Thinkpad P50 Installation Problem with Graphics

[hellyj]

Hi.
I have a new Thinkpad P50 and can't get the nouveau firmware to load and can't figure out how to switch to intel graphics. Any advice would be most welcome.
I have trolled the posts and can't find a solution to this. I cannot get the graphics to work other than in basic 640x800 mode. Here is the situation:
====================================================================== begin console output
hellyj@debian:~$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 191d (rev 06)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 13b0 (rev a2)
hellyj@debian:~$ lspci | grep^CGA
hellyj@debian:~$ dmesg | grep firmware
[ 3.436856] nouveau [ PGRAPH][0000:01:00.0] using external firmware
[ 3.438385] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load nouveau/nv117_fuc409c (-2)
[ 3.438413] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[ 3.438778] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load nouveau/fuc409c (-2)
[ 3.438803] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[ 6.790336] psmouse serio2: trackpoint: IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
hellyj@debian:~$ apt-cache search fuc409c
hellyj@debian:~$ dmesg | grep -i chipset
[ 1.617371] nouveau [ DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] Chipset: GM107 (NV117)
======================================================================= end console output
Thanks for any suggestions you may offer.
J.

[fireExit]

what's the output of

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lspci -vnn | grep '\''[030[02]\]'

[hellyj]

hellyj@debian:~$ lspci -vnn | grep '\''[030[02]\]'
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:13b0] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

[hellyj]

Frustratingly, I just installed Ubuntu 15.1 with no problems. I'll try to figure out what driver(s) it is using.

[magna]

hi,
how did everything end? did you figure out which drivers are needed to install debian on the p50?
i just bought a p50 and i'm thinking whether is better to install ubuntu or debian.

thank you!

magna.