If this instructions is simple, then what the problem to write it? If it hard, then why the community can't write it and help to all "lucky" users of optimus? Why it's so big secret?
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/install-nvidia-driver/
These instructions work. I used the Manual Installation back in the day. These days I just use Nouveau because there is no need to install propriety drivers since version 3.1. Since in 3.2 they fixed the display issue that was happening when they upgraded the GUI. (even though upgrading the gui in a bad way in my opinion).
There is no big secret, it's on their website.
Installing bumblebee, well, just add the repo and do the install, simple.
http://bumblebee-project.org/install.html
It's not ALWAYS the case.
Sometimes the free drivers don't have bugs and the propriety do.
You can not be sure unless you go through the source code and check it yourself and then compile it from that source code yourself for installation.
All I did was follow the instructions on the page(s).
Read the instructions on those pages carefully.
Since 18 repos aren't around on the live server any more, you need to find the archive link from fedora.
Since I'm not at home I don't have it right infront of me at the moment.
If you haven't found them by the time I get home I'll get the repos links and post them up.
But it's the same way as any other repos, so it's not hard to set up, just hard to find them since they moved them to archive/storage.
I find I only need proprietary drivers for gaming, to play like cs:go or dota2 on steam on linux. But other then that nvidia open source drivers are great on linux desktop with my gtx 650. in fact with the newer KDE I found extremely buggy with the opengl set(screen flickers, artifacts), but found open source to work perfectly and cooler then the proprietary ones. Same issue with ubuntus unity. I would assume its the same for all linux environments now. Also linux compared to my windows has always run cooler. If you have a really new graphics driver you might have problems. But if its already a year or two old man, you probably don't need to worry about it.
I mean if you have a very new *Card you might have problems. but otherwise it should run fine.
You will need:
nvidia kernel module sources (left from previous step)
kernel-devel package installed
gcc, make, etc"
Hmmmm... "nvidia kernel module sources (left from previous step)" - is it means that i need fedora18 anyway? (I thought "Manual installation" is alternative of something building.. i.e. i need build something anyway, ok). But this step have no sense:
"Build kernel package
You will need at least kernel-devel (matching your Qubes dom0 kernel)".
Because Qubes dom0 kernel have another versions: 4.1.24-10.pvops.qubes.x86_64. RPMfusion have some packages with words "pvops" and "qubes"? I think no.
"The only package you have to compile is the kernel module (but there is a ready built src.rpm package)." Where????
Fuck.. I so tired from this shit((( All instructions is "advice, advice, advice" instead of full series of "command, command, command"
lol typical linux stuff lol. so you are saying your graphics card doesn't work with the default open source driver? dam that sucks. what if you just disable one of the gpu's in the bios?
There is a 3 things:
1. Nvidia created automatic(!) technology and name it - Optimus. There is no the opportunity to disable it.
2. Torvald showed finger to Nvidia. And Nvidia did not pay much attention to the drivers for Linux.
3. MSI created laptop (which i bought) with stupid bios, which have no function "disable integrated devices". I cant disable GPU or camera or something else.
Funny, right?
oh wow never seen a bios like that, dam. I use nvidia, but I'm on a desktop using a 650 ti which is well tested with linux. Might get better help with bumblebee on fedora forums for your system. I have no experience with it, but Bumblee issues are one of the most common problems in linux help channels.