared to Arch Linux.Arindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-82425149409491105782014-06-23T08:44:45.584-07:002014-06-23T08:44:45.584-07:00Will it break in next nvidia drivers updates?Will it break in next nvidia drivers updates?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-77697442854236490082014-05-27T08:44:05.577-07:002014-05-27T08:44:05.577-07:00thanks dude
its worked on my laptop Lenovo g400s ...thanks dude <br />its worked on my laptop Lenovo g400s <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14323639578148775707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-849860936377069402014-05-22T13:07:58.485-07:002014-05-22T13:07:58.485-07:00THANKS!!
Works on ACER Aspire V3 571GTHANKS!!<br />Works on ACER Aspire V3 571GAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16742920391055483693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-92031323773267771912014-05-13T16:27:13.490-07:002014-05-13T16:27:13.490-07:00thank you so much, works like charm in a N73SV Asu...thank you so much, works like charm in a N73SV Asus notebookLuchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590031497423680756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-4524385663879273072014-05-12T16:40:45.993-07:002014-05-12T16:40:45.993-07:00REALLY thanks!
Work perfectly on Dell XPS 15 L502X...REALLY thanks!<br />Work perfectly on Dell XPS 15 L502X!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15142585187038255928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-78341172502545497482014-05-06T07:29:24.812-07:002014-05-06T07:29:24.812-07:00for this ERROR
"[ERROR] Cannot access seconda...for this ERROR<br />"[ERROR] Cannot access secondary GPU - error: Could not load driver<br />[Error]Aborting because fallback start is disabled"<br /><br />i found solution here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2043971<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06653373057160891745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-3523584887727935172014-04-28T17:51:01.062-07:002014-04-28T17:51:01.062-07:00Yes I did :( Any other way around the issue?Yes I did :( Any other way around the issue?ElDorado18https://www.blogger.com/profile/13515020884897774845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-55769819681947009462014-04-28T13:16:30.844-07:002014-04-28T13:16:30.844-07:00Have you replaced the entire content of bumblebee....Have you replaced the entire content of bumblebee.conf with the text given here?Arindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-86110317880101396422014-04-28T13:15:26.461-07:002014-04-28T13:15:26.461-07:00I need to check for Nvidia 337 drivers. I'll k...I need to check for Nvidia 337 drivers. I'll keep you posted in this blog.<br />The screenshot is from Ubuntu GNOME with some of the tweaks activated.Arindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-8022946152779237882014-04-28T13:12:59.762-07:002014-04-28T13:12:59.762-07:00I agree, bumblebee doesn't work good with Ubun...I agree, bumblebee doesn't work good with Ubuntu 14.04. I had a terrible experience with games. However, Nvidia Prime worked pretty good and to my satisfaction.Arindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-80233970965958630402014-04-28T04:20:13.970-07:002014-04-28T04:20:13.970-07:00I have two questions.
1. Is there any way to use ...I have two questions.<br /><br />1. Is there any way to use Bumblebee on 14.04 with Nvidia 337 drivers?<br /><br />2. This is a little bit Off-Topic but what's the name of Interface/Theme on screenshots?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311167653185349204noreply@blogger.com