thank you friend for all your help here is the contents of my xorg.conf file I listed it because I am not finding the dynamictwinview option: Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Monitor "Configured Monitor" Device "Configured Video Device" Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True" Defaultdepth 24 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" Driver "nvidia" Option "NoLogo" "True" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" screen "Default Screen" EndSection Section "Module" Load "glx" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Configured Monitor" EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection