On my t420 running 11.10 (oneiric), after I enabled nvidia in the bios
(as a discrete card, not optimus), jockey still can't find it:
andreas@nsn7:~$ jockey-text
Additional Drivers
Searching for available drivers...
andreas@nsn7:~$
Maybe that's what the OP meant.
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 1057 (rev a1)
(prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 21ce
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 16
Memory at f2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at 5000 [size=128]
Expansion ROM at f3080000 [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?>
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024
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Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidiafb
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[Thinkpad T420] External video inoperative with Noveau
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