Prime instead of bumblebee

[kenar]

Hi!
I would like to try Prime instead of Bumblebee which comes by default for nvidia in hybrid graphics.

Could you please help to make this change?

[JayM]

Just uninstall bumblebee, install primus and nvidia-settings from the MX test repository, reboot, and you should see either an Intel (or whatever your onboard video is) or an nVidia icon in the systray. Just click on that (I forget if it's right-click or left-click) and you can toggle the other card to be the default. You have to log out and in for changes to take effect.

[Stevo]

I don't think that works. Debian and MX don't have any nvidia-prime package at all. Primus isn't nvidia-prime, and you would need to switch to the nonglvnd packages anyway to have primus work at all, too.

Are you having trouble with Bumblebee?

[JayM]

You're right, Stevo, my bad. I got primus confused with prime. It's been a long time since I configured it on my laptop, which now has Windows put back on it so I don't have an example to look at anymore. Primus is just the GL app for testing Prime/Bumblebee, replacing Optirun.