> After finding some have had similar trouble running the nvidia driver in > xfree86 I changed to nv but that doesn't help.
Have you tried to recompile the nVidia drivers? You have to do that every time you recompile your kernel. Have a look at http://www.StephanWehrheim.de/computer/dell8200+debian30/dell8200+debian30.html#X Ciao, Stephan
