NAME
bumblebeed - bumblebee daemon
SYNOPSIS
bumblebeed [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
Daemon for controlling the discrete nVidia video card on Optimus systems.
- -D, --daemon
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run daemonized (backgrounded). Implies --use-syslog
- -x, --xconf FILE
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xorg.conf file to use
- --xconfdir DIR
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xorg.conf.d directory to use
- -g, --group GROUP
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allow GROUP to communicate with the daemon
- --driver DRIVER
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the driver to use for the nvidia card. Valid values are nouveau and nvidia. This option also effects the driver section that will be used from the configuration file
- -m, --module-path PATH
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ModulePath to use for Xorg (only useful for nvidia)
- -k, --driver-module NAME
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Name of kernel module to be loaded if different from the driver
- --pm-method METHOD
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method to use for disabling the discrete video card, valid values are auto, bbswitch, switcheroo and none. auto selects a sensible method, bbswitch (kernel module) is available for nvidia and nouveau drivers, switcheroo (vga_switcheroo) is usually for nouveau and radeon drivers and none disables PM completely
- -q, --quiet, --silent
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supresses all logging messages
- -v, --verbose
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increase the verbosity level of log messages. It can be specified up to two times (or five if --quiet is used)
- --debug
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show all logging messsages by setting the verbosity level to the maximum
- -C, --config FILE
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retrieve settings for Bumblebee from FILE
- -d, --display VDISPLAY
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start the Bumblebee X server on VDISPLAY. Do not confuse this option with the DISPLAY environment variable
- -l, --ldpath PATH
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libraries like nvidia_drv.so are searched in PATH (useful for the nvidia driver)
- -s, --socket FILENAME
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use FILENAME for communication with the daemon
- -h, --help
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display this help and exit
- --version
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output version information and exit
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs on <http://Bumblebee-Project.org/issues>
Bumblebee homepage: <http://Bumblebee-Project.org/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2011 The Bumblebee Project License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.