I just made an attempt to configure my screen and got a "fatal server error: no screens found" error. Would I need to post the contents of the output for someone to help me, or could you take a stab at it without the contents? Thanks

You probably have the wrong driver for your chipset. Which driver are you using? Take a look at this page.

http://wiki.x.org/wiki/FAQErrorMessages

Usually rerunning xorgconfig will fix that problem.

How did you attempt to configure the X server? Did you run xorgsetup or xorgconfig, or did you attempt to configure it by hand? Posting the error might help - you'll find it in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.

It's usually a good idea to post as much information as possible initially - what exactly you were trying to do, how you were trying to do it and exactly what errors you recieved - we can always scroll over the unimportant bits!

I ran 'xorgconfig' and when I got done with that I tried to run 'startx', but I got the following output instead:

root@johnvillegas:/etc/X11# startx

_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/johnvillegas:0
_XSERVTransMakeA11COTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6

Release Date: 18 December 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.7
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.26 i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux johnvillegas 2.4.26 #6 Mon Jun 14 19:07:27 PDT 2004 i686
Build Date: 05 June 2004
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.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/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Mar 9 14:10:00 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Undefined Monitor "MultiSync" referenced by Screen "Screen 1"
(EE) Problem parsing the config file
(EE) Error parsing the config file

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.X.Org
for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for addition information.
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

#====================================================End of Output

So, what am I to make of all of this?

Can you post the "Device" and "Screen" sections of your /etc/xorg.conf and let us know what graphics card / monitor you're using. Also, does X work with the xorg.conf-vesa config?

You could try It may do a good enough job for you to get into X

how do I get out of man page without rebooting?

Press q

(apparantly this message was too short and must be lengthened to at least 10 characters)

Section "Device"
##Many lines of comments
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "i810"
VendorName "Intel Corp."
BoardName "82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Integrated Graphics Device"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

#================================================End of Output

Video Card is the Intel Extreme Graphics 3D, and the monitor is the NEC MultiSync LCD1700V

Try 'xorgsetup'....you maybe suprised. The DRI will work then too.

Sorry, Wilson. I tried 'xorgsetup'--same error upon entering 'startx'.

how do I find the vertical refresh rate and the horizontal specification that I need to properly configure X?

Should be in your monitor handbook, or if you're lucky, on the monitor somewhere.