BUMBLEBEED(1)                    User Commands                   BUMBLEBEED(1)

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

       -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 messsages 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
       Copyright (C) 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.

Bumblebee 3.2.1                    July 2020                     BUMBLEBEED(1)