bumblebeed8

Usage

Overview

Daemon for controlling the discrete nVidia video card on Optimus systems.

-D, --daemon

run daemonized (backgrounded). Implies --use-syslog

-x, --xconf FILE

xorg.conf file to use

--xconfdir DIR

xorg.conf.d directory to use

-g, --group GROUP

allow GROUP to communicate with the daemon

--driver DRIVER

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

ModulePath to use for Xorg (only useful for nvidia)

-k, --driver-module NAME

Name of kernel module to be loaded if different from the driver

--pm-method METHOD

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

--pidfile FILE

file in which the process ID is written. An empty value disables cretion of a pidfile. Note that the file must not already exist

--use-syslog

redirect all messages to syslog

-q, --quiet, --silent

suppresses all logging messages

-v, --verbose

increase the verbosity level of log messages. It can be specified up to two times (or five if --quiet is used)

--debug

show all logging messages by setting the verbosity level to the maximum

-C, --config FILE

retrieve settings for Bumblebee from FILE

-d, --display VDISPLAY

start the Bumblebee X server on VDISPLAY. Do not confuse this option with the DISPLAY environment variable

-l, --ldpath PATH

libraries like nvidia_drv.so are searched in PATH (useful for the nvidia driver)

-s, --socket FILENAME

use FILENAME for communication with the daemon

-h, --help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit