here's my configuration file, will send a log (have to produce one first) in another mail later.
Section "Files" FontPath [cut] ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "type1" Load "speedo" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "keyboard" Identifier "Keyboard[0]" Option "Protocol" "Standard" Option "XkbKeyCodes" "xfree86" Option "XkbLayout" "de" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "USB Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Buttons" "5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "mouse" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Option "Device" "/dev/misc/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on" Option "Name" "AutoDetected" Option "Protocol" "ps/2" Option "Vendor" "AutoDetected" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" HorizSync 31-65 Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "AutoDetected" VendorName "AutoDetected" VertRefresh 58-78 EndSection Section "Modes" Identifier "Modes[0]" Modeline "640x480" 27.96 640 656 720 864 480 480 485 501 Modeline "800x600" 43.68 800 816 928 1072 600 600 606 626 Modeline "1024x768" 69.35 1024 1040 1216 1400 768 768 778 802 Modeline "1024x768" 79.55 1024 1040 1216 1400 768 768 778 802 EndSection Section "Screen" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Depth 16 #Depth 24 # doesn't work - for some reason Xv doesn't like it! Modes "1024x768" "1280x1024" "640x480" "800x600" EndSubSection Device "Device[0]" Identifier "Screen[0]" Monitor "Monitor[0]" EndSection Section "Device" BoardName "AutoDetected" Driver "savage" Identifier "Device[0]" Option "dpms" VendorName "AutoDetected" # Option "Rotate" "CW" # rotate clockwise EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout[all]" InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer" InputDevice "USB Mouse" "SendCoreEvents" Screen "Screen[0]" EndSection Section "DRI" Group "video" Mode 0660 EndSection