Bumblebee driver not working

hello guys!
i installed bumblebee driver video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-430xx-bumblebee driver and when i run software either with optirun or primusrun i am getting this error

[25388.430673] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) No devices detected.
[25388.430805] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.

im using manjaro kde (Manjaro 20.1.1 Mikah)
Kernel: x86_64 Linux 5.8.11-1-MANJARO

The same thing just happened to me.
I can not find an explanation.

I already tried reinstalling bumblebee, no changes.

also change from kernel 5.4 to 4.19 without changes.

I also added my username back to the bumblebee group, unchanged.

I use: MANJARO XFCE 64 bit stable.

Put ’ BusID “PCI:01:00:0” ’ in device section in /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia file

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I personally can not think of a reason why you would want to run a bumblebee config instead of a prime config.

Please post the output of inxi -Fazy.

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I was about to comment that I try that too.

But I think I’m doing something wrong
could you help me?
my xorg.conf.nvidia looks like this:

##
## Generated by mhwd - Manjaro Hardware Detection
##
 
 
Section "ServerLayout"
     Identifier "Layout0"
     Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
EndSection

Section "Device"
     Identifier "Device1"
     Driver "nvidia"
     VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
     Option "NoLogo" "true"
     Option "UseEDID" "false"
     Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
EndSection

and lspci returns this:

03:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M / 710M / 810M / 820M / GT 620M / 625M / 630M / 720M] (rev a1)

how should i edit the text? or what am I doing wrong?

obviously try to make the changes with root permissions, just for clarification.

System:
  Kernel: 4.19.147-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19-x86_64 
  root=UUID=98e372b1-5d9d-46d0-ba9f-30e83e908240 rw quiet apparmor=1 
  resume=UUID=88880955-c857-4dbe-a706-04129f19f865 security=apparmor 
  udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.20 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 
  dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E5540 v: 00 serial: <filter> 
  Chassis: type: 9 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Dell model: 0RMFTC v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: A24 
  date: 06/13/2019 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-4310U bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Haswell family: 6 model-id: 45 (69) stepping: 1 microcode: 26 
  L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 20751 
  Speed: 798 MHz min/max: 800/3000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 798 2: 798 3: 798 
  4: 798 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages 
  Type: l1tf 
  mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0a16 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/810M/820M / GT 
  620M/625M/630M/720M] 
  vendor: Dell driver: nvidia v: 390.132 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1140 
  Device-3: Microdia Integrated Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
  bus ID: 1-1.6:3 chip ID: 0c45:64d0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: nvidia display ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
  s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
  Monitor-1: eDP1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 102 size: 340x190mm (13.4x7.5") 
  diag: 389mm (15.3") 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4400 (HSW GT2) 
  v: 4.5 Mesa 20.1.8 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0 chip ID: 8086:0a0c 
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:9c20 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.147-1-MANJARO 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I218-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k 
  port: f080 bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:155a 
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: f040 
  bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 8086:08b1 
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 131.52 GiB (28.2%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST500LT012-1DG142 size: 465.76 GiB 
  block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: SDM1 scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: 100.00 GiB size: 97.93 GiB (97.93%) 
  used: 49.93 GiB (51.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  dev: /dev/sda6 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: 44.0 C sodimm: 37.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3202 
Info:
  Processes: 174 Uptime: 26m Memory: 7.70 GiB used: 1.41 GiB (18.3%) 
  Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 alt: 8/9 clang: 10.0.1 Packages: 
  pacman: 1527 lib: 434 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.0.18 
  running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.1.05

The Xorg server is running on the nvidia gpu, what do you want to do with bumblebee? Run something on the intel one?

What’s the output of xrandr -q and what happens if you want to use optirun?

System:
  Kernel: 5.8.11-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8-x86_64 
  root=UUID=fd79625d-fd97-47e4-a55d-c499a7e00235 rw apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.19.5 tk: Qt 5.15.1 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Pavilion Notebook 
  v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: HP model: 8216 v: 83.14 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: F.25 
  date: 12/12/2016 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 20.2 Wh condition: 36.7/36.7 Wh (100%) volts: 7.9/7.7 
  model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Charging 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-7200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Amber Lake family: 6 model-id: 8E (142) stepping: 9 microcode: D6 
  L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 21607 
  Speed: 700 MHz min/max: 400/3100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 700 2: 700 3: 700 
  4: 700 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
  Type: l1tf 
  mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:5916 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 940MX] vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: nvidia v: 430.64 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus ID: 01:00.0 
  chip ID: 10de:134d 
  Device-3: Quanta HP Wide version HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-3:2 
  chip ID: 0408:5090 serial: <filter> 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: nvidia 
  note: display driver n/a display ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
  s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
  Monitor-1: eDP1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 102 size: 340x190mm (13.4x7.5") 
  diag: 389mm (15.3") 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.8 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl bus ID: 00:1f.3 
  chip ID: 8086:9d71 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.11-1-MANJARO 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8136 
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi 
  v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 05:00.0 chip ID: 8086:24fb 
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 111.87 GiB (12.0%) 
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10JPVX-60JC3T0 
  size: 931.51 GiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: 36.22 GiB size: 35.40 GiB (97.74%) used: 13.79 GiB (39.0%) 
  fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 
  ID-2: /home raw size: 115.00 GiB size: 112.70 GiB (98.00%) 
  used: 98.08 GiB (87.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
Swap:
  Alert: No Swap data was found. 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 195 Uptime: 24m Memory: 7.66 GiB used: 1.34 GiB (17.6%) 
  Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 1295 lib: 325 
  flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running in: konsole inxi: 3.1.05

xrandr -q

Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1366 x 768, maximum 32767 x 32767
eDP1 connected primary 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 340mm x 190mm
   1366x768      60.11*+  40.07  
   1280x720      59.74  
   1024x768      60.00  
   1024x576      60.00    59.90    59.82  
   960x540       60.00    59.63    59.82  
   800x600       60.32    56.25  
   864x486       60.00    59.92    59.57  
   640x480       59.94  
   720x405       59.51    60.00    58.99  
   680x384       60.00  
   640x360       59.84    59.32    60.00  
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

optirun blender

[ 2880.587794] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) No devices detected.

[ 2880.587837] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.

optirun glxgears -info

[ 3010.216832] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) No devices detected.

[ 3010.216896] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.

About a couple of hours ago I was doing a rendering with Openshot and curiously I was able to use VA-API rendering and if I’m not mistaken it uses NVIDIA.
It’s like you say, as if it had the bumblebee support but at the same time not

Have you tried this?

yeah, but not working for me, maybe will it be problem with the kernel :thinking:?

you can use text preformatting, if you want.

System:
Kernel: 5.8.11-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8-x86_64
root=UUID=fd79625d-fd97-47e4-a55d-c499a7e00235 rw apparmor=1

yeah sure,

so what should i do know, change my kernel ?

in this directory: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf I only have these files.

and the second option is to identify the bus ID I tried but I think I’m doing it wrong, that’s why I asked for help in the posts above, if you read them again you will notice.

changing the kernel did not help me.

had the 5.4 pass to 4.19

But you don’t lose anything by trying

Pretty sure his gpu isn’t supported by anything later than 430 drivers so prime isn’t an option

in fact I can’t change to another than 390xx this is the only one that works for me … it’s sad XD hahaha i laughed for not crying.

actually i can use prime but i was having issue with battery drain so i swiched to bumbleebee and that was fixed, but now i can’t use bumblebee

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