[Fedora 25] Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) /dev/dri/card0: failed to set DRM interface version 1.4: Permission denied

[hebertjulio]

OS

Fedora 25

Kernel

Linux 5470 4.10.6-200.fc25.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Mar 27 14:06:23 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

This error occurs when I execute the command: vblank_mode=0 optirun -b primus glxspheres64

[ 2107.529582] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) /dev/dri/card0: failed to set DRM interface version 1.4: Permission denied
[ 2107.529668] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.

bumblebee-nvidia -c

nvidia.ko compiled into in the kernel tree ok.
modinfo output for NVIDIA:

filename: /lib/modules/4.10.6-200.fc25.x86_64/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko
alias: char-major-195-*
version: 375.39
supported: external
license: NVIDIA
srcversion: 02F9F40DB2D0FC489009343
alias: pci:v000010DEd00000E00svsdbc04sc80i00*
alias: pci:v000010DEdsvsdbc03sc02i00
alias: pci:v000010DEdsvsdbc03sc00i00
depends:
vermagic: 4.10.6-200.fc25.x86_64 SMP mod_unload
parm: NVreg_Mobile:int
parm: NVreg_ResmanDebugLevel:int
parm: NVreg_RmLogonRC:int
parm: NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileUID:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileGID:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileMode:int
parm: NVreg_UpdateMemoryTypes:int
parm: NVreg_InitializeSystemMemoryAllocations:int
parm: NVreg_UsePageAttributeTable:int
parm: NVreg_MapRegistersEarly:int
parm: NVreg_RegisterForACPIEvents:int
parm: NVreg_CheckPCIConfigSpace:int
parm: NVreg_EnablePCIeGen3:int
parm: NVreg_EnableMSI:int
parm: NVreg_TCEBypassMode:int
parm: NVreg_UseThreadedInterrupts:int
parm: NVreg_MemoryPoolSize:int
parm: NVreg_RegistryDwords:charp
parm: NVreg_RmMsg:charp
parm: NVreg_AssignGpus:charp

Check bbswitch kernel module...

Warning! bbswitch is not loaded into this kernel!
Since bbswitch is not loaded into the kernel, lets do additional checks on it...
dkms status bbswitch output:
bbswitch, 0.8.0, 4.10.5-200.fc25.x86_64, x86_64: installed
bbswitch, 0.8.0, 4.10.6-200.fc25.x86_64, x86_64: installed

if the bbswitch package is installed, you may wish to try:
/usr/sbin/dkms add -m bbswitch -v 0.8.0
/usr/sbin/dkms build -m bbswitch -v 0.8.0
/usr/sbin/dkms install -m bbswitch -v 0.8.0
/sbin/modprobe bbswitch

To get clues as to why bbswitch is failing on this kernel...
All checks completed successfully! NVIDIA driver appears to have compiled ok.

Documentation on bumblebee for RHEL / CentOS / fedora can be found at:
https://www.linux.ncsu.edu/bumblebee/

bumblebee-nvidia -f --debug

--debug mode selected.
--force compile selected.
Building NVIDIA video drivers: Creating directory NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.39
Verifying archive integrity... OK
Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64 375.39.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
patching file kernel/common/inc/nv-mm.h
patching file kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-fence.c
patching file kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem.h
patching file kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-priv.h
patching file kernel/nvidia/nv-pat.c

WARNING: Unable to determine the path to install the libglvnd EGL vendor library config files. Check that you have pkg-config and the libglvnd
development libraries installed, or specify a path with --glvnd-egl-config-path.

WARNING: The symbolic link '/usr/lib/libGL.so.1' does not point to '/usr/lib64/nvidia-bumblebee/libGL.so.1' as is necessary for correct operation of
the NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64. It is possible that ldconfig has created this incorrect symbolic link because
libGL.so.1.2.0;5846061a's "soname" conflicts with that of /usr/lib64/nvidia-bumblebee/libGL.so.1. It is recommended that you remove or
rename the file 'libGL.so.1.2.0;5846061a' and create the necessary symbolic link by running ln -sf /usr/lib64/nvidia-bumblebee/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.

               [  OK  ]

There are a similar issue #824 reported at Dec 9, 2016, but no solution.

[gsgatlin]

If you create a file at the path:

/etc/modules-load.d/bbswitch

with the contents:

Load bbswitch.ko at boot

bbswitch

and reboot does that help with bbswitch not being loaded? Does it help with optirun?

[gsgatlin]

Sorry, just have the text

bbswitch

in that file.

[hebertjulio]

@gsgatlin it's not work. :(

[profi248]

I have the same issue, after update to kernel 4.10.
Tried to insert bbswitch module manually (sudo modprobe bbswitch)
And output is:

modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'bbswitch': No such device

Output of dmesg after trying to modprobe:

[  450.710694] bbswitch: version 0.8
[  450.710700] bbswitch: Found integrated VGA device 0000:00:02.0: \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0
[  450.710707] bbswitch: Found discrete VGA device 0000:09:00.0: \_SB_.PCI0.RP05.PXSX
[  450.710718] bbswitch: failed to evaluate \_SB_.PCI0.RP05.PXSX._DSM {0xF8,0xD8,0x86,0xA4,0xDA,0x0B,0x1B,0x47,0xA7,0x2B,0x60,0x42,0xA6,0xB5,0xBE,0xE0} 0x100 0x0 {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00}: AE_NOT_FOUND
[  450.710725] bbswitch: failed to evaluate \_SB_.PCI0.RP05.PXSX._DSM {0xA0,0xA0,0x95,0x9D,0x60,0x00,0x48,0x4D,0xB3,0x4D,0x7E,0x5F,0xEA,0x12,0x9F,0xD4} 0x102 0x0 {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00}: AE_NOT_FOUND
[  450.710733] ACPI Warning: \_SB.PCI0.GFX0._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20160930/nsarguments-95)
[  450.710785] bbswitch: No suitable _DSM call found.

EDIT: Card is NVIDIA Corporation GK208M [GeForce GT 740M] (rev a1)

[jpts]

Can confirm I have the same problem:

kernel: Linux 4.10.6-200.fc25.x86_64
OS: Fedora 25

dmesg output:

[  872.125752] bbswitch: version 0.8
[  872.125760] bbswitch: Found integrated VGA device 0000:00:02.0: \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0
[  872.125770] bbswitch: Found discrete VGA device 0000:04:00.0: \_SB_.PCI0.RP05.PXSX
[  872.125787] bbswitch: failed to evaluate \_SB_.PCI0.RP05.PXSX._DSM {0xF8,0xD8,0x86,0xA4,0xDA,0x0B,0x1B,0x47,0xA7,0x2B,0x60,0x42,0xA6,0xB5,0xBE,0xE0} 0x100 0x0 {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00}: AE_NOT_FOUND
[  872.125794] bbswitch: failed to evaluate \_SB_.PCI0.RP05.PXSX._DSM {0xA0,0xA0,0x95,0x9D,0x60,0x00,0x48,0x4D,0xB3,0x4D,0x7E,0x5F,0xEA,0x12,0x9F,0xD4} 0x102 0x0 {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00}: AE_NOT_FOUND
[  872.125812] bbswitch: failed to evaluate \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0._DSM {0xA0,0xA0,0x95,0x9D,0x60,0x00,0x48,0x4D,0xB3,0x4D,0x7E,0x5F,0xEA,0x12,0x9F,0xD4} 0x102 0x0 {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00}: AE_NOT_FOUND
[  872.125813] bbswitch: No suitable _DSM call found.

[gsgatlin]

Maybe @Lekensteyn might have some ideas about how one would get around that?

[gsgatlin]

You may wish to open a new issue here?

https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/bbswitch

Maybe he will respond?

I'm very sorry but I don't know how to troubleshoot these out of tree kernel module problems.

[gsgatlin]

Also, for your specific laptop make/model can you follow the instructions here?

https://bugs.launchpad.net/lpbugreporter/+bug/752542

[gsgatlin]

Also, you'll want to follow the instructions here:

https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/bbswitch/#reporting-bugs

as far as output so he has all the information he needs in your issue you open.

I'm guessing maybe you may need some extra kernel options to get it to work. But thats just a guess...

[hebertjulio]

Open new issue at https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/bbswitch

[tkalfaoglu]

do a:
cd /dev/dri
ls -l
Mine looked like:
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 226, 0 Jan 28 08:55 card0

If your user is NOT part of "video" group, you can't access it.
so do a:
usermod -G video turgut
where "turgut" is your username :)