jockey doesn't detect discrete nvidia in lenovo t420 (NO OPTIMUS)

[Andreas Hasenack]

I have a T420 lenovo (hardware info attached). I selected "nvidia discrete graphics" in the BIOS, so no "optimus" is in play, and jockey won't offer me the option of using the proprietary driver. It will just say "No proprietary drivers are in use on this sytem" in a blank window.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: jockey-gtk 0.9.6-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-14.23-generic-pae 3.2.3
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-14-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Feb 6 09:15:02 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120201.2)
MachineType: LENOVO 4177CTO
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-14-generic-pae root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: jockey
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/28/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 83ET67WW (1.37 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 4177CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr83ET67WW(1.37):bd11/28/2011:svnLENOVO:pn4177CTO:pvrThinkPadT420:rvnLENOVO:rn4177CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 4177CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T420
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

I believe this is the key:
2012-02-05 18:01:29,218 DEBUG: Disabling Nvidia driver on intel/hybrid system
2012-02-05 18:01:29,218 DEBUG: NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver not available

It thinks I'm using the hybrid "optimus" mode, but I'm not.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Vertago1 (vertago1)]

This affects kubuntu 12.04 64-bit for the lenovo T430 as well.

[madbiologist (me-again)]

Optimus should be working in Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander".

[dino99 (9d9)]

Jockey has been superseded by software-properties, which now handles
third-party driver configuration.

[Vertago1 (vertago1)]

You might want to make sure it works in "software-properties" before you drop this bug.

[dino99 (9d9)]

is it still an issue ?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for software-properties (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]