ok did wat was said by Yoda yjis is what I got, also having issues with some plugins not loading but I'll ask someome else
:~$ lshw -c video
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: HD Graphics 500
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 0d
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:131 memory:90000000-90ffffff memory:80000000-8fffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user.

I saw no way to reply directly to the thread

The subject line and your intent are unclear here. Please post to Bugs if you are having an issue, and please describe what your issue, situation, hardware and OS are.

This laptop has Intel graphics, not Nvidia - why do you think that it does? I'm not Yoda, but I think the next step would be to post the output from the "lspci | grep VGA" to make sure you are not running from the wrong card, although if you had an Nvidia card, and the drivers installed then the output above should have listed it.

Did you buy laptop with Nvidia graphics specifically or did you just type the model number into google and see other laptop of the same model that have them? Some manufacturers make the same models, with and without discrete graphics, but they do not change the model number.

This bit: bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 - makes me think you are indeed using the wrong card; if you actually have an "optimus" or "hybrid" laptop, you will get better mileage under Windows (which you can download and install for free from Microsoft - just click "i dont have a product key" and then you can use it for free) - I doubt even the mighty Yoda can get Optimus graphics working properly under Linux (but that link will give you a good staring point) - put it this way, on Windows all you need to do is set your power management to always use the discrete card.

BTW Whistler, the linked thread that is the title seems to explain this, did you open it?

Like Sub said, we need the output from the command lspci | grep VGA - the output you have posted shows only 1 GPU active and it isn't an Nvidia card.

If you only see the line: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
Then your laptop only has Intel graphics, and we can work from there BUT

If you also see the line: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device then you have an optimus setup, which varies between manufacturer on how hard it is to use. On my laptop I actually took Subs advice and went back to Windows, as I got tired of getting everything working sweet just for a driver update or kernel update taking me back to square one.

If I forced the laptop to use just the Nvidia card I got bad screen tearing and the laptops tempratures are through the roof
If I use bumblebee to launch apps on the 3D card, I had problems switching back to X after the game exited (and the screen tearing was present) and if I used the Nouveau + PRIME option, my graphics are actually worse than running on the Intel GPU alone, basically these laptops are bad choices for Linux (especially a new Linux user, I've been using Linux since Redhat 6, and this gave me headache), but they are a nightmare to keep working even if you do sort it out.

But yeah, sad fact is, you are probably better downloading W10 and just not activating it if you dont have an old 7/8/10 product key (all work on 10, just needs to match edition).

[Edit]

I've just done a bit of digging around as it has been a year or more since I had a Linux running on that laptop and it seems the screen tearing problem I had with 3D applications has been fixed in a recent kernel update. If that is the case, I would strongly recommend using PRIME with the Nouveau driver (if supported), or bumblebee and the proprietary to run 3D applications, as this method keeps both cards active, but does require you to run 3D applications from the commandline to enable 3D (by typing prime-run or bumblebee before a command, example $ prime-run ~/bin/vendetta to launch vo on the nvidia card)

If you need more information on getting this running, the link Ohm provided is a good start, even if you don't run Arch. With all that said, these chipsets are not the best place to start on Linux and if you are a new Linux user then you will probably have a harder time than on any other hardware combo! I'd strongly recommend using Windows on any Optimus enabled laptop, and I strongly hate Windows (that should give a hint to how hard getting this simple thing right is!)