better solution than bumblebee?

Question

i am using ubuntu 12.04 LTS kernel 3.2.x

i was having overheating issues with the nvidia graphics card.

I installed the bumblebee project for a temporary solution. As a result i have to manually turn on the graphics support using optirun.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia

Is there a tweak to avoid heating and be able to use the graphics card like we do in windows?

Answer 1

Bumblebee is the tweak.

NVIDIA have chosen to not support it, and so that's the best you're going to get for now, unfortunately.

Answer 2

Turn off the graphics card from BIOS
I am also using ubutnu 14.04LTS. Heating problem is almost all linux os has for those laptop having two graphics (integrated and dedicated like nvidia).
So,
The solution is turn off the graphics card from BIOS setting. This works for me and gives almost 3.5 hours battery backup and no more heating.

Tell me if it works for U.