BUMBLEBEED(8)

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version 3.2.1 · 5 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 BUMBLEBEED 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is bumblebeed from the System Administration Utilities corner of the manual — the bumblebee daemon itself, the little guy running the show in the background. 🐝✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bumblebeed [OPTION]...

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So basically: this is the daemon that controls the discrete nVidia video card on Optimus systems. That's the whole job. She's a background girlie and she's very good at it. 💅

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -D, --daemon — run daemonized, aka backgrounded. heads up though: this implies --use-syslog ✨
  • -x, --xconf FILE — the xorg.conf file to use
  • --xconfdir DIR — the xorg.conf.d directory to use
  • -g, --group GROUP — allow GROUP to communicate with the daemon (sharing is caring 🫶)
  • --driver DRIVER — the driver to use for the nvidia card. valid values are nouveau and nvidia. and like, this option also affects the driver section that gets used from the configuration file, so don't sleep on it
  • -m, --module-path PATH — the ModulePath to use for Xorg (only useful for nvidia)
  • -k, --driver-module NAME — name of the kernel module to be loaded, if it's different from the driver
  • --pm-method METHOD — the method used for disabling the discrete video card. valid values are auto, bbswitch, switcheroo and none. auto picks a sensible method. bbswitch (kernel module) is available for the nvidia and nouveau drivers. switcheroo (vga_switcheroo) is usually for nouveau and radeon drivers. and none disables PM completely — no cap
  • --pidfile FILE — the file the process ID gets written into. an empty value disables creation of a pidfile. ⚠️ note that the file must not already exist
  • --use-syslog — redirect all messages to syslog
  • -q, --quiet, --silent — suppresses all logging messages. silence, iconic behavior 🤫
  • -v, --verbose — increase the verbosity level of log messages. can be specified up to two times (or five if --quiet is used)
  • --debug — show all logging messages 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, i'm begging you 😭
  • -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 🦋

Found a bug? not the vibe. report it on <http://Bumblebee-Project.org/issues> 💀

Bumblebee homepage: <http://Bumblebee-Project.org/>

Copyright © 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. (she said what she said.)

and that's the whole page bestie, periodt. 🎀 this was Bumblebee 3.2.1, dated February 2026, dropping under the BUMBLEBEED(8) manual name. go off, run your daemon, and remember: background processes deserve main character energy too. 💜🌈✨

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