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I am almost certain my Debian 8 computer is just detecting one video card. The computer has two video cards, specifically an Intel HD Graphics 520 (integrated) and NVIDIA GeForce 940-mx (2GB).

I think only one is being detected since when I use the command lspci -k | grep -A 2 -i "VGA" it returns

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 1916 (rev 07)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 820a
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 1903 (rev 08)

and the command lspci|grep VGA returns 

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 1916 (rev 07)

When I ran the above codes the NVIDIA drivers were already supposedly installed, had download them directly from their page and installed them, since the package nvidia-detect didn't detect any video card in my computer.

Is my NVIDIA card really not being detected? how can I fix this?

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  • Update the database sudo update-pciids and try again with lspci ..
    – GAD3R
    Dec 29, 2016 at 18:32
  • Nothing changed, only downloaded something called daily snapshot
    – M.O.
    Dec 29, 2016 at 18:38
  • I will go to BIOS and check because I don't know.
    – M.O.
    Dec 29, 2016 at 18:49
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    Install the nvidia-smi package and run : sudo nvidia-smi
    – GAD3R
    Dec 29, 2016 at 19:04
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    You can use the terminal or via mail there is some examples and format here debian.org/Bugs/Reporting
    – GAD3R
    Dec 30, 2016 at 18:56

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You ought to be able to see the card even without a driver installed, could you try lspci | egrep 'VGA|3D|NVIDIA' -- if you still don't see it, I would ensure that the card is seated firmly and that any auxiliary power connectors are attached.

However, I suspect the problem is that you have a laptop with hybrid graphics. To support this it seems Bumblebee and primus seem to be required.

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  • I tried the command and it didnt appear, downloading Bumbleblee and primus as we speak. Not sure how I'd use it to install the video card though, but I will keep reading.
    – M.O.
    Dec 29, 2016 at 19:01
  • Interesting! It seems that NVIDA or "3D" should certainly appear in LSPCI if the card is present, are you certain it's physically installed?
    – marpa
    Dec 29, 2016 at 19:04
  • Yes, it is physically installed. The computer is new and when it came with Windows you could see it installed.
    – M.O.
    Dec 29, 2016 at 19:57
  • could you upload/post the output of dmesg command?
    – jsalatas
    Oct 15, 2019 at 0:48
  • If lspci does not show the card, that means the card is not even detecting as a generic PCI(e) device. It might be disabled by your BIOS settings: if there's a setting called something like "disable Optimus" or "use iGPU only", that might be disabling the NVIDIA GPU at the PCI(e) bus level.
    – telcoM
    Oct 15, 2019 at 6:04

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