I'm on Hardy, using the nvidia binary drivers, and have a Quadra which is essentially a GF8xxx, using -generic.

rcaskey@rcaskey-desktop:/var/log$ uname -a
Linux rcaskey-desktop 2.6.24-10-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 22 18:26:06 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
rcaskey@rcaskey-desktop:/var/log$ lspci -vnnn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82X38 Express DRAM Controller [8086:29e0]
	Subsystem: Dell Unknown device [1028:0214]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82X38 Express Host-Primary PCI Express Bridge [8086:29e1] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
	Memory behind bridge: fa000000-feafffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000dfffffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82X38 Express Host-Secondary PCI Express Bridge [8086:29e9] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Unknown device [1028:0214]
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	I/O ports at ff20 [size=32]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Unknown device [1028:0214]
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
	I/O ports at ff00 [size=32]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Unknown device [1028:0214]
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
	I/O ports at ecc0 [size=32]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Unknown device [1028:0214]
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
	Memory at febfbc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Dell Unknown device [1028:0214]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Memory at febfc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
	Memory behind bridge: f9f00000-f9ffffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [8086:294a] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
	Memory behind bridge: f9e00000-f9efffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Unknown device [1028:0214]
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
	I/O ports at ff80 [size=32]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Unknown device [1028:0214]
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
	I/O ports at ff60 [size=32]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Unknown device [1028:0214]
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
	I/O ports at ff40 [size=32]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Unknown device [1028:0214]
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
	Memory at ff980800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 92) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=32
	Memory behind bridge: f9d00000-f9dfffff
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2916] (rev 02)
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 6 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2922] (rev 02) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
	Subsystem: Dell Unknown device [1028:0214]
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 507
	I/O ports at fe00 [size=8]
	I/O ports at fe10 [size=4]
	I/O ports at fe20 [size=8]
	I/O ports at fe30 [size=4]
	I/O ports at fec0 [size=32]
	Memory at ff970000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Dell Unknown device [1028:0214]
	Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 3
	Memory at febfbb00 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	I/O ports at ece0 [size=32]

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Quadro FX 570 [10de:040e] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:0474]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Memory at fa000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
	I/O ports at dc80 [size=128]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at fea00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5754 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:167a] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Dell Unknown device [1028:0214]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 506
	Memory at f9ef0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

05:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Agere Systems FW323 [11c1:5811] (rev 61) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
	Subsystem: Dell Unknown device [1028:8010]
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
	Memory at f9dff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

rcaskey@rcaskey-desktop:/var/log$ sudo ddcprobe
[sudo] password for rcaskey: 
vbe: VESA 3.0 detected.
oem: NVIDIA
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
product: G84 Board - p588h500 Chip Rev
memory: 14336kb
mode: 640x400x256
mode: 640x480x256
mode: 800x600x16
mode: 800x600x256
mode: 1024x768x16
mode: 1024x768x256
mode: 1280x1024x16
mode: 1280x1024x256
mode: 320x200x64k
mode: 320x200x16m
mode: 640x480x64k
mode: 640x480x16m
mode: 800x600x64k
mode: 800x600x16m
mode: 1024x768x64k
mode: 1024x768x16m
mode: 1280x1024x64k
mode: 1280x1024x16m
edid: 
edidfail
rcaskey@rcaskey-desktop:/var/log$ cat /etc/usplash.conf 
# Usplash configuration file
xres=1280
yres=1024
rcaskey@rcaskey-desktop:/var/log$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 400, current 2560 x 1600, maximum 2560 x 1600
default connected 2560x1600+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   2560x1600      50.0* 
   2048x1536      51.0  
   1920x1440      52.0  
   1920x1200      53.0  
   1856x1392      54.0  
   1792x1344      55.0  
   1680x1050      56.0  
   1600x1200      57.0  
   1600x1024      58.0  
   1440x900       59.0  
   1400x1050      60.0  
   1280x1024      61.0  
   1280x960       62.0  
   1280x800       63.0     64.0  
   1024x768       65.0  
   960x720        66.0  
   960x600        67.0  
   928x696        68.0  
   896x672        69.0  
   840x525        70.0  
   800x600        71.0  
   800x512        72.0  
   720x450        73.0  
   700x525        74.0  
   640x512        75.0  
   640x480        76.0  
   640x400        77.0