NAME

       bumblebeed - bumblebee daemon

SYNOPSIS

       bumblebeed [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

       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
              supresses 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 messsages 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

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.