@Pete: Yes, more recent kernels now can automatically power down the nvidia card off when it's not in use, so you don't need bbswitch anymore.
What's even more cool is that with the nvidia 435.21 driver and the version of X that comes with Ubuntu 19.10, you don't even need bumblebee any more: if you enable nvidia load-on-demand in nvidia-settings, you get an intel desktop with the nvidia card pretty much powered down but you can run any application using the nvidia card by exporting these variables first: export __NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 export __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia Of course, when the application finishes, the kernel powers down the nvidia card again. VUlkan is also very cool: I export this variable as well to ensure it gets used for the nvidia card: export __VK_LAYER_NV_optimus=NVIDIA_only -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Bumblebee Project, which is subscribed to bumblebee in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: Bumblebee Team https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1758243 Title: bumblebee needs configuration changes to work with nvidia-driver-390 and libglvnd0 Status in bumblebee package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: bumblebee fails to work in Ubuntu 18.04 with nvidia-driver-390 unless these configuration changes are made: 1. For optirun to work, /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf needs two library paths changed (because of the changes for GLVND): [driver-nvidia] LibraryPath=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nvidia/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules/input With these changes, optirun works correctly on my laptop (using the primus bridge) but primusrun still fails. 2. For power management to work (ie turning the nvidia card off whilst not in use), the nouveau and nvidia modules need blacklisting so they don't load on boot, and nvidia_drm and nvidia_modeset need aliasing to off so they never load. Otherwise, nvidia_drm attaches to drm_kms_helper and then bumblebee can't unload the nvidia module and turn off the card. This configuration file in /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia- bl.conf works for me: blacklist nouveau blacklist nvidia blacklist nvidia_drm blacklist nvidia_modeset alias nouveau off alias nvidia_drm off alias nvidia_modeset off (The first two lines are already in bumblebee.conf. I found I also had to alias nouveau to off because gdm?/mutter? so desperately wants to load it.) Update: aliasing nouveau to off doesn't stop the nvidia-fallback service from loading the nouveau module, so if nouveau is still loading, you could try running this command: systemctl disable nvidia-fallback.service You'll need to reboot because nouveau is already loaded, but the change should be permanent unless something else re-enables the nvidia-fallback service. Finally, to run mesa applications, you need to set this variable: export __GLVND_DISALLOW_PATCHING=1 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: bumblebee 3.2.1-17 Uname: Linux 4.16.0-041600rc6-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri Mar 23 12:18:02 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-16 (218 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) SourcePackage: bumblebee UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2017-11-17 (125 days ago) modified.conffile..etc.bumblebee.xorg.conf.nouveau: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.bumblebee.xorg.conf.nvidia: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.bumblebee.bumblebee.conf: 2018-03-23T12:17:54.683287 mtime.conffile..etc.bumblebee.xorg.conf.nouveau: 2018-03-22T14:01:52.732698 mtime.conffile..etc.bumblebee.xorg.conf.nvidia: 2018-03-22T14:57:34.141995 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bumblebee/+bug/1758243/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~bumblebee Post to : bumblebee@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~bumblebee More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
