[2024-feb-29] Sad news: Eric Layton aka Nocturnal Slacker aka vtel57 passed away on Feb 26th, shortly after hospitalization. He was one of our Wiki's most prominent admins. He will be missed.
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howtos:hardware:nvidia_optimus [2014/05/12 13:44 (UTC)] – tommyc | howtos:hardware:nvidia_optimus [2014/10/09 07:03 (UTC)] – Added automated installer info. tommyc | ||
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==== Installing Bumblebee ==== | ==== Installing Bumblebee ==== | ||
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+ | === The Automated Way === | ||
+ | There is a new, automated way of installing Bumblebee thanks to Slacker: Ryan McQuen. | ||
+ | <note warning> | ||
+ | If you have modified the SlackBuilds in any way, this script may not be for you.</ | ||
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+ | You can run this as root: | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | curl https:// | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | Alternatively you can download the script and run it as root on your system directly. | ||
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+ | This script detects multilib, creates the necessary group, adds users and applies the necessary / | ||
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+ | It also uses upgradepkg' | ||
+ | === The Manual Way === | ||
=== Getting the SlackBuilds === | === Getting the SlackBuilds === | ||
A fellow Slacker, jgeboski, originally provided SlackBuilds that mostly follow the [[http:// | A fellow Slacker, jgeboski, originally provided SlackBuilds that mostly follow the [[http:// | ||
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<note warning> | <note warning> | ||
- | Some nvidia driver versions are incompatible with certain kernel versions and vice versa (some kernel versions are incompatible with some nvidia driver versions). | + | Some nvidia driver versions are incompatible with certain kernel versions and vice versa (some kernel versions are incompatible with some nvidia driver versions) |
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