I am running a trident blade 3d pci/apg and 11.10 sets it up as vessa no 3d

You may need an xorg.conf file to make it work. They are less than friendly.

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a

What resolution do you desire?

root@bigddavesr:/home/bigdavesr# sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a
  *-display UNCLAIMED
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Blade 3D PCI/AGP
       vendor: Trident Microsystems
       physical id: d
       bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.0
       version: 3a
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: agp agp-1.0 pm vga_controller bus_master vga_palette
cap_list
       configuration: latency=32
       resources: memory:d9000000-d97fffff memory:da000000-da01ffff
memory:d9800000-d9ffffff memory:18020000-1802ffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric
root@bigddavesr:/home/bigdavesr#
I would like to be able to display my desktop more the way its intended to
be. Resolution is off. Screen is blurry and there is no way to change
resolution.3d does not matter to me. 3d and 2d looks the same to me.The 2d
function are not there. I dont like kde or xde and would like to stay with
gnome. thanks
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 1:15 PM, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #174716 on Ubuntu changed:
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> actionparsnip requested more information:
> You may need an xorg.conf file to make it work. They are less than
> friendly.
>
> Can you give the output of:
>
> sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a
>
> What resolution do you desire?
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Run:

gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

add the code below:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Configured Monitor"
    HorizSync 15.0 - 46.0
    VertRefresh 49.0 - 61.0
    Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Subsection "Display"
    Depth 24
    Modes "1024x768_60.00"
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Layout0"
    Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
EndSection

Save the new file, close gedit and reboot. If you get no display, hold shift at boot, select recovery mode then select root and run:

mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_old; reboot

Then you will be back where you are now

It allowed me to reboot and desktop came up 800x600 and no way to change
it.When I did the recover it backed up to the same new file. Original is
gone . Now im stuck 800x600. I need 1024x768 87.00. Any suggestions.It looks
like the monitor settings are wrong.When booting it shows a gui that is
trying to find monitor settings and cant. Thanks again

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 3:01 PM, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #174716 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/174716
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Run:
>
> gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
>
> add the code below:
>
>
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Configured Video Device"
> Driver "vesa"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Configured Monitor"
> HorizSync 15.0 - 46.0
> VertRefresh 49.0 - 61.0
> Option "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Monitor "Configured Monitor"
> Device "Configured Video Device"
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1024x768_60.00"
> EndSubsection
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Layout0"
> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> EndSection
>
>
>
> Save the new file, close gedit and reboot. If you get no display, hold
> shift at boot, select recovery mode then select root and run:
>
> mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_old; reboot
>
> Then you will be back where you are now
>
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Here some already answered questions:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-trident

thanks to both of you.I at least know what direction to take now.

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 10:20 PM, marcobra (Marco Braida) <
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> Your question #174716 on xserver-xorg-video-trident in Ubuntu changed:
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> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-trident/+question/174716
>
> marcobra (Marco Braida) posted a new comment:
> Here some already answered questions:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-trident
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I installed nvida driver 173 and I now have resolution returned. it also installed some via drivers for my motherboard that I did not have before. Thanks again for all help.

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.