I forgot to mention that I'm running slackware huge (everything included) kernel 2.6.37.6. I'm also running xmonad with a very slimmed down .xinitrc: Code: #!/bin/sh # Load X settings xrdb -load $HOME/.Xdefaults # Set backgrounds nitrogen --restore # Set mouse pointer xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr # Start xmonad yay! exec xmonad