> That sounds a good guess, what does the Xorg.log show?
With no xorg.conf file xorg-server-1.6.5-r1 ati-drivers-9.11 xorg-x11-7.4-r1 2.6.31-gentoo-r6 lspci -v 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device 01fd Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5 Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at fe9f0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] I/O ports at ee00 [size=256] Memory at fea00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit var/log/Xorg.0.log GLX error: Can not get required symbols. XKB: No components provided for device Virtual core keyboard Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap config/hal: Adding input device Logitech USB Optical Mouse Logitech USB Optical Mouse: always reports core events Logitech USB Optical Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event6" Logitech USB Optical Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons Logitech USB Optical Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s) Logitech USB Optical Mouse: Found relative axes Logitech USB Optical Mouse: Found x and y relative axes Logitech USB Optical Mouse: Configuring as mouse Logitech USB Optical Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 Logitech USB Optical Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200 Logitech USB Optical Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1 Logitech USB Optical Mouse: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00 Logitech USB Optical Mouse: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms Logitech USB Optical Mouse: (accel) set acceleration profile 0 Logitech USB Optical Mouse: initialized for relative axes. config/hal: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event3" AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard Option "xkb_rules" "evdev" Option "xkb_model" "evdev" Option "xkb_layout" "us" config/hal: Adding input device AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: always reports core events AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Device: "/dev/input/event5" AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Found 11 mouse buttons AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Found relative axes AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Found x and y relative axes AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Found absolute axes AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Found x and y absolute axes AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Found absolute touchpad. AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Configuring as touchpad AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200 AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: touchpads, tablets and touchscreens ignore relative axes. (**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1 (**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00 (**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms (**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) set acceleration profile 0 (II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: initialized for absolute axes. (II) config/hal: Adding input device PS/2 Mouse (**) PS/2 Mouse: always reports core events (**) PS/2 Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event4" (II) PS/2 Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons (II) PS/2 Mouse: Found relative axes (II) PS/2 Mouse: Found x and y relative axes (II) PS/2 Mouse: Configuring as mouse (**) PS/2 Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) PS/2 Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10,EmulateWheelTimeout: 200 (**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1 (**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00 (**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms (**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) set acceleration profile 0 (II) PS/2 Mouse: initialized for relative axes. (II) config/hal: Adding input device Sleep Button (**) Sleep Button: always reports core events (**) Sleep Button: Device: "/dev/input/event2" (II) Sleep Button: Found keys (II) Sleep Button: Configuring as keyboard (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev" (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev" (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us" (II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button (**) Power Button: always reports core events (**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1" (II) Power Button: Found keys (II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev" (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev" (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"