xenial (1) bumblebeed.1.gz

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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 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

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs on <http://Bumblebee-Project.org/issues>
       Bumblebee homepage: <http://Bumblebee-Project.org/>

       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.