Have you been having trouble getting Bumblebee to work in Ubuntu 12.10 ? Here’s a quick guide on how I fixed it:
Install ppa-purge so you can remove BBswitch and Bumblebee.
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
Remove BBswitch and Bumblebee.
sudo apt-get purge bbswitch-dkms bumblebee-nvidia
Install the proper Linux headers.
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic
Now reinstall Bumblebee and BBswitch.
sudo apt-get install bbswitch-dkms bumblebee-nvidia
Now reboot and enjoy your battery life.
If you want to check your Nvidia GPU is working run glxspheres with optirun
optirun glxspheres
Like with the last time on Ubuntu 11.10 you saved my life ! Thanks for posting this!
Thanks for the nice post
. Can you pls tell me how to check the battery discharge rate in Ubuntu 12.10? The earlier command which worked for 12.04 doesn’t work as there is no battery directory inside acpi directory.
optirun glxspheres gives me this:
[ 32.770087] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU – error: [XORG] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to assign any connected display devices to X screen 0
[ 32.770121] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.
I have GT650m on a dell inspiron 7720
What you have to do is edit your configuration file for the nvidia driver
/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia
and change the line
Option “ConnectedMonitor” “DFP” to
Option “ConnectedMonitor” “CRT”
@dell7720:
I had the same problem as you… What you have to do is edit your configuration file for the nvidia driver: /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia
and change the line
Option “ConnectedMonitor” “DFP” to
Option “ConnectedMonitor” “CRT”
thx for reply!
unfortunately this does not solve the problem..same error message comes up
ohhhh….. thanks for this post.. my laptop’s ubuntu reborn by your post. before doing thees, battery life 1:40 hrs , after thees steps 3:20 hrs.. really thank you..
For me it did not work :
“Aborting because fallback start is disabled”
thx
working for me
nice share
finally, someone to the rescue. thanx alot for this post
Wouldn’t
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-(uname -r)
be better. Mine are 21 not 17
ivan@ivan-laptop:~$ optirun glxspheres
[ 136.322781] [ERROR]The Bumblebee daemon has not been started yet or the socket path /var/run/bumblebee.socket was incorrect.
[ 136.322848] [ERROR]Could not connect to bumblebee daemon – is it running?
ivan@ivan-laptop:~$
same error for me
same here
same here
same here. did anyone found the solution?
13.04 here and same problem
I have same error, too. I solved it.
http://falkvinge.net/2013/02/15/how-to-install-nvidia-drivers-in-ubuntu-12-10-quantal/
you need to update your nvidia drivers (newest version)
Thank You.
I am running fedora 17 and i followed this link http://dariofaggioli.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/fedora-optimus/
However it failed for the wrong kernel headers but your comment
“Install the proper Linux headers.” helped me. I updated correctly as per the kernel and now its works and gives me a long battery life. !
Thanks for the CLEAR description of the commands.
you just saved my mind from becoming completely crazing HUGE thanks !!!! works perfectly on my Asus N55SF ! 4h47 battery life (more than under Windows 7 !!!) just great ! (yes i’m happy)
Linux mint same problem.
The specific linux-headers package you install will quickly be outdated. You can run the command: “sudo apt-get install linux-headers`uname -r`” which will always grab the latest kernel headers (assuming you’re booted into the most recently installed kernel).
YAY ! Thanks for your rescue ! Fully worked on my Dell Inspiron 15R (NS5110) / Linux Mint 14
Why install “ppa-purge” ???
Thank you!
Ubuntu Gnome remix 12.10, it works for me! Thanks a lot!
thanks a lot ! works as a charm on a dell xps 14 ! (ubuntu 12.10)
MINT 14…gt630m …computer says YES!!!
only you specified an old version of linux headers..I used Falkvinges install to get latest kernel and headers then used your method but changed the header instruction in your method from ”linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic” to ”linux-headers-generic” and got 3.5.0-26 installed. but feasibly you could type
”linux-headers-3.5.0-26-generic.”