IMPORTANT:

Ubuntu Users:

Bumblebee has now been packaged into a PPA @ Launchpad:

https://launchpad.net/~mj-casalogic/+archive/bumblebee/

This will probably be the most up-to-date version for Ubuntu from now on...

For people currently running the script/git version please do:

sudo bumblebee-uninstall
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo ppa-purge ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mj-casalogic/bumblebee
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bumblebee


openSuSE Users:

Bumblebee has been ported to the openSuSE Build Service repository.

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Ximi1970:/bumblebee/openSUSE_11.4/

For people currently running the script/git version please do:

Cleanup your system:

sudo bumblebee-uninstall

If you have used the nVidia package option:
sudo bash NVIDIA-Linux-xxxxx-xxxx.run --uninstall

If you have used the nVidia repository (mirror) option: 
rpm -e x11-video-nvidiaG02
rpm -e nvidia-computeG02
rpm -e nvidia-gfxG02-kmp
zypper rr "nVidia Graphics Drivers (local mirror)"


Start using the bumblebee repository:

Install the nVidia repository and packages if you do not want to
use the nouveau driver:
zypper ar -f ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.4 "nVidia Graphics Drivers"
zypper install nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-`uname -r | cut -f3 -d"-"`
zypper install x11-video-nvidiaG02

Installing bumblebee:

zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Ximi1970:/bumblebee/openSUSE_11.4 "Bumblebee"
zypper install bumblebee

or just use Yast to add the repositories and packages.

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This project is containing bumblebee (Formerly known as prime-ng)..

bumblebee is Optimus support for Linux, with real offloading, and not
switchable graphics.. More important.. it works on Optimus Laptops without a
graphical multiplexer..

Bumblebee Supports: Ubuntu, Linux Mint, OpenSuSE and Fedora. More
are coming.


Arch Linux Support:

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=49469


Debian Linux Support:

https://github.com/z0rc/debumblebee


Gentoo Linux Support:

https://github.com/iegor/bumblebee-Gentoo-support


openSuSE Linux Support:

Github:
https://github.com/Ximi1970/bumblebee

Repositories:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Ximi1970:/bumblebee/openSUSE_11.3
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Ximi1970:/bumblebee/openSUSE_11.4

Unstable repositories ( build with the latest cvs, svn and git packages ):
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Ximi1970:/bumblebee-unstable/openSUSE_11.3
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Ximi1970:/bumblebee-unstable/openSUSE_11.4



The Installation should now be completely automatic...

First of all: If you have any problem... please create a bug report package
with the bumblebee-bugreport tool..

Then create an issue on github...

This project have had great succes and I need to have a way to easily manage
support problems..


Now 3D is enabled on both the Intel and the nVidia at the same time..

The Intel card is running the Desktop and the nVidia card can be used for
the thougher applications with the command "optirun32 <application>" or
"optirun64 <application>"...

So now we just need somebody to write an application for automatically
balance which applications should be run on which card.. 

Support for automatically shutting down and starting up the nVidia card has
been added in version 1.4.20 for Ubuntu. Other distributions are in
progress.

The nVidia card WILL be draining battery unless the two scripts:
/usr/local/bin/bumblebee-enablecard and /usr/local/bin/bumblebee-disablecard
are configured correctly..."

But still I think it is a good step forward...

There are several ways to start using bumblebee:

Download the .zip or .tar.gz by clicking the 'Downloads' button on the
'Source' page to a directory of your liking. Unzip or untar and run the install
script with 'sudo ./install.sh' (or 'sudo -E ./install.sh' on Fedora)

Go to the directory of your liking and:
1. git clone http://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee.git
2. cd bumblebee/
3. sudo ./install.sh (or 'sudo -E ./install.sh' on Fedora)

(The second method makes it easier to regularly update bumblebee if you're
willing to invest a little bit of time in working with git.)

I left the old releases up there in the old/ folder.. if someone needs it..

Machines Confirmed Working:

Machine					User			Distro
Alienware M11X R1			Joseph Livecchi
Alienware M11X R2			Martin Juhl		Ubuntu 11.04
Acer Aspire 5742G			Dardan
Acer Aspire 5745PG			Miguel Belmonte
Acer Aspire 8951G			Paul Hinds
Asus EeePC 1015PN			Aurelgadjo		Ubuntu 11.04 (i686/x86_64)
Asus EeePC 1215N			Ellington Santos
Asus EeePC 1215N			Fedor Indutny
Asus K52Jc				beta992
Asus K53Sv (X53Sv)			rom251
Asus N53Sv				theshadow124
Asus N53Sv/N53Sn			Ximi1970		openSuSE 11.4 (i686/x86_64)
Asus N61Jv (X64Jv)			Ted
Asus N73Jn				Sasin91
Asus N82Jv				André Ventura
Asus P31Jg				ouafnico
Asus P52Jc				Paszcza
Asus U30J				Gianni Borghesan
Asus U30Jc				paralocatucalva
Asus U30Jc				Julien-Charles		Ubuntu 10.10
Asus U31Jg				kedazo
Asus U35J				EselSaft
Asus U35Jc				Martin Yrjölä
Asus U36Jc				DeeKey
Asus U43Jc				csdaniels1221
Asus U43Jc				ArchangeGabriel		Ubuntu 11.04
Asus U53Jc				Sven Bettscheider
Asus UL30Vt				Akta
Asus UL80Vt                             Maegras			Ubuntu 11.04
Asus X52Jc				Fiox
CLEVO W150HNQ				Nix Vitae
Dell Latitude E6420			Scotchy49
Dell Vostro 3300			Peter Liedler
Dell Vostro 3400			Sunil Mujumdar
Dell Vostro 3500			Carlos
Dell Vostro 3700			andresrommier
Dell XPS 15 (L501x)			matthew85		Ubuntu 11.04
Dell XPS 15 (L502x)			Sunil Mujumdar
Dell XPS 17 L701x			Samuel Leal
Dell XPS 17 L702x			Stephen Brooks
Lenovo T410				innoscopio		Linux Mint 11
MSI-FX700                               Mrssheep
Samsung QX310				BenjaminEvenson
Samsung QX410 J01			Ben Sanders
Samsung RF511				Chuong
Samsung RF711				Tomasz Karczmarski
Toshiba Satellite M645-SP4132L		Leonard Camacho

Machines working with automatic power management of the nVidia card:

Machine					User
Alienware M11X R2                       Martin Juhl
Asus EeePC 1215n			BarzantMD
Asus P31JG                              ouafnico
Asus U43Jc				ArchangeGabriel
Dell Vostro 3500			pauloxnet
Dell XPS 15 (L501x)			matthew85
Dell XPS 15 (L502x)			rockorequin

Status updates can be found here: http://www.martin-juhl.dk or on twitter:
http://twitter.com/martinjuhl

Or join the facebook group: http://tinyurl.com/bumblebeefacebook