If you’ve got an Nvidia Optimus graphics card, then you might have found it hard to get it working with the latest Ubuntu release. The project Bumblebee offers a way to run games and programs using your Nvidia card.
To install, add their PPA, like so:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
Then:
sudo apt-get update
And finally, to install Bumblebee, and the proprietary Nvidia driver:
sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia
After installing, reboot or re-login.
A good way to test that the install was completed successfully is to use glxspheres.
Run glxspheres without calling on your Nvidia card:
glxspheres
Now, try running it with your Nvidia card:
optirun glxspheres
To run a game, or any other program you’d like to use with your Nvidia graphics card, just append ‘optirun’ to the front of its command.
Hope this helped you!
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