Thread: Asus N61jV-X2, Nvidia Optimus, and Bumblebee

hi. have asus n61jv-x2 notebook pc running ubuntu 11.10 64 bit. comes nvidia geforce gt 325m gpu 1 gigabyte of ddr3 vram , nvidia optimus. installed bumblebee ppa , followed of directions, keep getting error:

wellywu@n61jv-x2:~$ optirun glxspheres
bumblebee x server not available, please check the
bumblebee logfile @ /var/log/bumblebee.log
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here bumblebee log:

[ 829.63] bumblebee log started @ tue, 10 jan 2012 07:13:12 -0500
[ 829.63] creating fifo /var/run/bumblebee.fifo communication...
[ 829.64] making fifo writable members of group bumblebee
[ 829.64] power management disabled, not disabling card on start.
[ 829.65] waiting orders
[ 926.99] checking x server availability before stopping it...
[ 927.00] x server has not started or pidfile invalid.
[ 927.01] x stopped.
[ 927.01] power management disabled, not unloading driver
[ 927.02] power management disabled, card enabled.
[ 927.03] bumblebee log ended on tue, 10 jan 2012 07:14:49 -0500
[ 1449.28] bumblebee log started @ tue, 10 jan 2012 08:39:48 -0500
[ 1449.28] creating fifo /var/run/bumblebee.fifo communication...
[ 1449.29] making fifo writable members of group bumblebee
[ 1449.29] power management disabled, not disabling card on start.
[ 1449.30] waiting orders
[ 2021.67] optirun start request received.
[ 2021.68] checking x server availability before starting x...
[ 2021.68] x server not started
[ 2021.69] power management disabled, loading driver
[ 2021.95] insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-14-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia_current.ko
[ 2021.95] starting x using nvidia...
[ 2021.96] waiting x server become available...
[ 2033.19] bumblebee x server failed start. please check /var/log/xorg.8.log
[ 2033.20] waiting orders
[ 2083.12] optirun start request received.
[ 2083.13] checking x server availability before starting x...
[ 2083.13] x server not started
[ 2083.14] power management disabled, loading driver
[ 2083.40] insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-14-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia_current.ko
[ 2083.40] starting x using nvidia...
[ 2083.41] waiting x server become available...
[ 2093.68] bumblebee x server failed start. please check /var/log/xorg.8.log
[ 2093.69] waiting orders
[ 2215.82] optirun start request received.
[ 2215.83] checking x server availability before starting x...
[ 2215.83] x server not started
[ 2215.84] power management disabled, loading driver
[ 2216.08] insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-14-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia_current.ko
[ 2216.09] starting x using nvidia...
[ 2216.10] waiting x server become available...
[ 2226.35] bumblebee x server failed start. please check /var/log/xorg.8.log
[ 2226.36] waiting orders
[ 2422.45] checking x server availability before stopping it...
[ 2422.45] x server has not started or pidfile invalid.
[ 2422.46] x stopped.
[ 2422.47] power management disabled, not unloading driver
[ 2422.47] power management disabled, card enabled.
[ 2422.48] bumblebee log ended on tue, 10 jan 2012 08:56:02 -0500
[ 267.96] bumblebee log started @ tue, 10 jan 2012 09:03:12 -0500
[ 267.96] creating fifo /var/run/bumblebee.fifo communication...
[ 267.97] making fifo writable members of group bumblebee
[ 267.97] power management disabled, not disabling card on start.
[ 267.98] waiting orders
[ 405.91] optirun start request received.
[ 405.92] checking x server availability before starting x...
[ 405.92] x server not started
[ 405.93] power management disabled, loading driver
[ 406.11] insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-14-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia_current.ko
[ 406.12] starting x using nvidia...
[ 406.12] waiting x server become available...
[ 417.63] bumblebee x server failed start. please check /var/log/xorg.8.log
[ 417.63] waiting orders
[ 722.48] checking x server availability before stopping it...
[ 722.49] x server has not started or pidfile invalid.
[ 722.50] x stopped.
[ 722.50] power management disabled, not unloading driver
[ 722.51] power management disabled, card enabled.
[ 722.52] bumblebee log ended on tue, 10 jan 2012 09:10:46 -0500
[ 728.41] bumblebee log started @ tue, 10 jan 2012 09:10:52 -0500
[ 728.41] creating fifo /var/run/bumblebee.fifo communication...
[ 728.42] making fifo writable members of group bumblebee
[ 728.43] power management disabled, not disabling card on start.
[ 728.43] waiting orders
[ 805.88] waiting orders
[ 837.54] waiting orders
[ 1845.23] waiting orders
[ 4126.01] checking x server availability before stopping it...
[ 4126.02] x server has not started or pidfile invalid.
[ 4126.02] x stopped.
[ 4126.03] power management disabled, not unloading driver
[ 4126.03] power management disabled, card enabled.
[ 4126.04] bumblebee log ended on tue, 10 jan 2012 10:07:30 -0500
[ 4.52] bumblebee log started @ tue, 10 jan 2012 10:30:15 -0500
[ 4.52] creating fifo /var/run/bumblebee.fifo communication...
[ 4.53] making fifo writable members of group bumblebee
[ 4.60] unloading driver 'nvidia' on start...
[ 4.67] error: module nvidia in use
[ 4.67] driver not unloaded on start.
[ 4.68] waiting orders
[ 210.23] optirun start request received.
[ 210.24] checking x server availability before starting x...
[ 210.24] x server not started
[ 210.25] enabling graphics card...
[ 210.32]
[ 210.32] loading driver...
[ 210.54] insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-14-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia_current.ko
[ 210.54] starting x using nvidia...
[ 210.55] waiting x server become available...
[ 221.84] bumblebee x server failed start. please check /var/log/xorg.8.log
[ 221.84] waiting orders
[ 1063.80] optirun start request received.
[ 1063.80] checking x server availability before starting x...
[ 1063.81] x server not started
[ 1063.81] enabling graphics card...
[ 1063.88]
[ 1063.89] loading driver...
[ 1064.13] insmod /lib/modules/3.0.0-14-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia_current.ko
[ 1064.13] starting x using nvidia...
[ 1064.14] waiting x server become available...
[ 1074.50] bumblebee x server failed start. please check /var/log/xorg.8.log
[ 1074.50] waiting orders

problem? how solve problem? want able run optirun glxspheres or firefox or google chromium , use nvidia geforce gt 325m.

thanks.

can please me solve issue? thanks.

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