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Bumblebee is refusing to work due to unable to finding the nvidia kernel module (I think) but I do have others.

junke@1215N:~$ modprobe nv # tab tab :)
nvidia-current  nvidiafb        nvram           nv_tco

Should I just create a symlink to nvidia-current (and where?) or will this make matters worse?

PvdL
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It looks like you've installed the PPA version from ppa:mj-casalogic/Bumblebee. You're possibly seeing something like:

FATAL: Error inserting nvidia_current (.../nvidia-current.ko): No such device

This is caused by executing ACPI methods in the wrong order which messes up the PCI configuration space and thereby confusing the machine. Therefore, acpi_call has been removed from Bumblebee 3.0 since there is a better alternative for nvidia Optimus laptops.

For installation instructions of Bumblebee, see Is a NVIDIA GeForce with Optimus Technology supported by Ubuntu?

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  • nope the nvidia-current is there and your link is 404 I did use the repos stable and bumblebee is installed – PvdL Aug 18 '11 at 20:37
  • "the repos stable", did you mean ppa:mj-casalogic/bumblebee or ppa:bumblebee/stable? Could you add the output of lspci -vvnn -d10de: to your question (no need to run it with sudo)? – Lekensteyn Aug 18 '11 at 20:43
  • Had some mix up, the nvidia-current is there and I did use the caselogic repro for bumblebee, the libjpeg-turbo and virtualgl are now from stable there were not before but still the same err. lspci ->

    04:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0a76] (rev ff) (prog-if ff) !!! Unknown header type 7f

     – PvdL Aug 18 '11 at 20:57
  • So your card is disabled. As you can read here, you're recommended to remove Bumblebee from the mj-casalogic and wait until the stable version is released. You can follow us on http://twitter.com/Team_Bumblebee for news. – Lekensteyn Aug 18 '11 at 21:05
  • with the one from mj-caselogic it would just enabled give a dot and disable again. I've added the project on twitter :) Thanks for your support. – PvdL Aug 18 '11 at 21:07
  • By the way, to enable your card again, you need to run /usr/local/bin/bumblebee-disablecard before uninstall Bumblebee. Otherwise, your card will stay disabled. – Lekensteyn Aug 18 '11 at 21:09
  • what use would I have from it without bumblebee / optirun? – PvdL Aug 18 '11 at 21:13
  • The called method may not be stable. Even if your card looks down, you may experience lock ups after some time. You're basically choosing between saving power and stability. – Lekensteyn Aug 19 '11 at 07:59
  • Haven't had any lock ups with or without the card enabled :) – PvdL Aug 20 '11 at 10:10
  • Updated! The stable release is now available. – Lekensteyn Aug 22 '11 at 07:47
  • I followed up your instructions and it is still not working..

    junke@1215N:~$ optirun glxgears The Bumblebee X server was not available, please check the Bumblebee logfile at /var/log/bumblebee.log ==================================================

    One log pointing to another

     – PvdL Aug 22 '11 at 11:16