Bumblebee: Failed to initialise context

[GonzaloP]

Hi,

I just installed bumblebee following the instructions in the debian page (running debian buster) and when I execute:

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optirun --debug glxgears -info -vv

Returns:

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[  286.718083] [DEBUG]Reading file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[  286.718457] [DEBUG]optirun version 3.2.1 starting...
[  286.718466] [DEBUG]Active configuration:
[  286.718468] [DEBUG] bumblebeed config file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[  286.718471] [DEBUG] X display: :8
[  286.718473] [DEBUG] LD_LIBRARY_PATH: 
[  286.718476] [DEBUG] Socket path: /var/run/bumblebee.socket
[  286.718478] [DEBUG] Accel/display bridge: auto
[  286.718480] [DEBUG] VGL Compression: proxy
[  286.718483] [DEBUG] VGLrun extra options: 
[  286.718485] [DEBUG] Primus LD Path: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/primus:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/primus:/usr/lib/primus:/usr/lib32/primus
[  286.725965] [DEBUG]Using auto-detected bridge primus
[  299.402115] [INFO]Response: No - error: [XORG] (EE) NOUVEAU(0): Failed to initialise context object: 2D_NVC0 (0)

[  299.402131] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) NOUVEAU(0): Failed to initialise context object: 2D_NVC0 (0)

[  299.402134] [DEBUG]Socket closed.
[  299.402148] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.
[  299.402151] [DEBUG]Killing all remaining processes.

I uncommented the DBus line in bumblebee.conf yet the error persists.
Also, when I run lsmod | grep nvidia no record is found, I am not sure if that could be related to this issue.

Any suggestions on what to try?

Thanks

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Looks like you're still using nouveau and the lsmod output suggests that the NVIDIA module wasn't built.

Did the build process complete successfully when you installed the drivers or did it fail? Or did you pay no attention to the output and proceed blithely onward? I'm guessing the latter

This will set up the build environment for you:

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# apt install module-assistant
# m-a prepare

And I think this will attempt to rebuild the NVIDIA module:

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# dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-driver # or whichever package you tried to install

Once it has finished run this command in the same terminal before doing anything else:

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echo $?

If the output is anything other than "0" (zero) then the build failed and you should probably post the entire output from the build here for somebody[1] to have a look at.

[1] Not me, I'm not even supposed to be helping non-free loving heathens like you. You didn't see me, right? *Winks and taps nose*

[GonzaloP]

Thank you very much Head_on_a_Stick, I will keep you out of the records

I followed the instructions and when I do echo $? I get 0, yet, when I try to run glxgears with optirun I keep getting the same error.

Ideas?

Thanks

[stevepusser]

Are you using the driver that nvidia-detect said was right for your hardware when you ran it?

[GonzaloP]

I installed it by following the guide in https://wiki.debian.org/Bumblebee, and basically by running:

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apt-get install bumblebee primus

The installation finished without any error, and I don't have nvidia-detect installed.

Suggestions?

Thanks

[Head_on_a_Stick]

I installed it by following the guide in https://wiki.debian.org/Bumblebee, and basically by running:

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apt-get install bumblebee primus

Oh, my apologies, you're trying to use Bumblebee with nouveau. I presumed you wanted to use the proprietary drivers.

Is your user in the bumblebee group?

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groups

That's in guide so go back and read it properly this time.

If that doesn't fix things try installing the firmware:

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# apt install firmware-misc-nonfree

[GonzaloP]

My user is in bumbleebee and firmware installed, yet keep getting the error.... I would prefer to not use the nvidia repository, but I can't make it work with the free ones.

[stevepusser]

Can you install inxi and give us the output of

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inxi -Gxx

so we can see exactly what hardware you do have? And telling us the model of your laptop sure would help too.