I don't believe this is a problem with Xorg or Xserver. Sorry for got to post my specs Lucid 10.04 lts $ uname -a Linux aaronwk 2.6.32-28-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 10 21:21:01 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux Selected lshw output description: Desktop Computer product: SB95V20 vendor: Shuttle Inc width: 32 bits capabilities: smbios-2.2 dmi-2.2 smp-1.4 smp configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=1 *-core description: Motherboard product: FB95V20 vendor: Shuttle Inc physical id: 0 *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD physical id: 0 version: 6.00 PG (09/15/2005) size: 128KiB capacity: 448KiB capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot *-cpu description: CPU product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 4 bus info: cpu@0 version: 15.6.5 serial: 0000-0F65-0000-0000-0000-0000 slot: Socket 478 size: 3400MHz capacity: 4GHz width: 64 bits clock: 200MHz capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx x86-64 constant_tsc pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 cid cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm cpufreq configuration: id=1 *-cache description: L1 cache physical id: a slot: Internal Cache size: 32KiB capacity: 32KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back *-logicalcpu:0 description: Logical CPU physical id: 1.1 width: 64 bits capabilities: logical *-logicalcpu:1 description: Logical CPU physical id: 1.2 width: 64 bits capabilities: logical *-memory description: System Memory physical id: 1c slot: System board or motherboard size: 2771MiB *-pci description: Host bridge product: 82925X/XE Memory Controller Hub vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: 82925X/XE PCI Express Root Port vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:24 ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:b0000000-cfffffff memory:d0300000-d03fffff(prefetchable) *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: G84 [GeForce 8600 GTS] vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 version: a1 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0 resources: irq:16 memory:c2000000-c2ffffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff(prefetchable) memory:c0000000-c1ffffff ioport:c000(size=128) memory:d0300000-d031ffff(prefetchable) *-multimedia description: Audio device product: 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1b bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0 version: 04 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 resources: irq:16 memory:d0200000-d0203fff