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Bumblebee is a software solution trying to support nVidia Optimus laptops

Bumblebee is a solution for supporting laptops. It allows you to use the discrete nVidia card and disabling it for a longer battery life.

The project's homepage is at http://www.bumblebee-project.org/

Documentation is available at: http://wiki.bumblebee-project.org/

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NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running

I just installed CUDA in a notebook like this: sudo apt-get install cuda Like said here. The compilation works just fine but when I try to run I got the followin problem: CUDA error at file.cu:128 code=35(cudaErrorInsufficientDriver)…
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Removing Nvidia CUDA Toolkit and installing new one

I installed the CUDA 5.5 package on Ubuntu 14.04 (which is not supported for this version of Ubuntu version) , and I didn't do it well. I want to remove what I've installed earlier and install a new CUDA 6.5 toolkit, After typing this in the…
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Error loading libGL.so.1

When attempting to run various pieces of software (notably Steam and Yenka), I have come across an error similar to this: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I'm running a 64…
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How can I get nVidia CUDA or OpenCL working on a laptop with nVidia discrete card/Intel Integrated Graphics?

Background: I'm a 3D artist (as a hobby) and have recently started using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS as a dual-boot with Windows 7. It's running on my a fairly new 64-bit Toshiba laptop with an nVidia GeForce GT 540M GPU (graphics card). It also, however has…
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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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Bumblebee or Ironhide?

I have an ASUS N53S, and I am using bumblebee. I can see it from the frame rates in Tux Racer. Some people refer to Bumblebee and some to Ironhide. What is the difference?
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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 ./start.sh) Link to bumblebee Does that work with…
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How do I get HDMI output working on a Dell XPS 15 L502x?

Recently I've bought my dream's notebook, a Dell XPS 15 but since then this dream became a kind of endless nightmare. I'm almost getting crazy to make my graphic card driver work properly, but it seems to be just impossible. Yes, I have a 2GB NVIDIA…
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How to use "prime-select on-demand" in latest Kubuntu 19.10

I'm using Kubuntu 19.10 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7820HQ CPU @ 2.90GHz NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 435.21 and since Kubuntu has dropped bumblebee I was looking for another possibility to use nvidia driver per application. Thus, I came to the…
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External displays with Bumblebee

I'm trying to connect my external monitor (via VGA cable) to my laptop, using Bumblebee and the Optimus configuration. I have a Lenovo W520, with an Intel GMA HD 3000 and an Nvidia Quadro 2000M. The BIOS has three options regarding the graphic cards…
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Bumblebee: Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) No devices detected

After upgrading to 13.04, I get this error and other answers (Optirun glxgears: Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) No devices detected, 'Cannot access secondary GPU' error with Bumblebee) didn't help. dpkg -l | grep nvidia ii …
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The Bumblebee daemon has not been started yet or the socket path /var/run/bumblebee.socket was incorrect

I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 in a Intel Ivy Bridge with integrated graphics and NVidia GPU with Optimus tech, however i cant manage it to work properly. I have already passed by the solution of bumblebee project, however iam got the…
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How to install nVidia drivers with Bumblebee on Ubuntu 14.04

As the title, how can I correctly setup nvidia-optimus technology on Ubuntu?
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Garbage in primus with nvidia bumblebee on Trusty

The following appears when running optirun glxgears with primus and nvidia-331-updates configured in bumblebee.conf: This is on 14.04 Trusty Tahr, upgraded from 13.10. The application seems to run on the nvidia gpu, but doesn't display correctly as…
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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. The only problem is that i dont know if it is…
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