Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!
vglrun startkde? On 03/05/11 15:35, Martin Juhl wrote: Hi.. As I also have written in the howto here: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/2011/05/optimus-on-linux-problem-solved/ You currently lose 3D acceleration on the intel card, caused to the mesa libraries for nvidia is installed and overwrites the intel ones.. so right now you need to either run gnome through the nvidia as well.. or forget about transparency on the desktop for now... I will look into this, I don't think it will be hard to fix... *Fra: *Luis Zaldivar luis.zaldi...@gmail.com *Til: *Martin Juhl m...@casalogic.dk *Cc: *Matthew Chambers chambers3...@gmail.com, hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net *Sendt: *tirsdag, 3. maj 2011 22:24:08 *Emne: *Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!! Uhm This is weird. I lost desktop effects with the intel card. Icons on the systray lost transparency also. Seems like there is a problem with the GL extensions or something. On 03/05/11 14:36, Martin Juhl wrote: Hi.. I haven't found the MUX.. as far as I can tell the M11X doesn't have a mux.. this solution actually works the way optimus is meant to work.. by using the intel card to disable everything, and only offload though stuff to the Nvidia card... I discovered that the never versions of the nvidia driver allowed me to create a virtual screen on the nvidia card.. and worked my way from there... /Martin *Fra: *Matthew Chambers chambers3...@gmail.com *Til: *Martin Juhl m...@casalogic.dk *Sendt: *tirsdag, 3. maj 2011 21:28:44 *Emne: *Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!! Can you tell me how you identified the card MUX. I am a little confused or point to a link. I have a Asus NV61J with the 325M optimus Nvidia card. But when I looked into the specs of your machine you also have an Optimus enabled. As a side note I love using linux and was wondering if there is anything I should read to be more proficient like you are with this kind of stuff. On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Martin Juhl m...@casalogic.dk mailto:m...@casalogic.dk wrote: Hi all.. I have found a way to use the nvidia card in machines WITHOUT the optimus mux... There are still a few flaws... but in my regard they are few... First of all I have this running on my Alienware M11X R2, on Ubuntu Natty 11.04 64-bit.. And haven't tried it on any other configurations.. so I hope you can report back, if it works on other laptops (it should) and other distributions Here it goes: First of all download the following: General: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/xorg.conf 32-bit deb-based: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/turbojpeg_1.11.1_i386.deb http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/VirtualGL_2.2.1_i386.deb 64-bit deb-based: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/turbojpeg_1.11.1_amd64.deb http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/VirtualGL_2.2.1_amd64.deb 32-bit rpm-based: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/turbojpeg-1.11.i386.rpm http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/VirtualGL-2.2.1.i386.rpm 64-bit rpm-based: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/turbojpeg-1.11.x86_64.rpm http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/VirtualGL-2.2.1.x86_64.rpm Source: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/turbojpeg-ipp-1.11.1.tar.gz http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/VirtualGL-2.2.1.tar.gz Files can also be found here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualgl/files/ Ok... Installation: Start by installing the nvidia driver: sudo aptitude install nvidia-current (ubuntu) then put the xorg.conf in /etc/X11/ after that, install the two files you downloaded above: sudo dpkg -i turbojpeg* VirtualGL*(deb) or sudo rpm -ihv turbojpeg* VirtualGL* (rpm) Now run: sudo vglserver_config answer as below: 1) Configure server for use with VirtualGL in GLX mode 2) Unconfigure server for use with VirtualGL in GLX mode X) Exit Choose: 1 Restrict 3D X server access to vglusers group (recommended)? [Y/n] n Restrict framebuffer device access to vglusers group (recommended)? [Y/n] n Disable XTEST extension (recommended)? [Y/n] y ... Creating /etc/modprobe.d/virtualgl.conf to set requested permissions for /dev/nvidia* ... ... Attempting to remove nvidia module
Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!
Peter I had the same issue You must match the PCI buses to the xorg.conf ones run lspci | grep VGA $ lspci | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18) 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0df1 (rev a1) and modify the xorg file with those numbers ~$ fgrep PCI /etc/X11/xorg.conf BusID PCI:2:0:0 BusID PCI:0:2:0 On 03/05/11 15:38, Peter Liedler wrote: Hi there, after all, this is great news! Thank you for this solution. I am running Kubuntu natty 11.04 64bit. The installation was absolutely smooth and worked as in described in the HOWTO. Still, for some reason, the display export does not work here. I appended the two lines to my /etc/profile and rebooted. System comes up with gui (kde). But running applications with e.g. vglrun ./pslaunch reports: [VGL] ERROR: Could not open display :0.1. What have I missed? peter Am Dienstag, 3. Mai 2011, 21:36:31 schrieb Martin Juhl: Hi.. I haven't found the MUX.. as far as I can tell the M11X doesn't have a mux.. this solution actually works the way optimus is meant to work.. by using the intel card to disable everything, and only offload though stuff to the Nvidia card... I discovered that the never versions of the nvidia driver allowed me to create a virtual screen on the nvidia card.. and worked my way from there... /Martin Fra: Matthew Chamberschambers3...@gmail.com Til: Martin Juhlm...@casalogic.dk Sendt: tirsdag, 3. maj 2011 21:28:44 Emne: Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!! Can you tell me how you identified the card MUX. I am a little confused or point to a link. I have a Asus NV61J with the 325M optimus Nvidia card. But when I looked into the specs of your machine you also have an Optimus enabled. As a side note I love using linux and was wondering if there is anything I should read to be more proficient like you are with this kind of stuff. On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Martin Juhl m...@casalogic.dk wrote: Hi all.. I have found a way to use the nvidia card in machines WITHOUT the optimus mux... There are still a few flaws... but in my regard they are few... First of all I have this running on my Alienware M11X R2, on Ubuntu Natty 11.04 64-bit.. And haven't tried it on any other configurations.. so I hope you can report back, if it works on other laptops (it should) and other distributions Here it goes: First of all download the following: General: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/xorg.conf 32-bit deb-based: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/turbojpeg_1.11.1_i386.deb http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/ VirtualGL_2.2.1_i386.deb 64-bit deb-based: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/turbojpeg_1.11.1_amd64.deb http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/VirtualGL_2.2.1_amd64.deb 32-bit rpm-based: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/turbojpeg-1.11.i386.rpm http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/VirtualGL-2.2.1.i386.rpm 64-bit rpm-based: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/turbojpeg-1.11.x86_64.rpm http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/ VirtualGL-2.2.1.x86_64.rpm Source: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/turbojpeg-ipp-1.11.1.tar.gz http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/ VirtualGL-2.2.1.tar.gz Files can also be found here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualgl/files/ Ok... Installation: Start by installing the nvidia driver: sudo aptitude install nvidia-current (ubuntu) then put the xorg.conf in /etc/X11/ after that, install the two files you downloaded above: sudo dpkg -i turbojpeg* VirtualGL* (deb) or sudo rpm -ihv turbojpeg* VirtualGL* (rpm) Now run: sudo vglserver_config answer as below: 1) Configure server for use with VirtualGL in GLX mode 2) Unconfigure server for use with VirtualGL in GLX mode X) Exit Choose: 1 Restrict 3D X server access to vglusers group (recommended)? [Y/n] n Restrict framebuffer device access to vglusers group (recommended)? [Y/n] n Disable XTEST extension (recommended)? [Y/n] y ... Creating /etc/modprobe.d/virtualgl.conf to set requested permissions for /dev/nvidia* ... ... Attempting to remove nvidia module from memory so device permissions will be reloaded ... ERROR: Module nvidia is in use ... Granting write permission to /dev/nvidia0 /dev/nvidiactl for all users ... ... Modifying /etc/X11/xorg.conf to enable DRI permissions for all users ... ... Adding xhost +LOCAL: to /etc/kde4/kdm/Xsetup script ... ... Disabling XTEST extension in /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc ... Done. You must restart the display manager for the changes to take effect. IMPORTANT NOTE: Your system uses modprobe.d to set device permissions. You must execute rmmod nvidia with the display manager stopped in order for the new device permission settings to become effective. 1) Configure server for use with VirtualGL in GLX mode 2) Unconfigure server for use with VirtualGL in GLX mode X) Exit Choose: x Then: append the
Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Optimus Solution found!!!! Using my Nvidia card in my Alienware M11X R2!!!
Btw, I tested the chrome webgl experiments with the latest firefox nightly + nvidia and works amazing Great job, we all owe you a drink On 03/05/11 11:42, Martin Juhl wrote: Hi all.. I have found a way to use the nvidia card in machines WITHOUT the optimus mux... There are still a few flaws... but in my regard they are few... First of all I have this running on my Alienware M11X R2, on Ubuntu Natty 11.04 64-bit.. And haven't tried it on any other configurations.. so I hope you can report back, if it works on other laptops (it should) and other distributions Here it goes: First of all download the following: General: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/xorg.conf 32-bit deb-based: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/turbojpeg_1.11.1_i386.deb http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/VirtualGL_2.2.1_i386.deb 64-bit deb-based: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/turbojpeg_1.11.1_amd64.deb http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/VirtualGL_2.2.1_amd64.deb 32-bit rpm-based: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/turbojpeg-1.11.i386.rpm http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/VirtualGL-2.2.1.i386.rpm 64-bit rpm-based: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/turbojpeg-1.11.x86_64.rpm http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/VirtualGL-2.2.1.x86_64.rpm Source: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/turbojpeg-ipp-1.11.1.tar.gz http://www.martin-juhl.dk/optimus/VirtualGL-2.2.1.tar.gz Files can also be found here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualgl/files/ Ok... Installation: Start by installing the nvidia driver: sudo aptitude install nvidia-current (ubuntu) then put the xorg.conf in /etc/X11/ after that, install the two files you downloaded above: sudo dpkg -i turbojpeg* VirtualGL*(deb) or sudo rpm -ihv turbojpeg* VirtualGL* (rpm) Now run: sudo vglserver_config answer as below: 1) Configure server for use with VirtualGL in GLX mode 2) Unconfigure server for use with VirtualGL in GLX mode X) Exit Choose: 1 Restrict 3D X server access to vglusers group (recommended)? [Y/n] n Restrict framebuffer device access to vglusers group (recommended)? [Y/n] n Disable XTEST extension (recommended)? [Y/n] y ... Creating /etc/modprobe.d/virtualgl.conf to set requested permissions for /dev/nvidia* ... ... Attempting to remove nvidia module from memory so device permissions will be reloaded ... ERROR: Module nvidia is in use ... Granting write permission to /dev/nvidia0 /dev/nvidiactl for all users ... ... Modifying /etc/X11/xorg.conf to enable DRI permissions for all users ... ... Adding xhost +LOCAL: to /etc/kde4/kdm/Xsetup script ... ... Disabling XTEST extension in /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc ... Done. You must restart the display manager for the changes to take effect. IMPORTANT NOTE: Your system uses modprobe.d to set device permissions. You must execute rmmod nvidia with the display manager stopped in order for the new device permission settings to become effective. 1) Configure server for use with VirtualGL in GLX mode 2) Unconfigure server for use with VirtualGL in GLX mode X) Exit Choose: x Then: append the following two lines to /etc/profile VGL_DISPLAY=:0.1 export VGL_DISPLAY and reboot... Hopefully your computer comes back up.. now you should be able to start applications with: vglrun application and the nvidia card will be used for acceleration.. btw. application needs to contain the full path to the application if not in the path... It is still the Intel card running the rest.. and for now I haven't found a way to activate acceleration for both cards.. so no fancy compiz effects.. but thats no problem for me, as long as I can use my nvidia card for gaming :D... Hope this will help someone.. /MrMEEE aka Martin Juhl... ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux Post to : hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux Post to : hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] bumblebee v1.0 has been released... updated script and new name...
Just reporting. Dell XPS 15, works flawlessly with version 1.1.2 of the script My nvidia card is an GT520M I get much better performance (at least in glxgears) with yuv that with xv On 10/05/11 09:23, daniel wrote: Okay, read through the script and looked over the files. Seems there is no support for anything other than a debian based distro? And why aren't you running some sort of PCI scan or dmidecode to determine what machine it is being installed to? Using dmidecode will reveal a lot about the machine. On 05/10/2011 08:27 AM, Martin Juhl wrote: Thanks.. Fixed in v.1.1.2 *Fra: *Gaspo mar...@gaspo.sk *Cc: *Martin Juhl m...@casalogic.dk, hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net *Sendt: *tirsdag, 10. maj 2011 13:39:49 *Emne: *Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] bumblebee v1.0 has been released... updated script and new name... I reviewed your script, and on line 326 you create aliases for optirun64 for both architectures, and then you create it again from line 328. also on line 367 you echo But... if one doesn't work... try the other for both architectures. Gaspo On 10/05/11 13:32, Albert Vilella wrote: Hi Martin, Once installed, does it need a restart or should the instructions below suffice? sudo apt-get install git # type-in password git clone https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee.git cd bumblebee/ sudo ./install.sh optirun64 glxgears On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Martin Juhlm...@casalogic.dk wrote: Yeah... exactly... I just finished implementing the same change in v.1.1.1.. so now the 32-bit support should work... Fra: Gaspomar...@gaspo.sk Til: Martin Juhlm...@casalogic.dk Cc: hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net Sendt: tirsdag, 10. maj 2011 12:30:36 Emne: Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] bumblebee v1.0 has been released... updated script and new name... Finaly.. I found it xdm-optimus is actualy xdm, right? I have installed 32bit version of xdm, renamed it and it works now. Im getting 1000 fps. The glxgear window is still lagging as hell, but Im heading right way, I hope. Gaspo On 10/05/11 11:50, Martin Juhl wrote: Ok.. Please send me your Xorg.1.log now /Martin *Fra: *Gaspomar...@gaspo.sk *Til: *hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net *Sendt: *tirsdag, 10. maj 2011 11:26:21 *Emne: *Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] bumblebee v1.0 has been released... updated script and new name... OK, Im sorry, after I restarted my notebook, things has changed a bit.. $ ps aux | grep X root 1150 8.9 0.8 283508 24316 tty7 Ss+ 11:16 0:23 /usr/bin/X :0 -nr -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-wTPORz/database -nolisten tcp vt7 X server is back on vt7, I dont know how it got to 9. But now I get this error: [VGL] ERROR: Could not open display :1 I will search more, but no luck so far. Please let me know if you have any idea. Gaspo On 10/05/11 10:52, Gaspo wrote: $ ps aux |grep X root 4718 6.6 1.3 297172 38876 tty9 Ss+ 08:42 7:55 /usr/bin/X :1 -br -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-ZmhXqe/database -nolisten tcp gaspo 8315 0.0 0.0 4160 848 pts/2 S+ 10:42 0:00 grep --color=auto X and after changing LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/nvidia-current/ DISPLAY=:1 glxgears\ I ran: $ sudo /etc/init.d/xdm-optimus stop * Stopping X display manager xdm-optimus $ sudo /etc/init.d/xdm-optimus start * Starting X display manager xdm-optimus Xlib: extension NV-GLX missing on display :1. Xlib: extension NV-GLX missing on display :1. Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate. 343 frames in 5.0 seconds = 68.067 FPS But the window with gears refreshes only 2-3 times per second. running optirun glxgears is with no change. On 10/05/11 10:34, Martin Juhl wrote: and also send me a: ps aux |grep X and your /var/log/Xorg.1.log *Fra: *Gaspomar...@gaspo.sk *Til: *Martin Juhlm...@casalogic.dk *Cc: *hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net *Sendt: *tirsdag, 10. maj 2011 09:55:48 *Emne: *Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] bumblebee v1.0 has been released... updated script and new name... Hi, Im sorry, I forgot.. I've done these changes before, and the test I did was actualy with them applied. Any other ideas? Gaspo On 10/05/11 09:29, Martin Juhl wrote: Hi.. Thanks for the info.. Try to change the following to things: /etc/init.d/xdm-optimus line 64: change: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64/nvidia-current start-stop-daemon --start --quiet $SSD_START_ARGS -- -config /etc/X11/xdm-optimus/xdm-config\ to
[Hybrid-graphics-linux] [offtopic] The /usr bug
How are you holding up, Martin? the bug has been featured everywhere. I think is funny how everybody is freaking out about this, specially given the bleeding edge nature of the project. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux Post to : hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Hybrid-graphics-linux] Not able to boot live cd on Dell XPS with NVIDIA optimus
It happened to me today. I had to rmmod and blacklist nouveau and then it works like a charm. Maybe you can try to blacklist the module on the boot command line with nouveau.blackist=yes See more info here https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/installation-guide/i386/boot-parms.html (ctrl + F BLACLKIST) El 19/08/11 11:02, Chinni escribió: Hello, Wondering if you could help me out here.. I bought a new Dell XPS 15 Laptop with Intel Core i5-2410M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M 1GB graphics with Optimus I tried Fedora (both 32 bit and 64 bit) and also Ubuntu, but neither of them would even boot into the Live CD.. The error message nouveau unsupported chipset would appear while trying to boot.. So I guess it's some problem with my graphics card.. I'm a student at North Carolina State University studying Electrical Engineering and will be needing Linux on my Laptop for many of my projects and courses.. It'd be great if someone could help me figure out how to get this working.. Thank you, Abhay Chinivar ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux Post to : hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
