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Toggle discrete NVIDIA Optimus graphics card

Kernel module which automatically detects the required ACPI calls for two kinds of Optimus laptops for safe disabling/enabling the discrete graphics card.

Available in

OverlayNewestEbuildsLast activity
gentoo gitweb ↗ 0.8_p20211129-r1 1 13 h details ›
natinst GitHub ↗ 0.8_p20211129-r1 1 4 mo details ›
bumblebee GitHub ↗ 9999 1 3 yr details ›

Versions & arches

VersionOverlay amd64x86 Committed
9999 LIVE bumblebee follows upstream — no keywords view · download · history ↗
0.8_p20211129-r1 gentoo amd64 stable x86 stable view · download · history ↗
0.8_p20211129-r1 natinst amd64 untested x86 untested 16 mo view · download · history ↗

Use flags of 0.8_p20211129-r1

  • dist-kernel Enable subslot rebuilds on Distribution Kernel upgrades
  • modules-compress Install compressed kernel modules (if kernel config enables module compression)
  • modules-sign Cryptographically sign installed kernel modules (requires CONFIG_MODULE_SIG=y in the kernel)
  • +strip Allow symbol stripping to be performed by the ebuild for special files

Runtime dependencies of 0.8_p20211129-r1

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