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I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 with Optirun/Primusrun installed, and I'm experiencing a lot of Xorg crashes (Both in Unity and Gnome 3.8), and I want to install the Nvidia drivers, as I'm currently using the standard Intel drivers.

Is it safe for me to install the nvidia drivers through their installer? or is it better to install them through apt-get?

And what do I do if it fails to boot?

Extra info:

GPU: Intel/Nvidia Geforce 520MX (Optimus Card)

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You can try Bumblebee driver.

Here is how to install bumblebee:

Quoting from Bumblebee on Ubuntu Wiki

You need to open your terminal and enter the commands below.

If on 12.04.3, replace linux-headers-generic with linux-headers-generic-lts-raring.

  1. (not needed for 13.10 Saucy and newer) 

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable

  2. Enable the Universe and Multiverse repositories (for bumblebee and nvidia packages respectively).

  3. sudo apt-get update

  4. Install Bumblebee using the default proprietary nvidia driver:

    sudo apt-get install bumblebee virtualgl linux-headers-generic
  5. Reboot

Now you have to install Bumblebee GUI to manage apps to be opened using nVidia. Here is the instructions from How to install Bumblebee-UI (GUI) in Ubuntu 12.04

  • Install Git: 

    sudo apt-get install git

  • Make a directory for git:

    mkdir git
cd git

  • Check out the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/bumblebee-ui.git
cd bumblebee-ui
sudo ./INSTALL

  • Go to Startup Applications and add /usr/local/bin/bumblebee-indicator

Now reboot again.

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