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Ubuntu* OS Unable to Detect Intel® Integrated Graphic Processing Unit (iGPU) and Dedicated Graphic Processing Unit (GPU)

Content Type: Troubleshooting | Article ID: 000089382 | Last Reviewed: 03/09/2026

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Description

Connected dedicated GPU to a Ubuntu desktop.
When changed Primary Display to dedicated GPU or Auto from BIOS, Ubuntu failed to detect iGPU.
When changed Primary Display to iGPU from BIOS, Ubuntu failed to detect dedicated GPU.

Upgrade to the latest version of Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ Toolkit
Install a supported Ubuntu version and kernel (recommended minimum kernels):
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: kernel 6.6 (default)
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: kernel 5.15 (default)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: kernel 5.4 (default)
Verify the running kernel version:
uname -r
Install the recommended driver for the dedicated GPU.
Install the recommended driver for Intel iGPU via the following options:
Option 1: System package manager
Option 2: Manual Download
Option 3: Install Intel® Graphics Compute Runtime (OpenCL/Level Zero) packages from Intel releases (example procedure is provided per release)
For newer Intel client GPUs, follow Intel’s guidance to select an appropriate Ubuntu release and kernel level (examples include kernel 6.8+ for Ubuntu 24.04 and kernel 5.15+ for Ubuntu 22.04)
Reboot after kernel/driver installation and confirm both GPUs are detected:
lspci | grep -E "VGA|3D"

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