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[gentoo-user] bumblebee and nvidia optimus

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Giuseppe Longo

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Oct 25, 2012, 2:20:01 PM10/25/12
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Hello guys,
my laptop asus a55kv have two video controller, intel and nvidia, and
i would like to configure bumblebee to use Xorg server. someone have
configured bumblebee?

Regards.

Salvatore Borgia

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Oct 26, 2012, 3:00:02 AM10/26/12
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> i would like to configure bumblebee to use Xorg server. someone have
> configured bumblebee?

Hi, just install it, add yourself to the bumblebee group, and do:
eselect opengl set nvidia,
eselect opencl set nvidia.
To run a program using the nvidia card, start it with the optirun
command, see man optirun for more info.

Salvatore Borgia

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Oct 26, 2012, 3:00:02 AM10/26/12
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Ah, you need to start the bumblebee server too.

2012/10/26 Salvatore Borgia <salv...@gmail.com>:

Giuseppe Longo

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Nov 14, 2012, 6:00:01 AM11/14/12
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Hi Salvatore,
thanks for your reply.

however, i can't run eselect.

gentoo ~ # eselect opengl set nvidia
!!! Error: Unrecognized option: nvidia
exiting
gentoo ~ # eselect opencl set nvidia
!!! Error: Unrecognized option: nvidia
exiting

2012/10/26 Salvatore Borgia <salv...@gmail.com>:

Hinnerk van Bruinehsen

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Nov 14, 2012, 6:10:02 AM11/14/12
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You'll have to run "eselect opengl list"
It will show some options (at least one) with a number.
Afterwards "eselect opengl set <number> should work... ;)

WKR
Hinnerk

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Giuseppe Longo

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Nov 14, 2012, 6:40:01 AM11/14/12
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done, thanks ;)
but, bumblebee hasn't started.

I got this error:
xauth: file list does not exist

2012/11/14 Hinnerk van Bruinehsen <h.v.bru...@fu-berlin.de>:

Hinnerk van Bruinehsen

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Nov 14, 2012, 7:00:02 AM11/14/12
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On 14.11.2012 12:33, Giuseppe Longo wrote:
> done, thanks ;) but, bumblebee hasn't started.
>
> I got this error: xauth: file list does not exist
>
<SNIP>

First of all I'd ask you not to "top-post", because it's consenus on
this list to do "bottom-posting".

Are you using the bumblebee overlay? According to
http://bugs.sabayon.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3178
There seems to be a fix for that issue in it. At least the
bug-reporter has the same issue and is directed to that overlay to get
a fix.
(Just for Info: Sabayon is a precompiled binary version of Gentoo so
it's a relevant hint, though it's from another distro - just if you
didn't know).

WKR
Hinnerk


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Giuseppe Longo

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Nov 14, 2012, 7:10:02 AM11/14/12
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2012/11/14 Hinnerk van Bruinehsen <h.v.bru...@fu-berlin.de>:
Oh, sorry!
I'm not using bumblebee overlay, i compiled it from portage.

Hinnerk van Bruinehsen

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Nov 14, 2012, 9:20:01 AM11/14/12
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On 14.11.2012 13:04, Giuseppe Longo wrote:
> 2012/11/14 Hinnerk van Bruinehsen <h.v.bru...@fu-berlin.de>: On
> 14.11.2012 12:33, Giuseppe Longo wrote:
>>>> done, thanks ;) but, bumblebee hasn't started.
>>>>
>>>> I got this error: xauth: file list does not exist
>>>>
> <SNIP>
>
> First of all I'd ask you not to "top-post", because it's consenus
> on this list to do "bottom-posting".
>
> Are you using the bumblebee overlay? According to
> http://bugs.sabayon.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3178 There seems to be a
> fix for that issue in it. At least the bug-reporter has the same
> issue and is directed to that overlay to get a fix. (Just for Info:
> Sabayon is a precompiled binary version of Gentoo so it's a
> relevant hint, though it's from another distro - just if you didn't
> know).
>
> WKR Hinnerk
>
>
>>
> Oh, sorry! I'm not using bumblebee overlay, i compiled it from
> portage.
>

Then I'd suggest you should try out the overlay - the bug from sabayon
is a little bit older, but since it's the same error, I think it'S a
goot start...
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Giuseppe Longo

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Nov 14, 2012, 9:20:01 AM11/14/12
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I've compiled bumblebee from overlay, but i got the same error
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