NVIDIA Optimus on Debian 8.0 Jessie, Question

[us3rnotfound]

I'm following this guide for installing Bumblebee on my new Debian install:
https://wiki.debian.org/Bumblebee#Installation

So the line:

sudo apt-get install bumblebee-nvidia primus

would result in an error saying that the package may not be available anymore.

But, when I run this line:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install bumblebee-nvidia primus primus-libs:i386

it works now! Did I unknowlingly add a PPA repository to my sources.list or what happened? I'm not sure why it works now but it does.

 

[Jodell88]

Are you using 32bit or 64bit?

 

[us3rnotfound]

64bit. Now just boots to command line so need to figure this out. Will try this guide http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=110314. I have a gt650m as well so it may work. Fingers crossed.

 

[us3rnotfound]

Well now I'm just using Linux Mint 17.1 and loving it. Bumblebee worked the first time around. I guess I'm just not adept enough to use Debian.

 

[us3rnotfound]

And I can't get nvidia optimus (package named bumblebee) to work on Steam games. I guess this is why I usually end up abandoning Linux, not because I'm a loser but because I'd need to be one to get this shit perfect :/.

 

[Jodell88]

Look at the link for instructions of how to set up optimus for steam.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.ph...custom_commands.2C_such_as_Bumblebee.2FPrimus

 

[us3rnotfound]

I pushed my luck a few days ago, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS was rock solid, but then I tried an in place upgrade and that didn't work, so I went to Debian, followed by Mint 17.1. I think I will go back to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and be happy.