If you have the Nvidia Graphics Card in your laptop, you can install the Nvidia driver from your distribution (in my case Ubuntu), using following command. Open a terminal window first: $ sudo apt-get udpate <enter> $ sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia primus <enter> After that reboot, and you should have the Nvidia driver installed. … Continue reading How to install the nvidia driver on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
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Reduce overheating and improve battery backup time on Fedora 18 on Lenovo Ideapad Z580
Install Bumblebee with Nvidia driver on Fedora 18. This gives a few benefits, where you reduce overheating and get improved battery backup time. You also get to use the Nvidia Optimus graphics driver with optirun. Do the following steps: # ln -s /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf /usr/lib/modprobe.d/ <enter> # echo "blacklist nouveau" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf <enter> # dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname … Continue reading Reduce overheating and improve battery backup time on Fedora 18 on Lenovo Ideapad Z580
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