Bumblebee, no devices or screens found, everything installed

Hello, first post here. Hopefully I’m not re-asking an already answered question.

I decided to do some Vulkan programming yesterday and installed drivers for my NV GPU, as well as bbswitch, primusrun, …
Added user to bumblebee group, enabled the service, lsmod shows (amongst ~100 others, see below): bbswitch & nvidia.

I used sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300 to install drivers for my GPU.

Running primusrun returns following:

~ >>> primusrun glxgears                                                                                                                                               [1]
primus: fatal: Bumblebee daemon reported: error: [XORG] (EE) No devices detected.

Status from systemctl pointed to /var/log/Xorg.8.log:

[    85.721] 
X.Org X Server 1.20.9
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    85.721] Build Operating System: Linux Manjaro Linux
[    85.721] Current Operating System: Linux havamal 5.8.11-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Sep 23 14:35:40 UTC 2020 x86_64
[    85.721] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8-x86_64 root=UUID=376de30d-21b6-452f-892c-1b50043c6bd2 rw quiet udev.log_priority=3
[    85.721] Build Date: 02 September 2020  07:39:17AM
[    85.721]  
[    85.721] Current version of pixman: 0.40.0
[    85.721] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    85.721] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    85.721] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.8.log", Time: Sat Oct  3 18:40:47 2020
[    85.738] (++) Using config file: "/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia"
[    85.738] (++) Using config directory: "/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.d"
[    85.738] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    85.757] (==) ServerLayout "layout"
[    85.757] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[    85.757] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[    85.757] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[    85.758] (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using the first device section listed.
[    85.758] (**) |   |-->Device "DiscreteNvidia"
[    85.758] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[    85.758] (==) Automatically adding devices
[    85.758] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[    85.758] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[    85.759] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[    85.759] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[    85.759] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
[    85.759] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    85.759] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
[    85.759] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    85.759] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
[    85.759] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    85.759] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/TTF,
	/usr/share/fonts/OTF
[    85.759] (++) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/nvidia/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[    85.759] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[    85.759] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    85.759] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    85.759] 	X.Org Video Driver: 24.1
[    85.759] 	X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[    85.759] 	X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[    85.762] (--) using VT number 7

[    85.762] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[    85.764] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[    85.764] (II) Platform probe for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0
[    85.975] (--) PCI: (1@0:0:0) 10de:134d:1025:121f rev 162, Mem @ 0xb3000000/16777216, 0xa0000000/268435456, 0xb0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00004000/128
[    85.975] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
[    85.975] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    85.977] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[    85.983] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    85.983] 	compiled for 1.20.9, module version = 1.0.0
[    85.983] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[    85.983] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[    85.983] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[    85.985] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[    85.985] 	compiled for 1.6.99.901, module version = 1.0.0
[    85.985] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    85.985] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  450.66  Wed Aug 12 19:44:12 UTC 2020
[    85.985] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[    85.985] (EE) No devices detected.
[    85.985] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[    85.985] (EE) no screens found(EE) 
[    85.985] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[    85.985] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.8.log" for additional information.
[    85.986] (EE) 
[    85.986] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

General info:

~ >>> inxi -G
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] driver: i915 v: kernel 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 940MX] driver: nvidia v: 450.66 
           Device-3: Chicony HD WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: nvidia resolution: 1600x900~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 520 (SKL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.8 
~ >>> nvidia-smi                                                                                                                                                          
Sat Oct  3 18:53:11 2020       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 450.66       Driver Version: 450.66       CUDA Version: 11.0     |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name        Persistence-M| Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp  Perf  Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                               |                      |               MIG M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
|   0  GeForce 940MX       Off  | 00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   40C    P0    N/A /  N/A |      0MiB /  2004MiB |      0%      Default |
|                               |                      |                  N/A |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
                                                                               
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                  |
|  GPU   GI   CI        PID   Type   Process name                  GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                   Usage      |
|=============================================================================|
|  No running processes found                                                 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
~ >>> pacman -Q | grep nvidia                                                                                                                                             
lib32-nvidia-450xx-utils 450.66-1
lib32-opencl-nvidia-450xx 450.66-1
linux54-nvidia-450xx 450.66-12
linux57-nvidia-450xx 450.66-6
linux58-nvidia-450xx 450.66-15
mhwd-nvidia-340xx 340.108-1
mhwd-nvidia-390xx 390.132-1
mhwd-nvidia-418xx 418.113-1
mhwd-nvidia-430xx 430.64-1.0
mhwd-nvidia-435xx 435.21-1.0
mhwd-nvidia-440xx 440.100-1
mhwd-nvidia-450xx 450.66-1
nvidia-450xx-utils 450.66-1
nvidia-prime 1.0-4
opencl-nvidia-450xx 450.66-1

I used the minimal i3 installation from Manjaro Architect for system setup. It uses LightDM as a DM. Configs for Xorg and DM are default (the same as on a fresly installed system).

I can’t find anything wrong with Xorg in general. /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d contained mhwd config but it’s empty so that might be weird (first time having problems with mhwd on system).

I previously used the exact same setup with AwesomeWM installation and it worked ok, but can’t seem to get it to work this time.

~ >>> lsmod                                                                                                                                                               
Module                  Size  Used by
nvidia              19746816  0
fuse                  139264  3
ccm                    20480  3
uvcvideo              114688  0
videobuf2_vmalloc      20480  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops       20480  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_v4l2         28672  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_common       57344  2 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo
videodev              274432  3 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
mc                     61440  4 videodev,videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
btusb                  65536  0
bbswitch               20480  0
btrtl                  24576  1 btusb
btbcm                  20480  1 btusb
btintel                32768  1 btusb
bluetooth             720896  5 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,btusb
ecdh_generic           16384  1 bluetooth
ecc                    36864  1 ecdh_generic
nls_iso8859_1          16384  1
nls_cp437              20480  1
vfat                   24576  1
fat                    86016  1 vfat
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     73728  1
snd_hda_codec_realtek   143360  1
snd_hda_codec_generic    98304  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
ledtrig_audio          16384  2 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
iwlmvm                462848  0
intel_rapl_msr         20480  0
intel_rapl_common      32768  1 intel_rapl_msr
mac80211             1048576  1 iwlmvm
x86_pkg_temp_thermal    20480  0
libarc4                16384  1 mac80211
intel_powerclamp       20480  0
coretemp               20480  0
kvm_intel             323584  0
kvm                   847872  1 kvm_intel
iwlwifi               405504  1 iwlmvm
i915                 2641920  14
irqbypass              16384  1 kvm
snd_soc_skl           180224  0
joydev                 28672  0
mousedev               24576  0
crct10dif_pclmul       16384  1
crc32_pclmul           16384  0
snd_soc_sst_ipc        20480  1 snd_soc_skl
snd_soc_sst_dsp        40960  1 snd_soc_skl
snd_hda_ext_core       36864  1 snd_soc_skl
snd_soc_acpi_intel_match    45056  1 snd_soc_skl
snd_soc_acpi           16384  2 snd_soc_acpi_intel_match,snd_soc_skl
i2c_algo_bit           16384  1 i915
snd_soc_core          323584  1 snd_soc_skl
snd_compress           32768  1 snd_soc_core
ac97_bus               16384  1 snd_soc_core
snd_pcm_dmaengine      16384  1 snd_soc_core
snd_hda_intel          57344  3
drm_kms_helper        262144  1 i915
ghash_clmulni_intel    16384  0
snd_intel_dspcfg       24576  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_soc_skl
r8169                  98304  0
cfg80211              913408  3 iwlmvm,iwlwifi,mac80211
snd_hda_codec         167936  4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
aesni_intel           372736  2
cec                    73728  2 drm_kms_helper,i915
crypto_simd            16384  1 aesni_intel
snd_hda_core          106496  7 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_ext_core,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_soc_skl
cryptd                 24576  2 crypto_simd,ghash_clmulni_intel
rc_core                61440  1 cec
realtek                24576  1
glue_helper            16384  1 aesni_intel
drm                   589824  6 drm_kms_helper,i915
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
libphy                151552  2 r8169,realtek
snd_pcm               147456  8 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_compress,snd_soc_core,snd_soc_skl,snd_hda_core,snd_pcm_dmaengine
rapl                   16384  0
acer_wmi               28672  0
intel_cstate           16384  0
intel_uncore          163840  0
iTCO_wdt               16384  0
sparse_keymap          16384  1 acer_wmi
intel_wmi_thunderbolt    20480  0
intel_xhci_usb_role_switch    16384  0
rfkill                 28672  6 acer_wmi,bluetooth,cfg80211
intel_pmc_bxt          16384  1 iTCO_wdt
iTCO_vendor_support    16384  1 iTCO_wdt
roles                  16384  1 intel_xhci_usb_role_switch
mei_hdcp               24576  0
wmi_bmof               16384  0
psmouse               184320  0
intel_gtt              24576  1 i915
agpgart                53248  2 intel_gtt,drm
snd_timer              45056  1 snd_pcm
snd                   114688  16 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_timer,snd_compress,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm
pcspkr                 16384  0
input_leds             16384  0
syscopyarea            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
battery                20480  0
ac                     16384  0
i2c_i801               36864  0
intel_lpss_pci         24576  0
sysfillrect            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
intel_lpss             16384  1 intel_lpss_pci
sysimgblt              16384  1 drm_kms_helper
soundcore              16384  1 snd
mei_me                 49152  1
mei                   126976  3 mei_hdcp,mei_me
i2c_smbus              20480  1 i2c_i801
fb_sys_fops            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
idma64                 20480  0
evdev                  28672  40
tpm_crb                20480  0
mac_hid                16384  0
tpm_tis                16384  0
tpm_tis_core           32768  1 tpm_tis
tpm                    77824  3 tpm_tis,tpm_crb,tpm_tis_core
rng_core               16384  1 tpm
wmi                    36864  3 intel_wmi_thunderbolt,acer_wmi,wmi_bmof
uinput                 20480  0
ip_tables              36864  0
x_tables               53248  1 ip_tables
ext4                  802816  3
crc32c_generic         16384  0
crc16                  16384  2 bluetooth,ext4
mbcache                16384  1 ext4
jbd2                  139264  1 ext4
hid_generic            16384  0
usbhid                 65536  0
hid                   147456  2 usbhid,hid_generic
rtsx_pci_sdmmc         32768  0
mmc_core              188416  1 rtsx_pci_sdmmc
serio_raw              20480  0
atkbd                  36864  0
libps2                 20480  2 atkbd,psmouse
xhci_pci               20480  0
crc32c_intel           24576  6
xhci_pci_renesas       20480  1 xhci_pci
rtsx_pci               94208  1 rtsx_pci_sdmmc
xhci_hcd              286720  1 xhci_pci
i8042                  32768  1 acer_wmi
serio                  28672  6 serio_raw,atkbd,psmouse,i8042

I have the entire xorg-apps group installed.

That’s all information I figured is going to be asked for. If you need any further info let me know. I’ve been trying to get this to work for 2 hours already and the only thing left to try is to install older drivers, but I have a feeling they’re not the problem as 450xx worked previously. Is there an easy way to tell mhwd “hey, install THIS version”?

Oh, and the system is freshly updated.

Last device with NV hardware I’m buying I swear.

Thanks in advance for help. :slight_smile:

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

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Uncommented said line, restarted Xorg and it worked. Thanks. :slight_smile:

Just FYI.

Bumblebee is rather considered legacy (I am not sure how you got bb from automatic)…

So if you

You probably want to be using the more modern and better performing option of “PRIME”.
(ex: video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-450xx-prime)

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