The logfile shows that it's using the trident driver. What do you mean by "vesa, should be vga"?
And there is no native 3D support for trident, so you're out of luck on any distro. Installing nvidia drivers don't help anything, just makes things worse. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-trident (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877754 Title: xorg configures my video card as vesa and should be vga To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-trident/+bug/877754/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs