No devices found when trying to use NVIDIA GPU

Question

I'm attempting to use Bumblebee for my NVIDIA GPU, and I'm running into errors when running programs.

I'm testing it with a Minecraft client, which actually starts, but crashes after a moment.

$ primusrun java -jar Minecraft.jar
# some normal output...
primus: fatal: Bumblebee daemon reported: error: [XORG] (EE) No devices detected.

I can see the card just fine:

$ lspci | grep 3D
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 750M] (rev a1)

This setup ran fine under Arch on this same machine. Not sure what isn't configured properly.

EDIT:

$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0416] (rev 06)
Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device [1558:0650]
Kernel driver in use: i915

My main graphics card is Intel, since this is an optimus machine.

EDIT 2:

$ optirun -vv --debug glxspheres
[ 2643.983966] [DEBUG]Reading file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[ 2643.984989] [DEBUG]optirun version 3.2.1 starting...
[ 2643.985038] [DEBUG]Active configuration:
[ 2643.985066] [DEBUG] bumblebeed config file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[ 2643.985096] [DEBUG] X display: :8
[ 2643.985123] [DEBUG] LD_LIBRARY_PATH: /usr/lib/nvidia-304:/usr/lib32/nvidia-304
[ 2643.985152] [DEBUG] Socket path: /var/run/bumblebee.socket
[ 2643.985179] [DEBUG] Accel/display bridge: auto
[ 2643.985207] [DEBUG] VGL Compression: proxy
[ 2643.985235] [DEBUG] VGLrun extra options: 
[ 2643.985262] [DEBUG] Primus LD Path: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/primus:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/primus
[ 2643.985525] [DEBUG]Using auto-detected bridge primus
[ 2644.041849] [INFO]Response: No - error: [XORG] (EE) No devices detected.

[ 2644.041877] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) No devices detected.

[ 2644.041890] [DEBUG]Socket closed.
[ 2644.041912] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.
[ 2644.041923] [DEBUG]Killing all remaining processes.

EDIT 3:

My /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier  "Layout0"
    Option      "AutoAddDevices" "false"
    Option      "AutoAddGPU" "false"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "DiscreteNvidia"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VendorName  "NVIDIA Corporation"

#   If the X server does not automatically detect your VGA device,
#   you can manually set it here.
#   To get the BusID prop, run `lspci | egrep 'VGA|3D'` and input the data
#   as you see in the commented example.
#   This Setting may be needed in some platforms with more than one
#   nvidia card, which may confuse the proprietary driver (e.g.,
#   trying to take ownership of the wrong device). Also needed on Ubuntu 13.04.
    BusID "PCI:01:00.0"

#   Setting ProbeAllGpus to false prevents the new proprietary driver
#   instance spawned to try to control the integrated graphics card,
#   which is already being managed outside bumblebee.
#   This option doesn't hurt and it is required on platforms running
#   more than one nvidia graphics card with the proprietary driver.
#   (E.g. Macbook Pro pre-2010 with nVidia 9400M + 9600M GT).
#   If this option is not set, the new Xorg may blacken the screen and
#   render it unusable (unless you have some way to run killall Xorg).
    Option "ProbeAllGpus" "false"

    Option "NoLogo" "true"
    Option "UseEDID" "false"
    Option "UseDisplayDevice" "none"
EndSection

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 16 '14 at 14:53

[ERROR] Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) No devices detected.

You need to edit the /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia (or /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nouveau if using the noveau driver) and specify the correct BusID by following the instructions therein.

your xorg.conf should look like this for example:

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "DiscreteNvidia"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce XXXXX"
    BusID          "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

find out and replace XXXX with your exact BoardName and BusID with command:

sudo nvidia-xconfig --query-gpu-info

After this restart sudo service lightdm restart or reboot will work.

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 30 '15 at 12:56

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In /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia , uncomment

BusID "PCI:01:00:0"

and replace it with

BusID "PCI:0x:00.0"

where x is the number that you see in lspci list next to "3D controller", which should be your nvidia card

edited Jan 30 '15 at 12:56

Fabby

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answered Jan 30 '15 at 12:49

Paun Alin

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No devices found when trying to use NVIDIA GPU

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