Tuesday, August 30, 2016

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 Ubuntu 16.04?



I got it working after some trying (nvidia-364, from ubuntu graphics ppa).




sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install nvidia-364

sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia primus linux-headers-generic

sudo systemctl enable bumblebeed



After that sudo gedit /etc/modules
and add 2 lines:



i915
bbswitch


then



sudo prime-select intel


sudo gedit /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf


in line 22: Driver=nvidia



Make sure to change lines change every nvidia-current to nvidia-364 (or whatever version you have).



After that, you can safely reboot your computer.


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