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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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Possible to use run CUDA programs while in (Optimus) power saving mode?

My display link dock/ multi monitor setup works poorly with the Nvidia drivers, and I'd like to maximize the resources available on my GPU while running so I want to run CUDA programs while letting ...
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How To resize power indicator plus icons in Ubuntu 16.04(xfce, gnome)

I have installed prime-indicator-plus for my Optimus laptop. Unfortunately, the icon displayed is too large for the panel. How do I resize the icon?
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Nvidia prime or optimus

I am going to play some games on my laptop with Ubuntu 16.10 installed. I want to use my Nvidia 710m card but I don't know which method I may use, prime or optimus? Which one is better? Here is my ...
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with nvidia optimus, how do I tweak xorg.conf?

My thinkpad P50 has nvidia optimus. When I run it in Intel-only mode, I get bad screen tearing. I can add a file to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf which has this content: Section "Device" ...
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MSHYBRID boot on UEFI mode

I have a Clevo P65xRP notebook with a intel onboard GPU and a GTX1060 discrete GPU. After months trying to make work on UEFI and no luck with several kinds of distro's(ubuntu and all it's flavours, 16....
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System Freezes when logging in after chosing Intel iGPU in NVIDIA settings

Im on an early 2016 Razer Blade (i7-6700HQ, GTX 970M, NVME Storage) On 16.10 I installed the proprietary NVIDIA Drivers and The NVIDIA-Settings as seen in this post however every time I switch to ...
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NVIDIA drivers not working (Bumblebee and NVIDIA X Server Settings)

I already followed about 10 posts showing the same problem as mine. But all provided answers did not work. I tried to install many different nvidia-XXX drivers versions - also I have edited the ...
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16.04.2, linux-image-4.8 & nvidia 367

I have a Thinkpad P50, with optimus graphics. Under 16.04.1 generic kernel, Optimus works well (I have 3 screens working in XFCE). Knowing that 16.04.2 is around the corner with a kernel upgrade, I ...
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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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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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Suspend fails, GPU has fallen off the bus (Nvidia)

My problem is that my laptop does not wake from suspend mode. It shows me only a black screen with one sentence [1300.001615] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:07:00):79, GPU has fallen off the bus. My OS is ...
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Optimus on W520 with external DP monitor: LVDS is disconnected so no laptop panel

I have a ThinkPad W520 with ubuntu 16.04 and the Nvidia drivers, installed from Ubuntu repositories (or the PPA, the problem I have is the same with both the 367.57 and 375.20 drivers). It's a Quadro ...
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Unbind GPU while system is running

Is possible (any method) to switch between Graphics Cards while system is running? And than disabled card bind to KVM/QEMU? I have 2 GPUs (1x Intel HD 4600 and 1x NVIDIA GeForce 1060) I would like ...
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Getting nvidia Optimus to work with Ubuntu 16.04

I have recently upgraded my laptop to Ubuntu 16.04. I'm using a hp pavilion 17 laptop with a GeForce GT 740M graphics card. The Optimus technology caused all kinds of trouble on 14.04, and I never got ...
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Upgrade Xorg 1.19 on Ubuntu 16.04

The latest Xorg 1.19 has been released and it is said to solve the tearing issues with Nvidia + Intel Optimus setups. I have been struggling with that a lot and can't wait to try it. I wonder: Are ...
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Mulitmonitor Setup on Optimus Laptop stopped working after playing with Compiz Settings [Ubuntu 16.04]

I recently got a second display (HDMI) and connected it to the unused HDMI out on the laptop side by side with the old VGA display to use both simultanously as an extended display. Initially, it didnt ...
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How can I use my secondary (nvidia) graphics card

When i run lspci | egrep 'VGA|3D' I get 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09) 01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [...
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Primus: both GPUs are detected. Cuda works but OpenGl doesn't

Context: Kubuntu 14.04, Gigabyte p3 Laptop with two graphic cards : *-display description: 3D controller product: GM107M [GeForce GTX 860M] vendor: NVIDIA Corporation ...
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NVIDIA graphic card

I have a laptop with GeForce 820M and the Intel HD.but i never can make the nvidia turn on, i think, Sorry im new in ubuntu. Help me please i try to install the drivers sudo apt-get install nvidia-361....
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After upgrade, nVidia card is ON by default

After a recent update on 16.04.1, which involved the nvidia drivers, the nvidia card (optimus) is turned on by default at every boot, causing overheating. I can tell the card is on because cat /proc/...
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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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NVIDIA X Server Settings don't show PRIME Profiles

I'm a new user of Ubuntu (16.04), and i've install it in my computer recently. My PC have an Nvidia GEFORCE 920MX, but i've tried everything i could and my PC still choosing the Intel Graphics as the ...
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Dual monitors setup (embedded + external) doesn't work properly

I have very unfortunately bought a Asus Zenbook UX501 laptop. The laptop itself is very good but the Linux support is killing me (all is fine on Windows 10)... One of my big issues is the terrible ...
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Screen flickering and tearing with both intel and nvidia gpu on 16.10

These issues with multi-gpu machines on Linux are becoming extremely boring. I had 16.04 on my computer and I managed it to make it work fine with the intel card. Then I installed 16.10, huge ...
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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: 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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Optimus laptop - Chopping and stuttering videos with Intel onboard graphics and screen tearing with Nvidia graphics

I have a Clevo P640RF laptop with an Intel 6700HQ processor and an Nvidia 965M with optimus switching. After about a week's worth of arm wrestling with the laptop, I have finally managed to stabilize ...
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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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Problem with Ubuntu Startup and Graphics

I recently Bought a new laptop which is Asus N501vw Middle East Version or UX501vw! It has original Windows 10 Installed on it. I wanted to dual boot ubuntu with Windows to have them both because I ...
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Trying to get my NVIDIA optimus card working

I have a dell l502x laptop with the infamously screwed up hybrid graphics card system (NVIDIA GT540m and Integrated Intel GC) I have a freshly installed ubuntustudio 16.4.01 LTS running dual boot ...
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edited to: shutdown hangs on intel grapics on 16.04 with 4.7.2 kernel

I've got a new laptop with an i7-6700HQ, a nvidia gtx 960m and a 256gb pci ssd and everything works perfectly fine when I'm using the nvidia card. However when I'm using the intel card the system ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 - Did 'apt-get upgrade' and now Intel Graphics Driver doesn't work

I have a Optimus Laptop, MSI GS70 Stealth Pro 6QE. It comes with a Intel® HD Graphics 530 (CPU Integrated) and a Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M 3GB GDDR5. After upgrading Ubuntu 16.04 and switching from ...
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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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Where to report Ubuntu 14.04.5 nvidia-370 prime select black screen issue?

Recently I upgraded from Ubuntu 14.04.4 to 14.04.5 as my HWE stack support ran out. I'm also using ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa for latest proprietary nvidia drivers. My notebook is a Gigabyte P35W v2, ...
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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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Ubuntu 16.04 and Nvidia Prime: Pc does not shutdown

I have Ubuntu 16.04 installed together with the latest Nvidia drivers available from ppa:graphics-drivers. If I restart/shutdown the computer, then it freezes on a black screen. This happens ...
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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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Xubuntu 16.04 optimus can't disable panning and windows maximize across both monitors

I have following setup: nvidia optimus laptop (Thinkpad P50), using proprietary nvidia driver 2 screens external 1920x1080 screen connected to nvidia card (DP-3.2 in xrandr), it is positioned left ...
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Very poor graphics performance after suspend for Nvidia Optimus on Ubuntu 16.04

I see a dramatic drop in GPU graphics performance on my laptop after resume from a suspend-to-RAM. Though I notice an overall drop in performance, my benchmark that I use is running TF2 via Steam, ...
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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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Nvidia Optimus available in Ubuntu?

I have a lenovo U430p with a 730m nvidia card in it, as well as the intel HD from the motherboard. I'm not a HUGE gamer, but I do like to play. I was wondering if by now, Nvidia optimus is already ...
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high temperature after update to 16.04 LTS- Nvidia Optimus

I recently updated from Ubuntu 14 to 16.04 LTS. Since that according to 'coretemp' the temperature reaches 80 to 85°C a few minutes after i started my computer. My GPU is a Nvidia Geforce GT 540M. I ...
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nVidia prime - can't run external monitor on Asus Zenbook

I bought a new ASUS Zenbook UX501VW with Intel card + Nvidia Geforce 960M. First what I did after installation was set grub option to nouveau.modeset=0 because fans were really loud. I guess that this ...
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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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Disable Nvidia GPU on Ubuntu 16.04

I recently bought a “gaming laptop”, therefore it boards an Nvidia GPU and an Intel “GPU”. I have managed to install Ubuntu 16.04, but I have some problems with the way Ubuntu is using the GPUs. I ...
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Switching from Intel (Battery Saver) to GTX 970M doesn't work

I just installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my Alienware 17R3, and managed to get the proprietary drivers from the Additional Drivers option. However, trying to switch to the 970M from the Intel GPU using the ...
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How to make ubuntu recognize an external screen when laptop is docked during boot

Consider the following scenario: I connect my Thinkpad (with optimus) to my docking station Boot the laptop Than I want that ubuntu recognizes that the laptop is docked and that an external monitor ...
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nvidia drivers cause black screen on login on optimus laptop

I've been attempting to use caffe on my laptop and have been having problems installing the nvidia drivers (needed for the CUDA toolkit). Unfortunately after switching to nvidia drivers in the "...
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How to install sane graphics drivers for Nvidia Optimus hardware on *Ubuntu 16.04?

Can we (please) build a community summary of how to install sane graphics drivers for Nvidia Optimus hardware on *Ubuntu 16.04? I can see this becoming a recurring thing every few years. Ubuntu 16....
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