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I have lenovo y510p with nvidia optimus(one intel hd 4600 and one gtx755m). i have fresh install kubuntu 15.04 and i can't get bumblebee work... Always finish with black screen and formatting the hdd. I use this guide: http://rajat-osgyan.blogspot.com/2015/03/how-to-install-bumblebee-on-ubuntu.html

But command primusrun glxinfo | grep OpenGL always return error. I try it 15+ time, but still can't make it work. Do you have a other good tutorial, how to do it. I use linux from 2 years as my workstation, but in home i'm still on windows and i wanna change that.

chilltouch
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First undo everything that you did from the guide you linked to in your question, including uninstalling all the packages that you installed by following the guide and undoing the edits to files that you edited. Uninstall the Nvidia proprietary graphics driver and reboot the computer.

Open the terminal and type: 

sudo apt install nvidia-346 nvidia-settings nvidia-prime
sudo reboot

Nvidia Prime is a more up to date replacement for Bumblebee. Using Nvidia graphics drivers with initial Optimus support in Ubuntu is easier with Nvidia Prime. Nvidia Prime is not supported on some older models of laptops, however it is supported on the Lenovo IdeaPad Y510p laptop.

After the computer reboots, you will be able to switch between NVIDIA (Performance Mode) and Intel (Power Saving Mode) graphics from the NVIDIA Settings utility.

karel
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This worked for me:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-346 nvidia-settings nvidia-prime
sudo reboot
Daanish Arif
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I somehow had 2 bbswitch versions installed at the same time even affter purging all nvidia packages. You can check this with dkms status and do an apt-get purge bbswitch.

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