I'm using slackware 9.1 and it goes to a black screen with much info saying there's an error.

If you hold shift while you press page up you can scroll the terminal up and see what those errors say. In order to get a clue at what is causing the problem these errors should be read. Also which desktop enviroment are you trying to start and which others do you have installed? If you have other window managers/enviroments installed you can use the command "xwmconfig" to chose a different GUI. If you choose a different one and it starts fine with the "startx" command then you know the problem is only with the GUI not X.

Unfortunately, I'm not in front of that computer, so I will have to get the error info later. However, I did use the xwmconfig command to change different GUIs and the error still occurred. By the way, gnome is not installed. I just used the KDE with all those variations.

I got the log!!! Through an amazing process that I won't go through, but it's really big and not easily readabile.

It is as follows. Hope people can read it.


XFree86 Version 4.3.0
Release Date: 27 February 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.22 i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 16 September 2003
Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sat Oct 30 10:26:19 2004
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "My Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "VESA Framebuffer"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(--) using VT number 7

(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device)
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x8000002c, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,0691 card 0000,0000 rev 44 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,8598 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 1106,0596 card 1106,0000 rev 23 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:07:1: chip 1106,0571 card 0000,0000 rev 10 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:2: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 11 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:3: chip 1106,3050 card 0000,0000 rev 30 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 11ad,0002 card 1385,f004 rev 20 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0f:0: chip 125d,1969 card 125d,8898 rev 02 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 3d3d,0009 card 3d3d,0100 rev 01 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xd4000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:7:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:7:3), (-1,-1,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus -1 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) 3DLabs Permedia II 2D+3D rev 1, Mem @ 0xd6000000/17, 0xd5800000/23, 0xd5000000/23
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xd0000000 from 0xd3ffffff to 0xcfffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xd9000000 - 0xd90000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[2] -1 0 0xd5000000 - 0xd57fffff (0x800000) MX[B](B)
[3] -1 0 0xd5800000 - 0xd5ffffff (0x800000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0xd6000000 - 0xd601ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec03 (0x4) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e803 (0x4) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e40f (0x10) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc3f (0x40) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xd9000000 - 0xd90000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[2] -1 0 0xd5000000 - 0xd57fffff (0x800000) MX[B](B)
[3] -1 0 0xd5800000 - 0xd5ffffff (0x800000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0xd6000000 - 0xd601ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec03 (0x4) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e803 (0x4) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e40f (0x10) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc3f (0x40) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xd9000000 - 0xd90000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xd5000000 - 0xd57fffff (0x800000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xd5800000 - 0xd5ffffff (0x800000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xd6000000 - 0xd601ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec03 (0x4) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e803 (0x4) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e40f (0x10) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc3f (0x40) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 2.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "speedo"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a
(II) Module speedo: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Speedo
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a
(II) Module glx: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "GLcore"
(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
(II) Module GLcore: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "vesa"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.o
(II) Module vesa: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset vesa found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xd9000000 - 0xd90000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xd5000000 - 0xd57fffff (0x800000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xd5800000 - 0xd5ffffff (0x800000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xd6000000 - 0xd601ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec03 (0x4) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e803 (0x4) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e40f (0x10) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc3f (0x40) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xd9000000 - 0xd90000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xd5000000 - 0xd57fffff (0x800000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xd5800000 - 0xd5ffffff (0x800000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xd6000000 - 0xd601ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
[10] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[11] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[12] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec03 (0x4) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e803 (0x4) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e40f (0x10) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc3f (0x40) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
[23] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[24] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Loading sub module "vbe"
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a
(II) Module vbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) VESA(0): initializing int10
(II) VESA(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(II) VESA(0): VESA BIOS detected
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE Version 2.0
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 512 kB
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM: PERMEDIA 2V
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 1.46
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: 3DLABS
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: PERMEDIA 2V REF
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev:
(**) VESA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 24
(==) VESA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) VESA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) VESA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE DDC not supported
(II) VESA(0): Searching for matching VESA mode(s):
Mode: 100 (640x400)
ModeAttributes: 0x3b
WinAAttributes: 0x7
WinBAttributes: 0x0
WinGranularity: 64
WinSize: 64
WinASegment: 0xa000
WinBSegment: 0x0
WinFuncPtr: 0xc0003d7a
BytesPerScanline: 640
XResolution: 640
YResolution: 400
XCharSize: 8
YCharSize: 16
NumberOfPlanes: 1
BitsPerPixel: 8
NumberOfBanks: 1
MemoryModel: 4
BankSize: 0
NumberOfImages: 1
RedMaskSize: 0
RedFieldPosition: 0
GreenMaskSize: 0
GreenFieldPosition: 0
BlueMaskSize: 0
BlueFieldPosition: 0
RsvdMaskSize: 0
RsvdFieldPosition: 0
DirectColorModeInfo: 2
PhysBasePtr: 0x0
Mode: 101 (640x480)
ModeAttributes: 0x3b
WinAAttributes: 0x7
WinBAttributes: 0x0
WinGranularity: 64
WinSize: 64
WinASegment: 0xa000
WinBSegment: 0x0
WinFuncPtr: 0xc0003d7a
BytesPerScanline: 640
XResolution: 640
YResolution: 480
XCharSize: 8
YCharSize: 16
NumberOfPlanes: 1
BitsPerPixel: 8
NumberOfBanks: 1
MemoryModel: 4
BankSize: 0
NumberOfImages: 0
RedMaskSize: 0
RedFieldPosition: 0
GreenMaskSize: 0
GreenFieldPosition: 0
BlueMaskSize: 0
BlueFieldPosition: 0
RsvdMaskSize: 0
RsvdFieldPosition: 0
DirectColorModeInfo: 2
PhysBasePtr: 0x0

(II) VESA(0): Total Memory: 8 64KB banks (512kB)
(EE) VESA(0): No matching modes
(II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
(II) UnloadModule: "ddc"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) UnloadModule: "int10"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(II) UnloadModule: "vbe"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

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It has been my experience that when a no screens found error is encountered usually one of the parameters in the X configuration file is incorrect or no display or screen is defined. Usually it is an error in the configuration. Make sure you have all of your monitors information such as the correct vertical and horizontal sync range, maximum resolution, video card memory, video card type, video card model etc. Once you have this information try running xf86config and answer the questions. This will create a new configuration file with the new input and probably resolve your issue.

javpra

My video card only says Permedia 2 on it. I bought if from someone so I don't have the manufacturers info on it. If I use generic info from another company will that will just as well?

A quick Google search brought up plenty of hits for the Permedia 2, and it looks like it's supported in Linux, at least for 2D work. As javpra suggests, log in as root and run xf86config, follow the prompts and you should be good to go.

I got it to work!!!
I realized that the XFree log had some of the info already in it.
I also used this old dos program to get info from my video card, but it wasn't as informative as the XFree log.
Then I realized (after the fact) that the video card info was detailed on the win98 part of this computer (I have it dual booting).
So I ran the Xf86config and answered the questions as low level as possible and it worked.
Once I was able to run startx KDE, I saw that I could also run Xf86config from within the GUI (easier to understand).
My only situation is that the desktop is larger than the screen so the menus open up big. I figure if I mess with the screen dimension setting, I'll get it figured out at some point.
Thanks again