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I recently installed bumblebee.My problem is when I ran any command in terminal it showed me an error.If I run following commands in terminal

bumblebeed --driver DRIVER bumblebeed --group GROUP bumblebeed --pidfile FILE

it shows me following errors

[ 904.901313] [ERROR]Module 'DRIVER' is not found. [ 2656.497095] [ERROR]Cannot open or write pidfile /var/run/bumblebeed.pid. [ 2729.466978] [ERROR]Could not set the GID of bumblebee: Operation not permitted

respectively. How can I fix this or do I have to reinstall bumblebee?

  • did you place sudo before the command – Avinash Raj Nov 02 '13 at 06:56
  • Yes.But,It didn't work.Still getting the same error. –  Nov 02 '13 at 07:05
  • what are the commands didi you use to install bumblebee.Did your laptop is an optimus laptop? – Avinash Raj Nov 02 '13 at 07:09
  • try to reinstall it,if error comes post me. – Avinash Raj Nov 02 '13 at 07:10
  • Yes.I think mine one is a optimus laptop.Because I tested it as directed in github. –  Nov 02 '13 at 07:14
  • try to reintall it – Avinash Raj Nov 02 '13 at 07:23
  • This time I don't want to waste my 70 MB of data.So please,tell me the recommended commands to install bumblebee. –  Nov 02 '13 at 07:26
  • My laptop model is Lenovo Ideapad Z580 with intel i5 processor @2.50GHZ boost upto 3.10,nvidia GT630M Geforce cuda.4GB ram. –  Nov 02 '13 at 07:28
  • Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done linux-headers-generic is already the newest version. bumblebee is already the newest version. bumblebee-nvidia is already the newest version. primus is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. I think was not reinstalled.     –  Nov 02 '13 at 08:08
  • Now do ihave to reboot? –  Nov 02 '13 at 08:10
  • yes,you have to reboot. – Avinash Raj Nov 02 '13 at 08:13
  • still getting errors.I ran. bumblebeed --driver DRIVER.the error is same."[ERROR]Module 'DRIVER' is not found"except the number before the "[ERROR]Module 'DRIVER' is not found "which is[138.633709]. –  Nov 02 '13 at 10:27

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Run the below commands to install bumblebee:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -f install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia virtualgl linux-headers-generic

-f to fix the missing packages.

For ubuntu 13.10 replace last command by this

sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia primus linux-headers-generic

Don't forget to reboot after running all these commands.

Avinash Raj
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  • still getting errors.I ran. bumblebeed --driver DRIVER.the error is same."[ERROR]Module 'DRIVER' is not found"except the number before the "[ERROR]Module 'DRIVER' is not found "which is[138.633709]. –  Nov 02 '13 at 10:00
  • did you follow all the instructions on http://askubuntu.com/questions/36930/how-well-do-laptops-with-nvidia-optimus-work. – Avinash Raj Nov 02 '13 at 11:36
  • No.I shall try tomorrow.Thanks for your help,Sir. –  Nov 02 '13 at 18:20