X11 keeps booting in failsafe mode due to xorg.conf having the nvidia set as primary GPU.

[Omega-xis]

removing the nvidia-driver and /etc/X11/xorg.conf and manually launching lightdm from the command-line solves it.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: bumblebee 3.2.1-9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Oct 21 20:56:04 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-08 (347 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=nl_NL
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: bumblebee
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-19 (2 days ago)
mtime.conffile..etc.bumblebee.xorg.conf.nouveau: 2015-10-21T20:48:11.549384
mtime.conffile..etc.bumblebee.xorg.conf.nvidia: 2015-10-21T20:48:51.188097

[Omega-xis (nieknooijens)]

also see:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2297755

every reboot results in having the following contents in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "layout"
    Screen 0 "nvidia"
    Inactive "intel"
EndSection

the intel section also displays "none" as acceleration method.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Omega-xis (nieknooijens)]

there is a workaround to this.
install the nvidia-prime package and type
"sudo prime-select intel" this will force the intel GPU.

[Christopher M. Penalver (penalvch)]

Omega-xis, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.

Could you please run the following command once from a terminal by ensuring you have the package xdiagnose installed, and that you click the Yes button for attaching additional debugging information:
apport-collect -p xorg 1508573

[Omega-xis (nieknooijens)]

hi there.

I managed to fix this by installing the nvidia-prime package and tweaking the bumblebee config files a little.
this is weird though since on previous versions of ubuntu the installation of the nvidia-prime package used to break bumblebee, but the same thing that breaks it apparently fixed it too. My Geforce GTX840M still can't run on the nvidia itself (using prime-select) but bumblebee works, so it's not a big deal anymore. Bumblebee is however broken when I put my laptop to sleep mode, since the discrete GPU is turned off but doesn't get back on again. a reboot fixes this, but that's for another bug.
Do you still need the xdiagnose information? because I will happily provide it for you since I've had so many issues with hybrid graphics before and I really want this solved once and for all! I guess vulkan will fix this soon.

[Christopher M. Penalver (penalvch)]

Omega-xis:

>"hi there. I managed to fix this by installing the nvidia-prime package and tweaking the bumblebee config files a little. this is weird though since on previous versions of ubuntu the installation of the nvidia-prime package used to break bumblebee, but the same thing that breaks it apparently fixed it too."

I'm not a bumblebee expert by any means, but perhaps at least the documentation would need to be updated to include your use case noted at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee ? What do you think?

>"My Geforce GTX840M still can't run on the nvidia itself (using prime-select) but bumblebee works, so it's not a big deal anymore."

Were you expecting it to work with nvidia itself via prime-select?

>"Bumblebee is however broken when I put my laptop to sleep mode, since the discrete GPU is turned off but doesn't get back on again. a reboot fixes this, but that's for another bug."

Yes. Please feel free to file a new report about that via a terminal:
ubuntu-bug xorg

Please feel free to subscribe me to it.

>"Do you still need the xdiagnose information? because I will happily provide it for you since I've had so many issues with hybrid graphics before and I really want this solved once and for all! I guess vulkan will fix this soon."

Anything that isn't the scope of this report, would need a separate report, one report per distinct issue.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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