Fixed Ubuntu 12.04 with NVidia Optimus Technology

Been using Window for years and a week ago tried installing Linux, Ubuntu 12.04 to be precise into my lappy. My notebook specs:

Notebook - Lenovo G580
Processor - Intel® Core™ i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz × 4
OS Type - 32-bit
Video Card - GeForce GT630M ( NVIDIA® Optimus™ technology )

Tested so many ways of getting the right procedure of installing the Nvidia drivers but ended up reinstalling my OS a dozen times till I saw this tutorial http://eternalvoid.net/tutorials/linux-optimus-gt650m/ . Managed to installed as per described. So here I'm gonna shared what I've done to get my card working.

Please do this at your own RISK and you will break your system if anything goes wrong. So please backup all your important data before proceeding with it.

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install build-essential git automake autoconf libtool virtualgl bbswitch-dkms
sudo apt-get build-dep bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia

Check if the nouveau kernel module is loaded:

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lsmod | grep nouveau

If you see any output from that command, blacklist the nouveau module, otherwise skip the next two lines:

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sudo su -
echo "blacklist nouveau" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
echo "blacklist nvidia" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

REBOOT
Download NVIDIA driver>> I used "NVIDIA-Linux-x86-319.12.run"

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chmod +x ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-319.12.run
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-319.12.run --no-recursion --no-rpms --no-distro-scripts --no-x-check --dkms --x-prefix=/usr/nvidia --x-module-path=/usr/lib/xorg/nvidia/modules --x-library-path=/usr/nvidia/lib --opengl-prefix=/usr/nvidia --utility-prefix=/usr/nvidia --documentation-prefix=/usr/nvidia -e -q

REBOOT

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mkdir -p ~/src
cd src
git clone https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee.git
cd Bumblebee
git checkout v3.0.1
autoreconf -fi
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc CONF_DRIVER=nvidia CONF_DRIVER_MODULE_NVIDIA=nvidia CONF_LDPATH_NVIDIA=/usr/nvidia/lib:/usr/nvidia/lib:/usr/lib/xorg/nvidia/modules/drivers:/usr/lib/xorg/nvidia/modules/extensions:/usr/lib/xorg/nvidia/modules:/usr/lib/xorg/modules:/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers:/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions CONF_MODPATH_NVIDIA=/usr/lib/xorg/nvidia/modules/drivers,/usr/lib/xorg/nvidia/modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules
make
sudo make install
sudo groupadd bumblebee
sudo addgroup <your_username_here>bumblebee
sudo cp -a scripts/sysvinit/bumblebeed /etc/init.d
sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/bumblebeed
cd /etc/rc2.d
sudo ln -s ../init.d/bumblebeed S20bumblebeed
sudo mv /usr/lib/xorg/nvidia/modules/libwfb.so /usr/lib/xorg/nvidia/modules/libwfb.so.bak

REBOOT

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sudo nano /etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia

Change:
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
to
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT"
Save and exit
Now you need the special "Lenovo Hack" (Only for Lenovo and Toshiba notebook)

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git clone git://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/bbswitch.git -b hack-lenovo
cd bbswitch
sudo mkdir /usr/src/acpi-handle-hack-0.0.2
sudo cp Makefile acpi-handle-hack.c /usr/src/acpi-handle-hack-0.0.2
sudo cp dkms/acpi-handle-hack.conf /usr/src/acpi-handle-hack-0.0.2/dkms.conf
sudo dkms install -m acpi-handle-hack -v 0.0.2
echo acpi-handle-hack | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
sudo update-initramfs -u

REBOOT

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sudo modprobe acpi-handle-hack

Ok now test to see if everything is in order, run "glxspheres" then "optirun glxspheres" in terminal to see the difference!

After getting all this ready, I've also installed "aircrack-ng" and "crunch" into my system.
Now my big question is "How can I install cudatoolkit and pyrit into Ubuntu 12.04"?? I've tried installing following this tutorial http://sn0v.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/installing-cuda-5-on-ubuntu-12-04/ and I end up with a "Black Screen" during startup.
Anyone out there willing to help me get through this, I've come a long way and I'm not going to give up easily
Mr. Penguin meknb ImJoJo Crackerz Wave Aby$m and all Ubuntu sifus
Credit to Defcronyke from http://eternalvoid.net/tutorials/linux-optimus-gt650m/ and
Lekensteyn from https://github.com/Bumblebee-Projec...o-ideapad-y470y570-and-toshiba-satellite-p870

 

meknb
Honestly I'm still a big NOOB on Ubuntu, will try to understand what you are trying to deliver
1. I tried installing cudatoolkit this way

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sudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev build-essential libx11-dev libxmu-dev libxi-dev libgl1-mesa-glx libglu1-mesa libglu1-mesa-dev

Does installing all this break my system?
2. I used this version cuda_5.0.35_linux_32_ubuntu11.10-1.run

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chmod +x ./cuda_5.0.35_linux_32_ubuntu11.10-1.run
sudo ./cuda_5.0.35_linux_32_ubuntu11.10-1.run

I install the toolkit only, skip the driver(Already had one installed) and skip the samples(Thought it was not necessary). Is this OK?
After installing, I added the path to /root/.bashrc

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export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/cuda-5.0/bin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda-5.0/lib

3. Do I need to be in tty1/2/3 to install cudatoolkit?

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sudo service lightdm stop

4. Is this necessary before installing cudatoolkit?

I had install the driver, why do I need to install a new one?
Lastly thanks for helping out

 

meknb
I've managed to install cudatoolkit and pyrit into my notebook

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estima@optimus:~$ pyrit
Pyrit 0.4.0 (C) 2008-2011 Lukas Lueg http://pyrit.googlecode.com
This code is distributed under the GNU General Public License v3+

Now my new problem install cpyrit_cuda, when I tried I get this

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estima@optimus:~/cpyrit-cuda-0.4.0$ python setup.py build
svn: '.' is not a working copy
running build
running build_ext
Skipping rebuild of Nvidia CUDA kernel ...
Building modules...
building 'cpyrit._cpyrit_cuda' extension
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/cuda/include -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c _cpyrit_cuda.c -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.7/_cpyrit_cuda.o -Wall -fno-strict-aliasing -DVERSION="0.4.0"
gcc -pthread -shared -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro build/temp.linux-i686-2.7/_cpyrit_cuda.o -lcrypto -lcuda -lz -o build/lib.linux-i686-2.7/cpyrit/_cpyrit_cuda.so
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcuda
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

Anyone?? Thanks

 

I thought so too, I believe its not pointing to the correct path thus can't locate certain files ( noob understanding ) . So following the tutorial I had install my Nvidia driver with this command

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chmod +x ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-319.12.run
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-319.12.run --no-recursion --no-rpms --no-distro-scripts --no-x-check --dkms --x-prefix=/usr/nvidia --x-module-path=/usr/lib/xorg/nvidia/modules --x-library-path=/usr/nvidia/lib --opengl-prefix=/usr/nvidia --utility-prefix=/usr/nvidia --documentation-prefix=/usr/nvidia -e -q

For the bash profile, I've notice that I don't have this usr/lib/nvidia-current but I have this usr/lib/nvidia and in this nvidia folder I have this file "pre-install" the content of the file

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#!/bin/sh
 
# Trigger an error exit status to prevent the installer from overwriting
# Ubuntu's nvidia packages.
 
exit 1

I have also a "nvidia" folder in usr >> /usr/nvidia (it has 3 folder in it >> bin , lib , share)
In /usr/local I have 2 cuda folder >> cuda and cuda-5.0
Hopefully you can point me to the correct path meknb to modify the /root/.bashrc scripts so I can eventually install cpyrit-cuda-0.4.0

 

meknb
Managed to locate "libcuda.so" in /usr/nvidia/lib so I did this

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sudo ln -s /usr/nvidia/lib/libcuda.so /usr/lib/libcuda.so
sudo ldconfig

Cpyrit-cuda build/installed without error. Thanks a million meknb for helping me getting through this

Mr. Penguin please mark this thread as SOLVED

 

Mr. Penguin meknb
I tried to install Inflator 1.0 to my ubuntu after reading some tutorial. Did "dpkg -i *.deb" then I was told to do this

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cp ~/.bashrc .bashrc_backup
printf “PATH=$%sPATH:%s/bin/inflator/\n” | tee -a ~/.bashrc

After entering those commands, my Inflator is not running but I get some lines everytime I run a terminal Anyway can I remove those lines?

Sorry to bother you guys again

 

Download Inflator 1.0 from your attachment and did

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sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture <inflatorfilename>.deb

By clicking at the Inflator icon gives me nothing but I can run using terminal

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sudo /bin/inflator/inflator

How can I run by clicking at the icon which is located in "Installed Programme" ??
Thanks

 

Mr. Penguin
Thanks for sharing a good link, is creates a shortcut on my desktop but by clicking at the newly develop "inflator" icon still doesn't start the programme. After some browsing I managed to fixed the problem and created a new "inflator" icon in /usr/share/application by running these commands

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sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/Inflator.desktop

Created a new desktop entry with these lines

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[Desktop Entry]
Version=3
Type=Application
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
Icon=/bin/inflator/inflator_icon.png
Name=Inflator
Comment=
Exec=gksu "/bin/inflator/inflator"
Categories=Application;Development;

Save and exit then Reboot.
Hopefully these information will help some other newbies like me

 

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