"the system is running in low graphics mode" i get this message when i boot my ubuntu

What is the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

OUTPUT----

 *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: GF108 [GeForce GT 630M]
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
       resources: irq:16 memory:d2000000-d2ffffff memory:a0000000-afffffff memory:b0000000-b1ffffff ioport:4000(size=128) memory:b2000000-b207ffff
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 09
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:46 memory:d4000000-d43fffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:5000(size=64)
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10
Codename: quantal
Linux hardik-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC 3.5.0-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 11 18:51:59 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

i m really sorry for replying late as i have to switch back to ubuntu and after i about 20 tries it got booted up
now i am on ubuntu

thanks

You have an Intel GPU and an Nvidia GPU (hybrid/Optimus configuration). For the correct way to install drivers and use the nvidia card, see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee

Error: need a repository as argument

Please execute the commands below and reboot.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get dist upgrade
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia linux-headers-generic

Thanks

Also this command BEFORE REBOOT

sudo nvidia-xconfig

Thanks

thanks for reply but it say

Error: need a repository as argument
in second step

Can you give here the FULL output of second step ?
Thanks

Nikth----->
sir,
i run ur command and i got following errors

Fetched 9,813 B in 45s (217 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://www.charlesproxy.com charles-proxy Release: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2

W: Failed to fetch http://www.charlesproxy.com/packages/apt/dists/charles-proxy/Release

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
E: Invalid operation dist

this error came in 2 step

full output(i.e above these error) is quite long should i paste it
i think it is ususal i get when i do
sudo apt-get update

when i run third command i get this error ::

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
nvidia-settings is already the newest version.
nvidia-settings set to manually installed.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  gnash gnash-common libasn1-8-heimdal:i386 libasound2:i386
  libatk1.0-0:i386 libavahi-client3:i386
  libavahi-common-data:i386 libavahi-common3:i386
  libboost-iostreams1.49.0 libboost-program-options1.49.0
  libboost-thread1.49.0 libcairo2:i386 libcups2:i386
  libcurl3:i386 libdatrie1:i386 libdbus-glib-1-2:i386
  libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgconf-2-4:i386
  libgconf2-4:i386 libgcrypt11:i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386
  libgnutls26:i386 libgpg-error0:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386
  libgssapi3-heimdal:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386
  libhcrypto4-heimdal:i386 libheimbase1-heimdal:i386
  libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386 libhx509-5-heimdal:i386
  libidn11:i386 libjasper1:i386 libjbig0:i386
  libjpeg-turbo8:i386 libjpeg8:i386 libk5crypto3:i386
  libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-26-heimdal:i386 libkrb5-3:i386
  libkrb5support0:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386 libnspr4:i386
  libnspr4-0d:i386 libnss3:i386 libnss3-1d:i386
  libp11-kit0:i386 libpango1.0-0:i386 libpixman-1-0:i386
  libroken18-heimdal:i386 librtmp0:i386 libsasl2-2:i386
  libsasl2-modules:i386 libsqlite3-0:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386
  libstdc++6:i386 libtasn1-3:i386 libthai0:i386 libtiff5:i386
  libwind0-heimdal:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386
  libxcb-render0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386 libxcb1:i386
  libxcomposite1:i386 libxcursor1:i386 libxdamage1:i386
  libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxft2:i386
  libxi6:i386 libxinerama1:i386 libxrandr2:i386
  libxrender1:i386 libxss1:i386
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  nvidia-current
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/cache/apt/archives/

plz reply
thanks

You see ?? Is not an error of my commands. So I asked for full terminal output..

Now give the FULL results of this command (here in Launchpad no matters how long the results are).

find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

Thanks

@hardik-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~$ find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-audio-dev-ppa-quantal.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-audio-dev/ppa/ubuntu quantal main
     2 deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-audio-dev/ppa/ubuntu quantal main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-talkplugin.list

     1 ### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
     2 # You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
     3 deb http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list

     1 ### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
     2 # You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
     3 deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/amith-ubuntutools-quantal.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/amith/ubuntutools/ubuntu quantal main
     2 deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/amith/ubuntutools/ubuntu quantal main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-sublime-text-2-quantal.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/sublime-text-2/ubuntu quantal main
     2 deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/sublime-text-2/ubuntu quantal main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-quantal.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu quantal main
     2 deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu quantal main

/etc/apt/sources.list

     1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release amd64 (20121017.5)]/ quantal main restricted
     2
     3 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
     4 # newer versions of the distribution.
     5 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main restricted
     6 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main restricted
     7
     8 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
     9 ## distribution.
    10 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates main restricted
    11 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates main restricted
    12
    13 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    14 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    15 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    16 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal universe
    17 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal universe
    18 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates universe
    19 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates universe
    20
    21 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    22 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    23 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    24 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    25 ## security team.
    26 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal multiverse
    27 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal multiverse
    28 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates multiverse
    29 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates multiverse
    30
    31 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    32 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    33 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    34 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    35 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    36 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    37 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    38
    39 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted
    40 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted
    41 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
    42 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
    43 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse
    44 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse
    45
    46 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    47 ## 'partner' repository.
    48 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
    49 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    50 # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner
    51 # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner
    52
    53 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
    54 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
    55 deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
    56 deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
    57 deb http://www.charlesproxy.com/packages/apt/ charles-proxy main

i hope this was what u wanted :(

Run below command . BE AWARE that below command is ONE command . If appears like TWO LINES , copy-paste both lines as ONE command to your terminal.

sudo sed 's/deb http:\/\/www.charlesproxy.com\/packages\/apt\/ charles-proxy main//' -i /etc/apt/sources.list

Then run reboot your system and then run below commands one by one.

sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings
sudo nvidia-xconfig

Reboot one more time...
and then run below commands

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia linux-headers-generic

And reboot one more time.

SORRY for multiple reboots , but I want to be sure that no other program runs when you apply above commands.

Thanks

@NikTh: I don't think the user should run the "sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings" command. That will incorrectly install the nvidia driver directly. If you have an Optimus system, you just install bumblebee-nvidia package and it will install the nvidia driver (correctly) for you.

okhay
one of my problem has been solved now don't get any more error messages on booting my laptop
but the screen resolution is still low.
my screen has shrunken up as mentioned in my question
please help me solve this problem all

thanks

also when i login this thing pop out

Could not apply the stored configuration for monitors

none of the selected modes were compatible with the possible modes:
Trying modes for CRTC 63
CRTC 63: trying mode 640x480@60Hz with output at 1366x768@60Hz (pass 0)
CRTC 63: trying mode 640x480@60Hz with output at 1366x768@60Hz (pass 1)
Trying modes for CRTC 64
CRTC 64: trying mode 640x480@60Hz with output at 1366x768@60Hz (pass 0)
CRTC 64: trying mode 640x480@60Hz with output at 1366x768@60Hz (pass 1)

Dual GPUs are a total headache. I suspect you will have a tonne of issues with this. The technology is best avoided.

Hmmm... @Dave Lentz I'm not aware of that. Actually I thought that Nvidia proprietary driver is like a dependency for bumblebee to installed correctly.
And what if a user have already nvidia driver installed ? He/She must uninstall the nvidia driver and install it through bumblebee ?
Have a read on bumblebee troubleshooting => https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/Troubleshooting

@hardik juneja Try the following commands please

sudo apt-get purge nvidia*
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
sudo apt-get install nvidia-experimental-310 nvidia-settings-experimental-310
sudo nvidia-xconfig

Then reboot again..

Thanks

Also in bumblebee troubleshooting mentions that nvidia's xorg.conf is not compatible with Optimus technology , so if above commands not work .. then try the below commands

sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
sudo reboot

2nd command will reboot your system.

Thanks

>> And what if a user have already nvidia driver installed ? He/She must uninstall the
>> nvidia driver and install it through bumblebee ?

From, what I've seen, if you install it without having bumblebee set it up, it won't work (maybe because the Ubuntu package sets up a custom xorg.conf as you pointed out).

@actionparsnip: plenty of users have working Optimus systems with Bumblebee. Telling a user to avoid certain hardware after the fact when it usually can be made to work (and then marking that comment as the "Answer") is probably not a good idea..

hey

it solved my major problem now i don't get any message on booting up also my screen has been restored

but now my i have lost my side bar and above taskbar

i solved this problem earlier by removing nvidia-current driver...

what to do now how to restore my sidebar and upper taskbar.

thanks

Let us see what you have now...
Open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and post back here the results

dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia
dpkg -l | grep -i bumblebee
ls /etc/X11/

Thanks

hardik@hardik-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia

ii bbswitch-dkms 0.4.2-2~quantalppa1 all Interface for toggling the power on nVidia Optimus video cards
ii bumblebee 3.0.1-3~quantalppa2 amd64 nVidia Optimus support
ii nvidia-experimental-310 310.14-0ubuntu1 amd64 Experimental NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library
ii nvidia-settings-experimental-310 310.14-0ubuntu1 amd64 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver

hardik@hardik-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i bumblebee
ii bumblebee 3.0.1-3~quantalppa2 amd64 nVidia Optimus support

hardik@hardik-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~$ ls /etc/X11/
app-defaults xinit Xresources
core xkb Xsession
cursors xorg.conf.backup Xsession.d
default-display-manager xorg.conf-backup-130104002943 Xsession.options
fonts xorg.conf.failsafe XvMCConfig
fs xorg.conf.nvidia-xconfig-original Xwrapper.config
rgb.txt Xreset
X Xreset.d

hardik@hardik-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo cp /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf /etc/bumblebee/old.bumblebee.conf
[sudo] password for hardik:
hardik@hardik-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo rm /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
hardik@hardik-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~$
hardik@hardik-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/55.5 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 165572 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace bumblebee 3.0.1-3~quantalppa2 (using .../bumblebee_3.0.1-3~quantalppa2_amd64.deb) ...
bumblebeed stop/waiting
Unpacking replacement bumblebee ...
Preparing to replace bumblebee-nvidia 3.0.1-3~quantalppa2 (using .../bumblebee-nvidia_3.0.1-3~quantalppa2_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement bumblebee-nvidia ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up bumblebee (3.0.1-3~quantalppa2) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
bumblebeed start/running, process 15460
Setting up bumblebee-nvidia (3.0.1-3~quantalppa2) ...
bumblebeed stop/waiting
bumblebeed start/running, process 15514
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-21-generic
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

hardik@hardik-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~$ echo $DESKTOP_SESSION
ubuntu

hardik@hardik-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~$ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p
Error: GLX is not available on the system

hey
i think its solved
completely solved :)

Thanks NikTh, that solved my question.

Hi All,
       I am having similar problem in my dekstop
configuration:
running ubuntu 12.10 (upgraded from 12.04) on
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU
In-build graphics card
Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics Device

NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX650 Ti

result of sudo lshw -C display
----------------------------------------
 *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: NVIDIA Corporation
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
       resources: irq:16 memory:f6000000-f6ffffff memory:e8000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:f7000000-f707ffff

lsb_release -a
-------------------------
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10
Codename: quantal

uname -a
------------------
Linux dynamics 3.5.0-23-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 24 13:15:40 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I have installed nvidia-experimental-310 nvidia-settings-experimental-310 bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia
and rebooted the system as stated in the earlier comments in this thread. However, when rebooted it it says "system is running in lower graphics mode"

The dmesg log has the following errors

[ 13.425890] init: bumblebeed main process (1052) terminated with status 1
[ 13.425905] init: bumblebeed respawning too fast, stopped
[ 14.010584] init: alsa-restore main process (977) terminated with status 99
[ 15.034884] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 49 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 15.136772] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 49 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 15.137083] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 15.137265] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 16.135042] init: udev-fallback-graphics main process (1298) terminated with status 1
[ 16.210385] init: gdm main process (1319) killed by TERM signal
[ 20.455656] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (1656) terminated with status 1
[ 20.498475] init: lightdm main process (1332) terminated with status 1
[ 20.883813] NVRM: GPU at 0000:01:00: GPU-902d23e1-0e9b-fc2d-94d2-726b528dc032

what should I do next?
Please help!
If you need any other information let me know!
Thanks in advance.
Rajib