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Bumblebee is a software solution trying to support nVidia Optimus laptops

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Bumblebee Nvidia Drivesrs

Actually I am new to Linux. Currently I using Ubuntu 15.10 on my Lenovo Y50-70 with Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M graphics driver installed. I've installed the required graphics drivers from Additional ...
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Nvidia with Bumblebee installation for 16.04

Are there any I struction for installing Nvidia and Bumblebee on 16.04? I'm trying to do a cleans install but all the procedures I've found end in a state where Ubuntu boot to low graphics mode and if ...
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Cannot switch off discrete video card with properity drivers and Bumblebee/Prime on Ubuntu 14.04

I have an Optimus laptop. I'll be running some heavy simulations so I need to use my discrete Nvidia GPU with properity drivers. And since using Nvidia GPU for everything wastes too much power, I need ...
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How do I get Bumblebee & primus to work?

I'm currently using a Lenovo Z40 running on NVIDIA GeForce GT820m GPU. It's currently running on nvidia-378 drivers. I used this guide to get it to work, but, unfortunately, it wouldn't.
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No display on laptop screen when using nvidia prime

I'm running nvidia drivers 367.57 on a precision 5510 (Quadro M1000M + skylake). It's connected to an external monitor via Displayport through a Dell D3100 dock. I'm running Ubuntu 16.10 with kernel 4....
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Bumblebee Overheating [closed]

My laptop Samsung RF411(Geforce 540M) is overheating when i run optirun glxspheres the temperature of the core jumps to 97C and the GPU to 72C and after some minuties the computer shutdown. An ...
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Optimus not working on a EEE 1015pn after 16.04

while there are a couple answered and unanswered issues similar to mine none of them quite fit my problem (or their solutions didn't work for me). My issue: Using bumblebee I had no issues using ...
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Bumblebee: [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE)

There are many similar errors on here, but none quite seemed to match my issue. [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) I have PRIME running, and I can use the PRIME profile to ...
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Running Steam and Dota 2 with primus

I wished to run my steam with bumblebee but faced a problem: when I try to run steam using primusrun, I get segfault. Anything else also doesn't run with primus. Here's an example of running primusrun ...
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Module 'nvidia-361' is not found

I tried to install my graphics card on my ASUS G552VW-DM475T which is an intel Core i7-6700HQ (+intel graphic 520) and a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M without success (for about 5 days). The last thing that ...
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Do I need to install Bumblebee for Hybrid Graphics system to enable Optimus on Ubuntu 16.04?

I am asking this question because I have found articles basically saying that some computers have enabled Optimus technique with some propriatory graphics drivers, for example this one from Ubuntu ...
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Bumblebee not disabeling NVIDIA

I installed bumblebee to save some battery on my laptop. It works very well. When I boot the computer cat /proc/acpi/bbswitch says OFF. When i run an application with primusrun, cat /proc/acpi/...
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Can't stop nvidia module from loading

I'm trying to use my nvidia card for compute-only on Ubuntu 16.04, Dell Precision 5510. However, since updating to 16.04, it doesn't work at all. So I followed this guide to try and get it working ...
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Why do I get low FPS while gaming?

I just updated to Ubuntu 16.04 from Windows 10. I liked it a lot but the thing is that i get low fps while gaming. ex. CS:GO win10 = 200 ubuntu = 15-20 Why is this happening? I tried to download ...
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How to fix battery problems in Ubuntu 16.04 Acer Laptop with 940 MX?

My laptop used to get 12 hours of battery life in Windows. I'm getting only 2-3 in Ubuntu. Windows had software that would shut off the gpu unless it was required, however I don't think that Ubuntu ...
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Optimus Nvidia not working anymore (ubuntu 14.04)

After a recent automatic security update (Ubuntu 14.04), none of my games using the nvidia driver (I have a laptop with optimus/bumblebee/nvidia) does not work anymore. I don't use the "dangerous" ...
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bumblebee: X did not start properly

Bumblebee doesn't work, without giving me any clear error message other than "X did not start properly". Here is the result of optirun -vvv glxgears : [19243.370955] [DEBUG]Reading file: /etc/...
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Bumblebee/primus on 16.04 - Nvidia 650M

I updated from using Bumblebee/primus on 14.04 LTS where everything worked, to a fresh install of 16.04 and it seems like bit of a trainwreck. My machine boots correctly, just not actually using the ...
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How Do I Get optirun to Work on 16.04?

I am running Xubuntu 16.04 on my Acer Aspire E5-573G laptop, which apparently uses Optimus and doesn't have a BIOS option to switch between integrated and discreet graphics. I followed this answer to ...
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Bumblebee optirun appears to depend on Intel

I have a Lenovo T420 with Intel and Nvidia graphics. On upgrade to Ubuntu Saucy, I had to purge and reinstall bumblebee-nvidia to get beyond optirun failing to find a GPU driver. Now, "optirun ...
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Does Ubuntu 16.04 support hybrid graphics cards (bumblebee)

Does Ubuntu 16.04 support hybrid graphics cards? I ask because of the support of ubuntu snappy core in Ubuntu 16.04. I use bumblebee to start, for example a game, in better graphics quality. (optirun ...
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Ubuntu 16.04.1 bumblebee mouse module

When i try to run: primusrun glxgears I get the following error: primus: fatal: Bumblebee daemon reported: error: [XORG] (EE) Failed to load module "mouse" (module does not exist, 0) I tried to ...
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Fixed fans by update GPU drivers, broke everything else by installing and/or removing bumblebee

New Linux user here, and I'm already breaking everything. So I installed KDE neon. First problem I had was my fans running at full speed constantly. I don't remember what I did exactly, I believe I ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 : Nvidia couldn't find registry key file

I am on Ubuntu 16.04 with Nvidia 940M. I have installed nvidia-prime, bumblebee and the nvidia drivers (370). On using the command nvidia-settings, I get: ** Message: PRIME: Requires offloading ** ...
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How to install Nvidia 319.12 driver on an optimus system

I have a Samsung NP550 system with Nvidia Geforce GT650M. I have installed bumblebee 3.2.1 and "nvidia-304, 304.88, 3.8.0-19-generic" drivers are loaded for me. However I would like to update to ...
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How to install Nvidia drivers on Dell Latitude laptop - Ubuntu 16.04

After upgrading from Ubuntu 15.10 to 16.04.1, both 64 bit, I got stuck in an infinite login loop - every time I logged in on lightdm, after logging in the screen would go black and then come back to ...
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Bumblebee build kernel module

I've had nvidia-prime together with prime-indicator working when I first set it up. A few days ago I've installed kernel 4.7; after doing this, I noticed that prime-indicator was showing the nvidia ...
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Bumblebee on Asus Zenbook UX303LB

About a week ago, I bought a new laptop (Asus Zenbook UX303LB). I immediately threw out the included Windows installation and installed Ubuntu 15.04 (later upgraded to 15.10, and also reinstalled at ...
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Bumblebee not working on Ubuntu 16.04 (nvidia-304)

Thanks for reading. I've had ubuntu 14.04 for years, and bumblebee with nvidia-304 worked pretty fine. Now i'm switching to 16.04 and i've found that I cant run bumblebee with the nvidia-304 driver (...
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Nvidia Prime suddenly stopped working

I installed clean Kubuntu 16.04 on my new laptop two weeks ago. Asus Zenbook UX501VW, Intel HD Graphiscs 520 Skylake + Geforce 960M. Then installed nvidia prime (nvidia-367) next to bumbelebee (I know ...
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Optirun Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] Invalid argument for -config

I am experiencing a weird issue with bumblebee. I have installed bumblebee-nvidia with nvidia-364. Bumblebeed starts, but when I try to connect with optirun, optirun reports: [ 1225.971452] [ERROR]...
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Why does vblank_mode improve framerate drastically in benchmarks?

I am messing around trying to find the best graphics solution for my Laptop with Optimus Nvidia. (ASUS K55VD) I've got bumblebeed running and i use optirun when i want to improve graphics performance....
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Why is primusrun slower than optirun?

Could someone please explain these results? Is primusrun too smart for glxspheres and simply not doing extra work? ...:~$ glxspheres Polygons in scene: 62464 Visual ID of window: 0xaf Context is ...
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Ubuntu doesn't load after installing Bubmblebee - Lenovo Thinkpad e520

I followed this link https://sagark.org/optimal-ubuntu-graphics-setup-for-thinkpads/ to install bumblebee. After getting it, I restarted my system. But after BIOS I cannot continue to the system, but ...
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overheating of GPU(Nvidia gefore 920m) and degraded battery life

i have dell inspiron-5558(i5-5200;8GB DRR3 RAM;4GB Nvidia-Geforce 920M as well intel HD graphics) and i am using Ubuntu 16.04LT in my windows i had a battery life of around 4-5 hours reading pdf but ...
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acpi=off needed when BIOS graphics mode is switchable

I just flashed my laptops bios to newest version and now I have the option to define how i'd like to set my graphic mode. I have the option to check "integrated" and "switchable". The difference seems ...
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I have problem using optirun

I run optirun -vv glxgears got [ 649.857041] [DEBUG]Reading file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf [ 649.857239] [INFO]Configured driver: nvidia [ 649.857327] [DEBUG]optirun version 3.2.1 ...
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No - error: Could not load GPU driver; Cannot access secondary GPU - error: Could not load GPU driver

My notebook specs: CPU: Intel Core i5 3230m RAM: 4gb 1600mhz I have 2 GPUs: 1st: Intel HD 4000 2nd: Nvidia GT 720m Today, I installed bumblebee and Nvidia 331 driver. The install was ...
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bumblebee ubuntu 15.04

I'm trying to get bumblebee to work running Ubuntu 15.04. I've followed this guide to get to the point I am now, but I'm getting an error that I couldn't even google the way out of it. This is what I ...
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Steam for Ubuntu 16.04

I'm a new member of Ubuntu 16.04. I installed Steam to Play Cs:Go but it's running with intel GPU. I installed bumblebee but it's not working i guess. So, should i install 14.04 or is there any ...
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Kubuntu 16.04 + Bumblebee Failed to load module "mouse" (module does not exist, 0)

I upgraded Kubuntu from 15.10, installed bumblebee-nvidia nvidia-364 optirun glxgears is working, but i can't run any game with steam juin 18 15:15:10 kwaadpepper-pc bumblebeed[31999]: [ 1258.527072]...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Nvidia Optimus Bumblebee error

I know that in Ubuntu 14.04 there exists nvidia-prime for Nvidia Optimus, but I don't like it and neither am I able to get it work. After upgrading from Ubuntu 12.04 everything crashed, and I made a ...
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Screen flickering

I have an MSI GS60 with an intel broadwell i7-5700HQ CPU and hybrid graphics (nvidia GTX ‎970‎M). The screen flickers so badly as shown in this video (seconds 0:03 and 0:08): https://www.youtube.com/...
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Driver for NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 640M]

I'm using Dell Inspiron 14R SE 7420 laptop which has dual / hybrid graphic card. $ lspci | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (...
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How to: Bumblebee with NVidia GeForce GTX 950M, with NVidia's proprietary drivers (anyone confirm it works)?

I have a laptop with a discrete NVidia GeForce GTX 950M graphics card. I installed Ubuntu and am using the proprietary NVidia drivers (had to boot with nomodeset first to install those). That is, only ...
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Run a program with optirun by default (Bumblebee)

I'm trying to run Minecraft on my GeForce card (with Optimus, bumblebee is installed), but without having to type the command in the console every time I want to open it. How can I configure ...
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Bumblebee with LD_LIBRARY_PATH and ModulePath empty

I've been struggling with this problem for quite a time. I just upgraded my xubuntu to 16.04 and my nvidia drivers broke again. So, as usual, I had to uninstall all nvidia drivers (I was using nvidia-...
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How to set up nVidia Optimus/Bumblebee in 14.04

The previous methods i have used to set up Bumblebee on 13.10 based distributions is not working under Ubuntu 14.04 . How can I set up Bumblebee and Bumblebee GUI in Ubuntu 14.04 ?
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Inspiron 7559 not shutting down 16.04 Gnome

So far tried 4.5 kernel that did nothing, nvidia drivers stops me from booting with black screen, bumblebee hangs while installing, enabled preliminary support that did nothing aswell, tried with/out ...
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Restoring monitors.xml file

I was following @Alex's answer about my other question. My GPU is GeForce GT 540M. I installed bumblebee and bumblebee-nvidia packages. And reboot, i get this error : none of the selected modes ...

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