In X11 make this section Section "Device" Identifier "VESA" Driver "nvidia" # do not remove vesa Option "RenderAccel" "on" Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" #Option "BusType" "PCI" #Option "ColorTiling" "on" #Option "EnablePageFlip" "on" EndSection Look like this... ONLY CHANG ETHE DRIVER , don't dick with anything else that may be in your xorg.conf Section "Device" Identifier "VESA" Driver "vesa" # do not remove vesa Option "RenderAccel" "on" Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" #Option "BusType" "PCI" #Option "ColorTiling" "on" #Option "EnablePageFlip" "on" EndSection