> Shouldn't you set some modes for the size of your screen in the display 
> subsection?

Still no dice, although I'm not sure its an issue with my xorg.conf
file.  When I start X it complains that it can't load the Nvidia
kernel module (even if it is already loaded).  Just for giggles, here
is my current xorg.conf.

Steve

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$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
#Section "ServerLayout"
#       Identifier     "X.org Configured"
#       Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
#       InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
#       InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
#EndSection

#Section "Extensions"
#       Option          "Composite" "On"
#EndSection

Section "Files"
        RgbPath         "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
        ModulePath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
        ModulePath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
#       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
#       Load  "extmod"
        SubSection "extmod"
                Option  "omit XFree86-DGA"
        EndSubSection
        Load  "glx"
#       Load  "dri"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "record"
        Load  "xtrap"
        Load  "type1"
        Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Mouse0"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
        Option          "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option          "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        #DisplaySize      340   270     # mm
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "DEL"
        ModelName    "DELL 1703FP"
 ### Uncomment if you don't want to default to DDC:
#       HorizSync    30.0 - 80.0
#       VertRefresh  56.0 - 76.0
        Option      "DPMS"
        DisplaySize  337.5 270.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "SWcursor"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "HWcursor"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoAccel"                   # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShadowFB"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "UseFBDev"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Rotate"                    # [<str>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"                  # <i>
        #Option     "FlatPanel"                 # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FPDither"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "CrtcNumber"                # <i>
        #Option     "FPScale"                   # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FPTweak"                   # <i>
        Identifier  "GeForce 6800"
        Driver      "nv"
#       Driver          "nvidia"
#       VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
#       BoardName   "GeForce 6800GT"
#       BusID       "PCI:2:0:0"
#       Option          "NvAgp" "2"
        Option          "HWcursor"      "True"
        Option          "FlatPanel"     "True"
#       Option          "FPDither"      "True"
#       Option          "FPScale"       "False"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier              "Screen0"
        Device                  "GeForce 6800"
        Monitor                 "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth    24

        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport        0 0
                Modes           "1280x1024"
                Depth           1
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport        0 0
                Modes           "1280x1024"
                Depth           4
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport        0 0
                Modes           "1280x1024"
                Depth           8
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport        0 0
                Modes           "1280x1024"
                Depth           15
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport        0 0
                Modes           "1280x1024"
                Depth           16
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport        0 0
                Modes           "1280 1024"
                Depth           24
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier      "Basic"
        Screen          "Screen0"
        InputDevice     "Mouse0"        "CorePointer"
        InputDevice     "Keyboard0"     "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
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