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====== Bumblebee for Nvidia Optimus Cards ====== ---- Check your hardware: <code> > lspci | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 08) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF106M [GeForce GT 555M] (rev a1) > inxi -Fxx ... Graphics: Card-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0126 Card-2: NVIDIA GF106M [GeForce GT 555M] bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0dce Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: nouveau,intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1600x900@60.00hz, 1920x1080@60.00hz GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Direct Rendering: Yes ... </code> If you have an Intel Integrated Graphics Controller along with an NVIDIA GeForce, chances are that your configuration is an NVIDIA OPTIMUS one. To clearly understand what that is [[http://www.thelinuxrain.com/articles/the-state-of-nvidia-optimus-on-linux|read this article]], which gives a clear and very understandable view of what the technology is and how it is usable on Linux. After reading this article, we'll try and install **Bumblebee** on our system. This [[https://wiki.debian.org/Bumblebee#Installation|Debian wiki page]] tells us how to complete the installation.