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Bumblebee not working

 

I am having trouble getting bumblebee to work properly.
Ubuntu 12.10
Kernel: 3.5.0-25-generic
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
baseboard-product-name: 300V3A/300V4A/300V5A/200A4B/200A5B
baseboard-version     : FAB1
system-manufacturer   : SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
system-product-name   : 300V3A/300V4A/300V5A/200A4B/200A5B
system-version        : 0.1
bios-vendor           : Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
bios-version          : 10FI
bios-release-date     : 11/02/2012
Bumblebee Version:optirun (Bumblebee) 3.1
Copyright (C) 2011 The Bumblebee Project
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Sample command line:
bsalemin@bsalemin-300V3A-300V4A-300V5A-200A4B-200A5B:~$ lspci -vnn | grep
'\''[030[02]\]'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation
Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09)
(prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
01:00.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 520MX]
[10de:1051] (rev a1)
bsalemin@bsalemin-300V3A-300V4A-300V5A-200A4B-200A5B:~$ optirun glxspheres
[ 1298.968315] [ERROR]The Bumblebee daemon has not been started yet or the
socket path /var/run/bumblebee.socket was incorrect.
[ 1298.968416] [ERROR]Could not connect to bumblebee daemon - is it running?
bsalemin@bsalemin-300V3A-300V4A-300V5A-200A4B-200A5B:~$ bumblebeed --verbose
[ 1303.419560] [INFO]Loading driver bbswitch (module bbswitch)
FATAL: Module bbswitch not found.
[ 1303.422923] [ERROR]Module bbswitch could not be loaded (timeout?)
[ 1303.423002] [INFO]Skipping switcheroo PM method because it is not
explicitly selected in the configuration.
[ 1303.423049] [WARN]No switching method available. The dedicated card will
always be on.
[ 1303.423098] [ERROR]Invalid configuration: no driver configured.

I read your trouble shooting page and could not find a similar example.  I
installed bumblebee as shown, and this is the result.

Thanks for your time.

Brian Salemink

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