Ubuntu – Does Ubuntu 16.04 support hybrid graphics cards (bumblebee)

16.04bumblebeehybrid

Does Ubuntu 16.04 support hybrid graphics cards?
I ask because of the support of ubuntu snappy core in Ubuntu 16.04.

I use bumblebee to start, for example a game, in better graphics quality.
(optirun ./start.sh)

Link to bumblebee

Does that work with Ubuntu 16.04?

Best Answer

I got it working after some trying (nvidia-364, from ubuntu graphics ppa).

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install nvidia-364

sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia primus linux-headers-generic

sudo systemctl enable bumblebeed

After that sudo gedit /etc/modules and add 2 lines:

i915
bbswitch

then

sudo prime-select intel

sudo gedit /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf

in line 22: Driver=nvidia

Make sure to change lines change every nvidia-current to nvidia-364 (or whatever version you have).

After that, you can safely reboot your computer.

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