Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) installation on Razer blade 2016

Instructions for installation of ubuntu trust on razer blade

• Installing Ubuntu 14.04 alongside windows 10 on Razer blade 2016
• Go to windows 10 disk management. Right click on the largest size volume and select "Shrink Volume". Shrink so that you have enough space for ubuntu (>40GB + your usage.).
• Download instructions and binaries from http://www.killernetworking.com/product-support/knowledge-base/17-linux
• Reboot the computer with Installer USB plugged in.
• Install ubuntu. Reboot
• Install killer wireless drivers from the saved instructions and killer wireless binaries. Over the existing files with files from the website.
• Install the latest version of bumblebee drivers from bumblebee ppa

    sudo apt-add-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia

• Install latest nvidia-drivers

    sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1404/x86_64 /" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cuda.list'
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install cuda-drivers

• Get the install driver number

dhiman@amacrine:~$ apt-cache depends cuda-drivers
cuda-drivers
  Depends: nvidia-375
  Depends: nvidia-375-dev
  Depends: libcuda1-375
  Depends: nvidia-modprobe
  Depends: nvidia-settings
  Depends: nvidia-opencl-icd-375
  Depends: <libopencl1>
    ocl-icd-libopencl1
    nvidia-libopencl1-304
    nvidia-libopencl1-340
    nvidia-libopencl1-343
    nvidia-libopencl1-361
    nvidia-libopencl1-375
dhiman@amacrine:~$ 

The LATEST_NVIDIA_DRIVER is 375

export LATEST_NVIDIA_DRIVER=375

• Install the intel drivers and mesa opengl

    sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel-lts-xenial \
             libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-xenial \
             libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-xenial \
             libglapi-mesa-lts-xenial \
             libgles1-mesa-lts-xenial \
             libglu1-mesa \
             mesa-common-dev-lts-xenial \
             mesa-utils \
             mesa-vdpau-drivers-lts-xenial

• Remove or disable gpu-manager. It is a single script that tries to be oversmart. If it works for you then great, it didn't wor for me.

    sudo apt-get remove --purge ubuntu-driver-commons

• Set update-alternatives for x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf. Point the ldd /usr/bin/glxgears dependencies to the right ld.so.conf. Last two lines are for pointing LibraryPath in /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf to the right location.

    sudo update-alternatives --set x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf
    sudo update-alternatives --set i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf
    sudo update-alternatives --set x86_64-linux-gnu_egl_conf /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa-egl/ld.so.conf 
    sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/lib/nvidia-current nvidia-current /usr/lib/nvidia-$LATEST_NVIDIA_DRIVER $LATEST_NVIDIA_DRIVER
    sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/lib32/nvidia-current nvidia-current32 /usr/lib32/nvidia-$LATEST_NVIDIA_DRIVER $LATEST_NVIDIA_DRIVER

• Install upgraded kernel. I think kernel 4.4 should also work. Not sure if this is needed. A blog suggested it. More kernel options here

    wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.6/linux-headers-4.8.6-040806_4.8.6-040806.201610310831_all.deb
    wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.6/linux-headers-4.8.6-040806-generic_4.8.6-040806.201610310831_amd64.deb
    wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8.6/linux-image-4.8.6-040806-generic_4.8.6-040806.201610310831_amd64.deb
    sudo dpkg -i *.deb

• Fix bumblebee configuration and bumblebee modprobe configuration to look like this.

    dhiman@amacrine:~$ grep -i nvidia /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf 
    # auto-detection is performed. The available drivers are nvidia and nouveau
    Driver=nvidia
    # Should the program run under optirun even if Bumblebee server or nvidia card
    # PMMethod: method to use for saving power by disabling the nvidia card, valid
    ## Section with nvidia driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nvidia
    [driver-nvidia]
    KernelDriver=nvidia
    # colon-separated path to the nvidia libraries
    LibraryPath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current:/usr/lib32/nvidia-current
    # comma-separated path of the directory containing nvidia_drv.so and the
    XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules
    XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia

• Take care of the bumblebee bug when it fails to remove nvidia modules. Bug

    dhiman@amacrine:~$ tail -n 4 /etc/modprobe.d/bumblebee.conf 
    blacklist nvidia-experimental-355
    # Workaround to make sure nvidia-uvm is removed as well
    remove nvidia_* rmmod nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
    alias nvidia nvidia_$LATEST_NVIDIA_DRIVER

• Add module configuration to load bbswitch with off state. You can list options by modinfo bbswitch.

    dhiman@amacrine:~$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/bbswitch.conf 
    options bbswitch load_state=0

• Optionally add i915 options. You can list the module options by modinfo i915. More details here

    dhiman@amacrine:~$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/i915.conf 
    options i915 enable_rc6=1

• When you boot make sure that nvidia modules are not loaded

    lsmod | grep nvidia

• Make sure intel graphics support 3D acceleration

    glxgears

• If it doesn't check if the opengl libraries are pointing to the right locations

    dhiman@amacrine:~$ ldd /usr/bin/glxgears 
        linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007ffc901ba000)
        libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 (0x00007f8497592000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f849728c000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0x00007f8496f56000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f8496b91000)
        libexpat.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1 (0x00007f8496967000)
        libxcb-dri3.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-dri3.so.0 (0x00007f8496763000)
        libxcb-present.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-present.so.0 (0x00007f8496560000)
        libxcb-sync.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-sync.so.1 (0x00007f849635a000)
        libxshmfence.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxshmfence.so.1 (0x00007f8496157000)
        libglapi.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglapi.so.0 (0x00007f8495f29000)
        libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6 (0x00007f8495d17000)
        libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdamage.so.1 (0x00007f8495b13000)
        libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXfixes.so.3 (0x00007f849590d000)
        libX11-xcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11-xcb.so.1 (0x00007f849570b000)
        libxcb-glx.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-glx.so.0 (0x00007f84954f3000)
        libxcb-dri2.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-dri2.so.0 (0x00007f84952ee000)
        libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007f84950cf000)
        libXxf86vm.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXxf86vm.so.1 (0x00007f8494ec8000)
        libdrm.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdrm.so.2 (0x00007f8494cba000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f8494a9c000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f8494897000)
        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000555e63104000)
        libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x00007f8494693000)
        libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007f849448c000)

• Same for optirun glxgears (nvidia mode)

    dhiman@amacrine:~$ optirun ldd /usr/bin/glxgears 
        linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007ffd5fa44000)
        libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/primus/libGL.so.1 (0x00007fda0d72d000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fda0d40a000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0x00007fda0d0d5000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fda0cd10000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fda0caf1000)
        librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007fda0c8e9000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fda0c5e5000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fda0c3ce000)
        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000563c2996e000)
        libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007fda0c1af000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fda0bfab000)
        libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x00007fda0bda6000)
        libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007fda0bba0000)

• After optirun exits the nvidia modules should be unloaded. lsmod | grep nvidia should not return anything.
• If intel drivers 3D acceleration breaks then, then gnome-session won't load because of a bug. While you work on it, you will need to install xfce or lxde : sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop
• sudo mokutil --enable-verification to restore secure boot
• The display does not recover from suspend. Add acpi_sleep=s3_mode to the kernel parameters. Detailed explanation here. (Update : with kernel 4.10, sleep works better without any kernel parameters.)

  dhiman@amacrine:~$ grep -2 CMDLINE /etc/default/grub
  GRUB_TIMEOUT=1
  GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
  GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash acpi_sleep=s3_bios"
  GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
  
  # Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
  

Cuda deviceQuery issues

• optirun ./deviceQuery leads to incompatible driver version error
• Try finding the missing libraries by running

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH find /usr/local/cuda-8.0 -name '*.so' -exec ldd \{} \; | grep 'not found'

• In my case libcuda.so.1 was missing which comes with package libcuda1-367

Update to nvidia-375 breaks the bumblebee configuration

• Symptom: gnome-session goes into a loop and throws you back to the login screen.
• Attempt 1: Fix nvidia-367 -> nvidia-375 in all the files referred above. (Need to find a better solution)
• Attempt 2: Reinstall cuda drivers

sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*
sudo apt-get install bumblebee-nvidia cuda-drivers

• Attempt 3: Reinstall libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-xenial

sudo aptitude install libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-xenial

• Attempt 4: Fix update-alternatives to mesa libGL.so

sudo update-alternatives  --set x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf
sudo update-alternatives  --set x86_64-linux-gnu_egl_conf /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/lib/nvidia-current nvidia-current /usr/lib/nvidia-375 375
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/lib32/nvidia-current nvidia-current32 /usr/lib32/nvidia-375 375
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/lib/nvidia-current-prime nvidia-current-prime /usr/lib/nvidia-375-prime 375

• Fix /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf and /etc/modprobe.d/bumbelbee.conf

dhiman@amacrine:~$ grep nvidia /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf 
# auto-detection is performed. The available drivers are nvidia and nouveau
Driver=nvidia
# Should the program run under optirun even if Bumblebee server or nvidia card
# PMMethod: method to use for saving power by disabling the nvidia card, valid
## Section with nvidia driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nvidia
[driver-nvidia]
KernelDriver=nvidia
# colon-separated path to the nvidia libraries
LibraryPath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current:/usr/lib32/nvidia-current
# comma-separated path of the directory containing nvidia_drv.so and the
XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia

The following is basically trial and error . optirun glxgears should load modules properly on start and should unload properly on exit.

dhiman@amacrine:~$ tail -3 /etc/modprobe.d/bumblebee.conf 
# Workaround to make sure nvidia-uvm is removed as well
remove nvidia_* rmmod nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
alias nvidia nvidia_375
dhiman@amacrine:~$