Dell N7110 GeForce GT 525M issue

[enboig]

I have read:
Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee#66
Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee#114
Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee#19

I have to say my bios is A6 and it is the last I found at dell.com
I added "pci=noacpi" to grub to allow my laptop to boot.
I tried to install the old bumblebee and ironhide before reaching here.
I blacklisted nouveau manually.
I installed ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates

And now my current status:

$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0df5 (rev a1)

$ lspci -d10de: -vvnn
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0df5](rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:04c4]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Region 1: Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Region 3: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
Region 5: I/O ports at 3000 [size=128]
Expansion ROM at f1000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia_current, nouveau, nvidiafb

$ lsmod | grep nouveau
$ lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia 12128043 0

tail -n 30 /var/log/Xorg.8.log

1450.591 NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
1450.591 NVIDIA(0): Option "NoLogo" "true"
1450.591 NVIDIA(0): Option "UseEDID" "false"
1450.591 NVIDIA(0): Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
1450.591 NVIDIA(0): ConnectedMonitor string: "DFP"
1450.591 NVIDIA(0): Ignoring EDIDs
1450.591 NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
1450.603 NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA GPU at PCI:1:0:0. Please
1450.603 NVIDIA(0): check your system's kernel log for additional error
1450.603 NVIDIA(0): messages and refer to Chapter 8: Common Problems in the
1450.603 NVIDIA(0): README for additional information.
1450.603 NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!
1450.603 UnloadModule: "nvidia"
1450.603 Unloading nvidia
1450.603 UnloadModule: "wfb"
1450.603 Unloading wfb
1450.603 UnloadModule: "fb"
1450.603 Unloading fb
1450.603 Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
[ 1450.603]
Fatal server error:
[ 1450.603] no screens found
[ 1450.603]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 1450.603] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.8.log" for additional information.
[ 1450.603]
[ 1450.603] ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log
[ 1450.603] Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

Any hint of why it is not working?

Thanks.

[Lekensteyn]

Please generate a proper bugreport as described at https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/Reporting-Issues
See also https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/Troubleshooting

[brettworth]

I have a Dell 15z which works well on kubuntu oneiric. I think you should try acpi=noirq.

Also see:

Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee#100

Here's my /etc/default/grub excerpt:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi=noirq i915.semaphores=1 acpi=noirq pcie_aspm=force i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 i915.i915_enable_fbc=1 i915.lvds_downclock=1 gfxmode=1920x1080"

[enboig]

I changed my configuration in grub and I have the same result.
I think my problem is because I tried ironhide first. My bumblebee.log tells:

[ 20.64] Bumblebee log started at Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:23:50 +0100 [ 20.65] Creating fifo /var/run/bumblebee.fifo for communication... [ 20.65] Making FIFO writable for members of group bumblebee [ 20.95] Unloading driver '' on start... [ 21.01] FATAL: Module not found. [ 21.02] The driver could not be unloaded on start. [ 21.02] Disabling graphics card on start... [ 21.35] FATAL: Module acpi_call not found. [ 21.35] FATAL: Module acpi_call not found. [ 21.35] The card could not be disabled. [ 21.36] Waiting for orders [ 118.84] Optirun start request received. [ 118.84] Checking for X server availability before starting X... [ 118.85] X server is not started [ 118.85] Enabling graphics card... [ 118.91] [ 118.91] Loading driver... [ 119.09] Driver 'nvidia' has no matching kernel module installed [ 119.10] The driver failed to load. [ 119.10] Waiting for orders

[enboig]

By the way, my system is:
Distro: Ubuntu Oneric 64bits
Kernel: Linux inspiron 3.2.0-2-generic #4-Ubuntu SMP Sun Nov 27 15:32:08 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
baseboard-manufacturer: Dell Inc.
baseboard-product-name: 0FRK44
baseboard-version : A00
system-manufacturer : Dell Inc.
system-product-name : Dell System Inspiron N7110
system-version : Not Specified

[enboig]

Sorry for the delay, my wife kidnapped my computer.

By the way, at troubleshooting I read that maybe I have to reenable my card. How do I do that?

thanks.

[enboig]

After some reading in the logs I discovered I was missing kernel sources, so nvidia module wasn't installed correctly.
Now 3d acceleration works.

By the way; I would like more info on the extra commands I added at grub.conf

What do they do?

[Lekensteyn]

The options are supposed to improve power savings, but those may be unstable on some machines. Some options are for compatibility, but may lessen performance. I'm not sure what all options exactly mean, but that could be googled

[ArchangeGabriel]

We released the new 3.0 version of Bumblebee, informations available here : http://linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.com/2012/01/bumblebee-version-30-tumbleweed-release.html.

Since they have been a lot of changes, most issues are outdated, so please try the new version and report issues on the new tracker.